Recaps

Zhao Fu gave Bai Shan an SS-grade Talent Orb so he could continue vital research, then held Great Qin Village’s first martial competition to find talent and strengthen unity among its races. Saar and Wang Ergou won the competition and received S-grade Talent Orbs, after which Zhao Fu returned to the real world.

• Zhao Fu explained the SS-grade Talent Orb to Bai Shan, gave it to him, and ordered him to continue researching a skill for detecting the talent of corpses.
• Zhao Fu organized a martial competition for Great Qin Village’s residents to uncover promising fighters and encourage integration among the races.
• Saar won through his formidable strength, while Wang Ergou defeated his opponents with trickery and underhanded tactics.
• Zhao Fu summoned the winners and gave Saar and Wang Ergou S-grade Talent Orbs.
• Zhao Fu returned to the real world after the ceremony.

Zhao Fu narrowly survived a sniper attack by Zhou Qian, an assassin hired to kill him, and realized the Li Family was likely behind it. He weighed whether to seek the Ying Family’s protection, but feared they would also exploit and eventually kill him, and the chapter ended when a familiar woman arrived with bodyguards.

• Zhou Qian aimed at Zhao Fu and fired, but a passing balloon blocked his view and Zhao Fu escaped the shots by running back to his room.
• Zhou Qian abandoned his rifle and fled, knowing the Ying Family would soon discover the failed assassination.
• Zhao Fu blamed the Li Family and vowed to destroy them, then considered revealing himself as Great Qin’s inheritor to gain the Ying Family’s support.
• Zhao Fu rejected that plan because he feared the Ying Family would strip him of power and kill him once he was no longer useful.
• A familiar woman arrived outside Zhao Fu’s door with several bodyguards and called out to him.

Zhao Fu agreed to join Ying Xi’s branch, using her protection while she planned to make him a pawn against the Li Family. After Ying Xi secured his safety, Li Feng learned the Ying Family had threatened him over Zhao Fu and resolved to wait rather than provoke them immediately.

• Ji Qin brought Zhao Fu to Ying Xi, who asked whether he hated the Li Family and offered to help him take revenge if he joined her branch.
• Zhao Fu accepted Ying Xi’s offer, intending to use her protection while concealing his own plans for the Li Family.
• Ying Xi ordered Zhao Fu to receive privileges and be moved to a safer place.
• Li Feng angrily reacted to the Ying Family’s warning that they would kill a hundred members of his direct line if Zhao Fu died.
• Li Feng listened to his butler’s advice to avoid a conflict for now and confirmed that the assassin had been dealt with.

Li Baiqing learned that Zhao Fu was his older half-brother and chose to focus on Great Tang’s development rather than risk a conflict with the Ying Family. In Apocalypse World, Zhao Fu expanded Great Qin Village and earned a baron title, then went to the City of Holy Light to investigate buying property and spotted Jiang Rou with a Zhou Family member.

• Li Baiqing learned Zhao Fu was his older half-brother and told Li Guangye he would spare Zhao Fu unless he became a threat to the Li Family.
• Zhao Fu put off hunting the god because Great Qin Village lacked crystals and equipment, then split his soldiers into two teams to explore Terror Forest.
• Zhao Fu’s teams captured four villages, added about 1,300 people, and raised his fighting force to 3,400.
• Zhao Fu gained 200 battle merits and became a third-class baron, giving him the privilege to purchase a house in a system city.
• Zhao Fu traveled to the City of Holy Light and saw Jiang Rou and Jiang Family members being pestered by a Zhou Family member at the real estate office.

Zhao Fu visited the real estate office to learn about his new baron status, where Zhou Jie provoked him and Bai Qi swiftly defeated Zhou Jie and his hired men. After the manager treated Zhao Fu with respect and expelled Zhou Jie’s group, Zhao Fu befriended Jiang Rou and learned why the Jiang Family wanted land in the city, though her next words dashed his plan to profit from buying and reselling it.

