Recaps

Zhao Fu gave Xiao Jian an SS aptitude sphere and received a Hundred Flowers Wine recipe, then assigned three people to become Generals. He later ordered a broadsword from Gongsun Lin and refused Tang Zhan and Qiu Wenjie's invitation to join the military.

• Zhao Fu gave Xiao Jian an SS aptitude sphere, and Xiao Jian presented him with a Hundred Flowers Wine recipe.
• After learning that the General Platform was complete, Zhao Fu chose old Rogge, Zhang Dahu, and Xiao Jian for Class Transfer into Generals.
• Zhao Fu visited Gongsun Lin, showed her a Black Iron Stone, and asked her to forge a broadsword after finishing the shield.
• Tang Zhan and Qiu Wenjie invited Zhao Fu to join the military, but Zhao Fu refused.
• Qiu Wenjie complained about Zhao Fu's refusal, and Tang Zhan reflected that the old ways might no longer persuade people.

After learning Li Wen's exploration team had been defeated by a powerful mysterious skeleton, Zhao Fu prepared a force to confront it. His group battered the skeleton with coordinated attacks, but it rose again and began chanting as golden light flared from its body.

• Li Wen told Zhao Fu that a mysterious skeleton had attacked his exploration team, killed members, and resisted Holy Light Art.
• Zhao Fu obtained a reinforced bronze essence ore shield and ten Temple Seals, then gathered fighters and Elf Priests to investigate the skeleton.
• Zhao Fu's archers and Hammer Infantry attacked the skeleton with Stone-Shattering Arrows and Holy Light Bullets, but it deflected or destroyed every attack.
• Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, and Saar fought the skeleton at close range, and Zhao Fu helped Bai Qi create an opening with a surprise arrow.
• Daisy and the rest of the group struck the skeleton with a coordinated barrage, and Daisy's Holy Ring Light slammed it into a wall.
• The mysterious skeleton stood again, raised its sword before its chest, and began chanting as golden light burst from its body.

The mysterious skeleton transformed into a powerful golden-armored warrior and fought Zhao Fu’s forces as they combined their attacks against it. After Daisy’s holy strike shattered its armor and left it near death, it rose and unleashed an even more terrifying golden power.

• The mysterious skeleton recited its oath to its king, gained golden armor, and confronted Zhao Fu’s forces.
• Zhao Fu gave Bai Qi and four others Burst Spirit Pills, and Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, and Saar engaged the skeleton while Old Rogge, Daisy, the Elf Priests, and Temple Seal soldiers attacked it.
• The skeleton deflected Old Rogge’s Hellfire Balls and the Elf Priests’ wooden spikes, but the Temple Seal soldiers’ holy beams blasted it backward.
• The skeleton tried to reach Zhao Fu, but Bai Qi and the others held it off while Hellfire Balls and bolts weakened its armor.
• Daisy struck the skeleton with holy light, shattering its armor and leaving it barely alive against the wall.
• The skeleton rose, declared glory to its king, and unleashed a pillar of golden light as its bones turned gold and its power surged.

The mysterious skeleton overwhelmed Great Qin’s defenders and attacked Zhao Fu, who used the Twelve Golden Men’s power and a bronze sword to fight back. After Zhao Fu wounded it, the skeleton unleashed far greater power and left him badly injured in a deep hole.

• The mysterious skeleton blasted Bai Qi and the other two aside, destroyed Great Qin’s ballistas, and shattered Daisy’s attack.
• The skeleton charged Zhao Fu, who blocked its killing strike by expending Fate and activating the Twelve Golden Men’s power.
• Zhao Fu ordered the soldiers to withdraw, then fought the skeleton with the bronze sword and a Hellfire Ball.
• Zhao Fu struck the skeleton into a wall, but it retaliated and sent him crashing into another wall.
• The skeleton’s aura intensified, and its enormous sword strike blasted Zhao Fu into a thirty-meter-deep hole, leaving him covered in wounds.

Zhao Fu used a massive dose of pills and the Twelve Golden Men’s power to transform and battle the mysterious skeleton. Both fighters were left near death, and they summoned opposing powers for a final clash.