• Jiang Rou recognized Zhao Fu and tried to stop Zhou Jie from confronting him, while Zhou Jie challenged Zhao Fu outside.
• Zhou Jie attacked Zhao Fu, but Bai Qi snapped his arm and defeated the hired thugs who rushed at him.
• The real estate manager addressed Zhao Fu as Lord Baron, accepted that he had acted in self-defense, and had Zhou Jie’s group thrown out.
• Jiang Rou apologized to Zhao Fu and asked to be friends, and Zhao Fu agreed while giving her the name Zhao Xin.
• Jiang Rou explained that the Jiang Family wanted to buy street-front land in the City of Holy Light, inspiring Zhao Fu to consider buying land to resell at a profit before her next words disappointed him.

Zhao Fu learned that his baron privileges offered little advantage and returned to Great Qin Village, where he received news of a vast Bronze Essence Mine occupied by Gray Dwarves. He secured the dwarves’ surrender and took over their village, where Chief Nord presented him with a surprise gift package.

• Zhao Fu helped Jiang Rou buy a South Street property for 310,000 copper coins, then returned the remaining gold to her.
• Zhao Fu learned that a Bronze Essence Mine lay west of Great Qin Village, with a Gray Dwarf tribe of more than a thousand people living there.
• Zhao Fu led his forces to the mine and offered the Gray Dwarves protection if they surrendered.
• After Zhao Fu fired Ballista bolts into their houses as a warning, Chief Nord asked whether Zhao Fu would keep his promise, and the Gray Dwarves agreed to surrender.
• Zhao Fu occupied Nord Village without relocating it, and Chief Nord gave him a surprise gift package.

Zhao Fu inspected the Gray Dwarves’ newly forged equipment, secured their bronze essence mine, and arranged to sell repaired Bone Space gear. After returning to Great Qin Village, he headed to the City of Holy Light to open a shop and agreed to take Liu Mei and Asani into the system main city afterward.

• Nord showed Zhao Fu a warehouse containing four thousand pieces of fine bronze armor and weapons, and Zhao Fu decided to sell repaired Bone Space equipment through his own shop.
• Zhao Fu inspected the Gray Dwarf troop types, stationed two thousand soldiers to guard the bronze essence mine, and built a Teleportation Array there.
• Zhao Fu split fourteen hundred soldiers into two teams under Zhang Dahu, Saar, Duo Ke, and other generals to explore Terror Forest and attack villages.
• Zhao Fu bought a storage ring in the City of Holy Light and prepared currency and equipment to open a shop there.
• Liu Mei asked Zhao Fu to take her and Asani to the system main city, and Zhao Fu agreed to bring them after handling the shop.

Zhao Fu bought properties in the City of Holy Light for an equipment store and restaurant, then recruited staff and tested aspiring chefs. The chapter ended after Huo Qing’s beautifully prepared radish dish tasted so awful that Zhao Fu spat it out.

• Zhao Fu bought two properties for 90 gold coins, adding them to the shop he had purchased for Jiang Rou and registering that shop under his own name as a safeguard.
• Zhao Fu spent 30 gold coins renovating the restaurant and recruited waitresses and chefs, hiring only players apart from the manager.
• Zhao Fu tested the applicants’ cooking and was impressed by Huo Qing’s precise knife work and graceful cooking.
• Zhao Fu tasted Huo Qing’s neatly prepared stir-fried radish, spat it out, and called him a fraud despite Huo Qing claiming the flavor was specially developed.

Zhao Fu hired He Xianru, a skilled cook from the Food School, after she recognized his status as a nation’s inheritor and gave him a pendant to conceal his fortune. He also took in Huo Qing as He Xianru’s disciple and an odd-job worker.

• Zhao Fu and the other cooks tasted Huo Qing’s shredded white radish and spat it out, then praised He Xianru’s version as exceptionally delicious.
• He Xianru revealed that she belonged to the Food School and said she wanted a peaceful place to cook, while Zhao Fu warned her not to deceive him.
• He Xianru explained that her younger sister belonged to the Yin-Yang School and that she had recognized Zhao Fu’s fortune as that of a nation’s inheritor.
• He Xianru gave Zhao Fu a Concealment Jade Pendant that could hide his fortune in Apocalypse World, and Zhao Fu agreed to hire her.
• Zhao Fu announced that five people, including He Xianru, had been hired, and He Xianru agreed to take Huo Qing as her disciple.
• Zhao Fu hired Huo Qing to help with chopping vegetables and other odd jobs, then paid to have two signboards made from blue-quality wood.

Zhao Fu opened the Westfall Tower tavern and Ancient Artifact Shop in the City of Holy Light, using gifts and free food to build connections and attract customers. His shops prospered, and extravagant descriptions of his wares sparked rumors about ancient divine artifacts and holy spirits.

• Zhao Fu gave the Internal Affairs Officer one hundred gold coins, and the officer assigned twenty soldiers to guard Zhao Fu’s businesses.
• Zhao Fu treated the soldiers to a banquet, then opened Westfall Tower with free food for native residents while requiring players to pay.
• Zhao Fu opened the Ancient Artifact Shop with a twenty-percent discount and left soldiers there to prevent trouble.
• The tavern drew larger crowds on its second day, while the equipment shop sold four hundred pieces of equipment and earned sixteen hundred gold coins.
• Zhao Fu displayed silver-quality weapons and Souls of Martial Refinement at inflated prices, describing them as ancient treasures that could yield divine power and skills.
• Rumors about ancient divine artifacts and souls of holy spirits spread, and the Ancient Artifact Shop’s reputation surpassed several native-run shops.

Zhao Fu expanded his businesses into Forest of Soldiers and Demon Tree City, increasing his profits and preparing a second passage exploration team. He then sought crystals from the City of Holy Light’s internal affairs officer, Qin Nan, by bringing him a valuable snow fox pelt.

• The six great families and three major factions reconsidered Zhao Fu’s power, while Zhou Shizhi beat Zhou Jie for provoking him and Zhou Ming urged the family to focus on developing its strength.
• Zhao Fu posted a request for silver-quality materials, bought seven more properties, and opened Westfall Tower branches in Forest of Soldiers and Demon Tree City.
• Zhao Fu’s three Westfall Towers earned five hundred gold coins per day, and his equipment shop brought in more than six hundred gold coins daily, so he formed a second passage exploration team.
• Zhao Fu worried about Great Qin Village’s heavy crystal expenses and noted that even the system cities’ small crystal vein produced only a few hundred crystals daily.
• Zhao Fu brought a snow fox pelt to the City of Holy Light’s internal affairs officer, Qin Nan, whose attitude had warmed after Westfall Tower became popular with the city’s upper-class residents.

Zhao Fu bought crystals and supplies, then took Liu Mei and Asani to the City of Holy Light, where they visited Jiang Rou’s cloth shop. After returning to Great Qin Village, he received a series of notifications announcing the village’s advancement and the awakening of Great Qin’s fortune and Nation-Guarding Artifact.

• Zhao Fu arranged to buy one thousand crystals from Qin Nan at a rate of fifty per day for eight gold coins each.
• Zhao Fu spent some of his remaining gold on a Spring-Returning Pill prescription and silver-quality materials, then gave the purchases to his subordinates.
• Zhao Fu took Liu Mei and Asani to the City of Holy Light, where they enjoyed the shops and bought sugar figurines and fabric.
• Jiang Rou thanked Zhao Fu for helping her gain independence through the cloth shop, and she refused payment for Liu Mei and Asani’s fabrics.
• Zhao Fu returned with Liu Mei and Asani to Great Qin Village, which advanced to an Advanced Village and unlocked the Heaven-Prayer Platform.
• Great Qin National Fortune awakened, blessing the citizens and awakening the Nation-Guarding Artifact.

Great Qin gained recognition as an imperial inheritance, and Zhao Fu received the black-gold dragon fortune and imperial regalia. The other inheritors recognized Great Qin as a powerful new rival.