• Zhao Fu swallowed hundreds of Small Spirit Pills and fifteen Burst Spirit Pills, drawing the Twelve Golden Men’s power into his body as he transformed.
• Zhao Fu charged the mysterious skeleton, and their sword strikes carved enormous craters and devastated the battlefield.
• The mysterious skeleton unleashed Sword Cry in Eight Directions, while Zhao Fu answered with more than thirty blood-colored fireballs, and the resulting shockwave engulfed them both.
• Zhao Fu and the mysterious skeleton crawled from the rubble with cracked bodies and nearly exhausted strength.
• The mysterious skeleton summoned Sword! Sever! Heaven! as golden sword energy filled the sky, while Zhao Fu called forth twelve ancient bronze swords amid black lightning.

Zhao Fu and the mysterious skeleton unleashed their final attacks, destroying the battlefield before both disappeared. Five days later, Zhao Fu awoke, learned he had defeated the skeleton, and began recovering while Nord worked on fusing two items; the chapter ended with Nord bringing him a new ring.

• The mysterious skeleton struck with its golden sword as Zhao Fu fused the twelve bronze swords into a black beam, and their attacks collided in a blast that devastated the area.
• The evil flood dragon and three figures in system main cities sensed the blast, while the battlefield was left as a vast crater with both fighters gone.
• Five days later, Asani cared for Zhao Fu as he woke, and his companions gathered around him.
• Bai Qi gave Zhao Fu a King's Artifact fragment recovered from the mysterious skeleton, and Zhao Fu examined its ancient kingly power.
• Zhao Fu asked Nord to fuse the Undead Soldier Talisman with his storage ring, then ordered the Bone Space investigation team to retreat immediately if it encountered danger.
• After several days of recovery, Nord brought Zhao Fu a brand-new ring.

Zhao Fu fused a King's Artifact fragment into a ring, transforming ten Skeleton Cavalry into powerful King's Death Knights and creating the Legendary King's Ring: Undead. After putting on the ring, he received another unexpected notification.

• Zhao Fu fused the sword-shaped King's Artifact fragment into the ring, turning the ten Skeleton Cavalry into intelligent, leader-grade King's Death Knights.
• Zhao Fu learned that the King's Death Knights were an SS+ troop type, could command up to three thousand skeletons together, and could be raised through battles in the Terror Forest.
• Zhao Fu inspected the Legendary King's Ring: Undead and discovered that it boosted experience, battle merit, aptitude refreshes, special troop limits, and village attributes.
• Zhao Fu put the King's Ring on his right index finger, and another notification sounded.

Zhao Fu activated the King-class profession through the King's Ring and learned from He Xianru how a king's power could grow by fusing with fortune. He also named three new wines for Westfall Tower, while He Xianru's advice left him with a much deeper understanding of his power.

• The King's Ring transformed Zhao Fu and activated the King-class profession, granting him the growth-type Power of the King without requiring him to found a nation.
• Zhao Fu used the ring's effects to arrange Class Transfers and increase the number of people with S-grade aptitude in Great Qin Village.
• Sun Yi presented three varieties of Hundred Flowers Wine, and Zhao Fu named them Flower Fragrance Wine, Moonflower Wine, and Drunken Flower Wine for Westfall Tower.
• He Xianru recognized Zhao Fu's Power of the King, then explained that it needed to fuse with the fortune of heaven, earth, and living beings.
• Zhao Fu questioned He Xianru for several hours and gained a much clearer understanding of how to develop his power.

Zhao Fu promoted Westfall Tower’s flower wines and received two gold-grade weapons from Gongsun Lin. After Gongsun Lin left to travel in search of materials, Zhao Fu gave her a ring containing a Black Forest Horse and returned to Great Qin Village.

• Zhao Fu advertised three flower wines outside Westfall Tower, drawing a crowd and boosting the restaurant’s business.
• Gongsun Lin showed Zhao Fu the gold-grade Divine Martial Shield and Nine Mysteries Blade she had forged and recorded them in her Divine Armament Catalog.
• Gongsun Lin told Zhao Fu she planned to leave and travel in search of rare materials and new places.
• Zhao Fu gave Gongsun Lin a creature-storing ring containing a Black Forest Horse to help her escape danger.
• Zhao Fu bid Gongsun Lin farewell and teleported back to Great Qin Village.