• Great Qin Village’s City Heart unleashed black light, summoning dragon-shaped qi and causing Great Qin’s citizens, including Li Si and Bai Qi, to kneel.
• A black dragon appeared over Great Qin Village, drawing the attention of Si Ji, Di Wutian, Ji Shenming, Liu Ye, and other powerful beings.
• Zhao Fu received a Black Gold Dragon-Patterned Robe and crown as a stone platform rose beneath him.
• Twelve bronze giants appeared with swords raised, while rosy light descended and the black dragon entered Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu’s imperial aura overwhelmed Liu Mei and Asani before the phenomenon faded and the twelve giants became small bronze men.
• The four inheritors recognized Great Qin’s black-gold dragon fortune and Twelve Golden Men as signs of a formidable rival.

Zhao Fu examined the Great Qin inheritance and learned how fortune shaped the fate of people and nations. After discovering Huaxia’s secret military development and a lieutenant general’s call for peaceful cooperation, he doubted that Apocalypse World could avoid endless war.

• He Xianru sensed a black, dragon-like aura around herself in the City of Holy Light.
• Zhao Fu examined his Great Qin Imperial Son title, dragon robes, Twelve Golden Men, and Heaven-Prayer Platform, learning their properties and costs.
• Zhao Fu helped Liu Mei and Asani recover from the sovereign’s aura, then placed the Twelve Golden Men beside the Heart of the City.
• Zhao Fu read about fortune and learned that it represented the destiny and fate of individuals and nations.
• Zhao Fu saw reports that Huaxia was secretly developing its forces in Apocalypse World, while a lieutenant general called for patriotism and a peaceful future.

Zhao Fu gained an SS-grade merchant and oversaw Great Qin Village’s new corpse-investigation skill, expansion, and pill harvest. He left the village’s affairs in order and learned that Terror Forest’s largest merchant association would hold an auction the next day, featuring Gold-grade equipment.

• Zhao Fu welcomed Xia Ming, an SS-grade Merchant skilled in management, after Great Qin Village’s population refresh.
• Bai Shan reported that Great Qin Village had researched corpse investigation, and Zhao Fu tested the skill successfully before ordering research into languages.
• Zhao Fu checked Great Qin Village’s Advanced Village attributes, recalled and expanded its exploration teams, and ordered them to collect A-grade corpses.
• Great Qin Village harvested more than 90,000 Small Spirit Pills, and Zhao Fu gave Xia Ming Legendary-level authority to manage the shops in the City of Holy Light.
• He Xianru congratulated Zhao Fu on obtaining the Fate of Heaven and Earth, and Zhao Fu learned that a major auction would feature Gold-grade equipment the next day.

Zhao Fu attended the Red Flower Chamber of Commerce’s auction with Bai Qi, hoping to spend some of his wealth. After finding every private and VIP room occupied, he watched the early bidding from a corner and left the valuable blueprint uncontested.

• Zhao Fu and Bai Qi arrived at the Red Flower Chamber of Commerce’s crowded auction house and paid to enter.
• Zhao Fu found all private and VIP rooms occupied, then squeezed into a secluded corner of the hall with Bai Qi.
• The auction’s first item, a blue-quality saber, sold for 3,800 silver coins while Zhao Fu declined to bid.
• A bottle of Small Spirit Pills sold for 6,000 silver coins, and Zhao Fu showed no interest because he already had many.
• Bidders, mostly players on the second floor, drove the Eternal Bright Armor Forging Blueprint’s price to 10,000 silver coins, but Zhao Fu chose not to compete.

The Jiang Family won the construction blueprint after bidding 32,000 silver coins, while Zhao Fu stayed silent at the auction. Later, Zhao Fu bid on the Six Wood Absolute Seal, an advanced formation that could block spatial abilities and teleportation, drawing the crowd's attention.