Zhao Fu merged Great Qin Village’s fortune with the power of a king and created the King's Domain, then returned to the real world and read about Huaxia’s growing strength and the other ancient nations’ call to meet Great Qin’s inheritor. He chose to remain hidden and discovered that a forum post promising infinite war merit was a scam.

• Zhao Fu gave the Nine Mysteries Blade to Zhang Dahu and the Divine Martial Shield to a Goblin Champion before merging Great Qin Village’s fortune with his kingly power.
• Zhao Fu created the King's Domain, a barrier that could negate damage and skills, and decided to take part in battles himself.
• Zhao Fu read that Huaxia had grown more powerful and that the inheritors of Great Xia, Great Shang, Great Zhou, and Great Han had called for a meeting with Great Qin’s inheritor.
• Zhao Fu decided to stay hidden because revealing himself would bring more risks than benefits.
• Zhao Fu investigated a forum post claiming to explain infinite war merit farming and found that it was a scam that had led readers to damage their City-Building Stones.

Zhao Fu read about famous swords before Ying Xi brought him to a family gathering, where he unexpectedly met his former student council president, Wu Qingniang. He left the two women talking without learning why Ying Xi had arranged the meeting.

• Zhao Fu browsed an account of famous swords and considered forging some himself in the future.
• Ying Xi asked Zhao Fu to attend a gathering so she could introduce him to someone.
• Zhao Fu followed Ying Xi to the gathering and waited in a secluded corner while she spoke with the family elders and heirs.
• Wu Qingniang recognized Zhao Fu and revealed that she had Wu Family blood rather than Ying Family blood.
• Ying Xi joined Wu Qingniang and Zhao Fu, and the two women realized Ying Xi had previously mentioned Zhao Fu to Wu Qingniang.
• Zhao Fu apologized and left while Ying Xi and Wu Qingniang continued talking.

Zhao Fu developed Great Qin Village, learned of the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers, and gathered Flower Tears with his people. When he saw system factions and player groups competing fiercely for them, he realized Great Qin Village might struggle to claim the festival rewards.

• Wu Qingniang told Ying Xi that she had set her sights on Zhao Fu and believed he had the potential to become renowned throughout the world.
• Zhao Fu received the scouting teams’ spoils, assessed Great Qin Village’s population and military, and learned that Bai Shan had completed research on the Language Stele.
• Zhao Fu learned the languages recorded on the stele and ordered Bai Shan to research an Intermediate Teleportation Array.
• Zhao Fu discovered the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers and prepared Great Qin Village to collect Flower Tears for its rewards.
• Zhao Fu sent his people to gather Flower Tears across territory where they faced little competition, then saw system factions and player groups mobilize to collect them.
• Zhao Fu realized Great Qin Village might not be able to compete with the system factions for the festival rewards.

As competition for Flower Tears and legendary equipment intensified, Zhao Fu used directional teleportation to travel north through Terror Forest. He reached a group of Orcs and, speaking their language, asked them to hear him out.

• Players and natives scavenged the Flower Tears near system cities, while factions competed to obtain them.
• Zhao Fu considered the Legendary Rankings and decided on a plan, then returned to Great Qin Village.
• Zhao Fu ordered everyone to keep gathering Flower Tears and took Bai Shan and another Scholar north using directional teleportation.
• Zhao Fu and his companions built Teleportation Arrays as they advanced through Terror Forest in repeated jumps.
• Zhao Fu encountered more than thirty Orcs, spoke Orcish to stop their attack, and asked to discuss something with them.

Zhao Fu traveled to Kaki City and negotiated with Deputy City Lord Gunado to exchange food and equipment for Flower Tears. He established a hidden Teleportation Array back to Great Qin Village and secured a token for future dealings with Gunado.