• Jiang Feng secured the construction blueprint for the Jiang Family after the rival factions gave up, and he finally stopped worrying that Zhao Fu would bid against him.
• Zhao Fu skipped several auction items, then let a young girl beside him win a silver-quality material for 8,000 silver coins.
• The auctioneer introduced the Six Wood Absolute Seal, an advanced isolation formation that could prohibit spatial equipment, spatial-type skills, and Teleportation Arrays.
• After the auction hall remained silent at the formation's 180,000-silver starting price, Zhao Fu bid 180,500 silver coins, shocking the crowd.

Zhao Fu secured the Six Wood Absolute Seal and Burst Spirit Pills at the auction, then entered a fierce bidding contest for the A-rank skill Holy Ring Light. His wealth drew attention from the Zhou Family and several powerful factions, while Soul discovered that his Heavenly Craft Black Eye could not see through Zhao Fu.

• Zhao Fu won the Six Wood Absolute Seal for 180,500 silver coins, and Jiang Rou came over to speak with him.
• Zhou Ming saw Jiang Rou standing beside Zhao Fu and suppressed his anger because the Zhou Family was already at a disadvantage.
• Zhao Fu bought a bottle of Burst Spirit Pills for 120,000 silver coins after purchasing the seal.
• Zhao Fu bid 450,000 silver coins on Holy Ring Light, alarming the auction guests and deepening Zhou Ming’s concern about him.
• A captain ordered his subordinate to recruit Zhao Fu for the nation, while Soul failed to see through Zhao Fu with his Heavenly Craft Black Eye and Uncle Lin told him to report the matter.

Zhao Fu won the A-rank skill Holy Ring Light, then stayed out of the bidding until the Earthsteel Stone appeared. With Zhao Fu’s loan, Gongsun Lin outbid Old Wu and bought the ore, promising to forge him Gold equipment.

• Zhao Fu won Holy Ring Light, while the VIP rooms chose not to bid against him.
• Zhao Fu watched as system factions won many items, then considered bidding on the Gold-quality Earthsteel Stone.
• Old Wu bid 500,000 silver coins, and the auction house fell silent because bidders feared his status and threats of retaliation.
• Gongsun Lin asked Zhao Fu to lend her coins, saying she could forge Gold equipment and would make him a piece for free.
• After Jiang Rou explained the Gongsun Family’s connection to the Crimson Sky Sword, Zhao Fu agreed to lend Gongsun Lin the coins.
• Gongsun Lin bid 550,000 silver coins, won the Earthsteel Stone, and introduced herself to Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu and Gongsun Lin watched the auction’s final lots, including a Wind Dragon Egg that the City of Holy Light won for 72 million silver coins. After collecting their purchases, they returned to Westfall Tower, where Zhao Fu asked Gongsun Lin if she could now forge gold-quality equipment.

• The Hundred Flowers Silver Spear sold for 4.1 million silver coins, and eight Fire Reinforcement Stones sold for 5.8 million.
• The auctioneer revealed that the final item was a Wind Dragon Egg, astonishing Zhao Fu and the other guests.
• Demon Tree City, the Forest of Soldiers, and the City of Holy Light competed for the egg, and the City of Holy Light won with a bid of 72 million silver coins.
• Zhao Fu and Gongsun Lin paid for their purchases and collected them backstage.
• At Westfall Tower, Gongsun Lin admired the earth-steel stone while Zhao Fu asked whether she could forge gold-quality equipment.

Zhao Fu tested Daisy’s newly learned Holy Ring Light, expanded Great Qin Village’s territory, and led troops toward a bandit stronghold. After capturing survivors from a nearby village the bandits had raided, he learned of their atrocities and faced their plea for revenge.

• Gongsun Lin agreed to forge a shield from meteorite steel, and Zhao Fu arranged a blacksmith workshop and bought materials for her.
• Zhao Fu gave Daisy the A-grade Holy Ring Light, and she used it to blast seven deep rings into a granite cliff.
• Zhao Fu learned that his scouts had brought Great Qin Village’s controlled villages to twenty-seven and discovered a bandit stronghold with about five thousand people nearby.
• Zhao Fu led three thousand troops toward the stronghold and observed its well-defended gate and unusual stone platform.
• Soldiers brought several suspicious young men to Zhao Fu, and Xiao Jian identified himself as the son of Hundred Flowers Village’s chief and begged Zhao Fu to avenge the villagers massacred by the bandits.

Zhao Fu helped Xiao Jian and the surviving men of Hundred Flowers Village seek revenge by using them and Zhang Dahu's soldiers to lure the mountain bandits out of their stronghold. The bandits pursued Xiao Jian's fleeing group and were drawn into Zhao Fu's planned encirclement.

• Zhao Fu gave iron swords to Xiao Jian and the twenty-one adult men, then ordered Zhang Dahu to lead the attack according to plan.
• Zhang Dahu's soldiers disguised themselves as poorly armed refugees, and Xiao Jian led his men toward the mountain stronghold.
• The three chieftains recognized Xiao Jian, mocked his attack, and ordered arrows fired at the advancing group.
• After the attackers appeared to scatter, the eldest chieftain sent the third brother out with four thousand bandits to pursue them.
• Xiao Jian's group fled with the bandits in pursuit, and Zhao Fu's plan lured the pursuers into an encirclement.

Zhao Fu’s forces ambushed Wang Bao’s bandits, giving Xiao Jian the chance to avenge his sister. The battle ended with Xiao Jian gravely wounded, and he placed his faith in Zhao Fu’s promise of strength and a unified realm.

• Zhao Fu’s Ballistas and archers struck the bandits as Xiao Jian confronted Wang Bao, who taunted him about murdering his sister.
• Zhao Fu’s troops shattered the bandits’ shield wall, then his Cavalry charged through the disorganized horde.
• Xiao Jian and the former villagers of Hundred Flowers Village joined the fighting, and Zhao Fu ordered his forces to leave them room to seek revenge.
• After the battle, Zhao Fu found Xiao Jian badly wounded and told him he needed strength to protect those he cared about.
• Xiao Jian said revenge had left him feeling empty, then told Zhao Fu he believed he would unify the realm and bring peace and prosperity.

After defeating Three Flood Dragons Stronghold’s third brother, Zhao Fu captured another group of bandits and began a plan to make them turn against their stronghold. He left the stronghold surrounded, with the seventy surviving bandits returning under threat to carry out his instructions.

• Zhao Fu rescued the badly wounded Xiao Jian, then counted the battle’s casualties and gains as the Skeleton Cavalry devoured the corpses’ death aura.
• At the stronghold, the eldest brother sent the second brother and one hundred bandits to find out why the third brother had not returned.
• Zhao Fu’s troops surrounded the second brother’s group, killed him and thirty bandits, and forced the remaining seventy to surrender.
• Zhao Fu told the survivors that their four thousand comrades had been defeated and threatened them with poison unless they followed his plan.
• The seventy bandits returned to the stronghold while Zhao Fu’s forces quietly surrounded it.

Zhao Fu’s forces took Three Flood Dragons Stronghold after the bandits inside turned against their leaders, and he brought the captured people and spoils back to Great Qin Village. He then strengthened his troops and selected Axi and Shan Di to receive S-grade aptitude orbs.

• Converted bandits spread word through Three Flood Dragons Stronghold and killed the First Boss by poisoning his wine.
• Zhao Fu accepted the surrender of the remaining bandits, rescued more than a hundred Hundred Flowers Village women, and took the General Platform, Mystic Ironstone, and other spoils.
• Zhao Fu occupied and relocated the Silver-quality stronghold, then returned to Great Qin Village and ordered the General Platform built.
• Zhao Fu refined the leaders’ corpses into aptitude orbs, obtaining one SS-grade orb and two S-grade orbs.
• Zhao Fu rewarded A-grade orbs to deserving soldiers and chose Axi and Shan Di to receive the S-grade orbs.