• Zhao Fu confronted Orcs who tried to seize his gifts and used sword qi to force them to report his arrival.
• Orc wolf cavalry escorted Zhao Fu and his two companions through Kaki City, where he observed its troops, enslaved races, and shamans.
• Gunado introduced himself as Kaki City's Deputy City Lord and agreed to negotiate with Zhao Fu over Flower Tears.
• Zhao Fu exchanged food and equipment for Flower Tears, gave Gunado a meeting gift, and received a token to visit him again.
• Zhao Fu had Bai Shan and the other man build a hidden Teleportation Array to Great Qin Village that only its residents could use.

Zhao Fu struggled to gather enough Flower Tears for legendary equipment until He Xianru explained how the Heaven-Prayer Platform could help. Meanwhile, other major inheritors and their allies prepared for the next day’s events.

• Zhao Fu sent Guo Binglin to secretly buy grain, while Great Qin Village collected about one hundred thousand Flower Tears and five rare pink ones.
• Zhao Fu met He Xianru, who described the Heaven-Prayer Platform’s true purpose and explained a way to address the Flower Tear shortage.
• He Xianru told Zhao Fu to wait until sunrise to carry out her plan, and he stayed to share wine and food with her.
• Si Ji stood on the Heaven-Prayer Platform with a Fuxi Lineage diviner, while Di Wutian was accompanied by women of the Qingqiu Fox lineage.
• Ji Shenming spoke with Jiang Ziya, Liu Ye spoke with Li Mo, and Li Baiqing stood beside the Taoist Clear Water.

Zhao Fu held the first Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, gained Flower Tears, and strengthened Great Qin Village with the Flower Fairy’s Blessing. After trading grain with Gunado for more Flower Tears, Zhao Fu saw a legendary item vanish from the rankings in the City of Holy Light.

• Zhao Fu performed the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony and collected one million Flower Tears, including pink and cyan varieties.
• Zhao Fu fused ten pink Flower Tears and used them to grant Great Qin Village the Flower Fairy’s Blessing.
• Zhao Fu traded grain with Gunado for one million Flower Tears, while Gunado explained to Bodili that continued trade could bring them far more grain than seizing Zhao Fu’s supplies.
• Zhao Fu exchanged two million Flower Tears for twenty million points in the City of Holy Light, then watched one of the thirty-seven legendary pieces of equipment disappear from the rankings.

Zhao Fu raced to gather Flower Tears, trading with the Orc city and discovering a secluded valley with a rare purple Flower Tear. He exchanged 5.6 million Flower Tears for [Heavenly Demon], the top-ranked legendary equipment, and its disappearance shocked every faction.

• Zhao Fu learned that three legendary items had vanished and refused Jiang Rou’s offer of six thousand Flower Tears, thanking her for trying to help him.
• Zhao Fu traded grain with Gunado for 120,000 Flower Tears while the powerful Orc Bodili watched him and later told Gunado that Zhao Fu was not simple.
• Zhao Fu followed Little Gray to a secluded flower-filled valley, found a purple Flower Tear, and brought people there to gather flowers.
• Zhao Fu’s group collected 830,000 Flower Tears as eight more legendary items vanished, including [Sacred Heaven], ranked seventh.
• Zhao Fu received 1.3 million Flower Tears from the Orc city, bringing his total to 5.6 million, then exchanged them for [Heavenly Demon], ranked first, which immediately disappeared from the list.

After redeeming Heavenly Demon, Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin Village and subdued the sword’s arrogant spirit with his King’s Domain. He fused a General Soul into the sword, raising it from semi-epic to epic grade, but its spirit immediately demanded more.

• The top-ranked Heavenly Demon was redeemed, prompting faction leaders and system factions to scramble for the remaining legendary equipment.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin Village with Heavenly Demon, where his generals celebrated his acquisition of the number-one-ranked item.
• The Heavenly Demon sword spirit appeared and challenged Zhao Fu, but his King’s Domain suppressed her and forced her back into the sword.
• Zhao Fu inspected Heavenly Demon’s attributes and decided to use a General Soul to raise it to epic grade.
• The fusion transformed Heavenly Demon amid magnificent heavenly signs, and after Zhao Fu caught the upgraded sword, its spirit called him Master and asked for more.

Zhao Fu examined the Heavenly Demon Sword, then returned to the City of Holy Light to browse the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers exchange. There, he saw Liu Nanmi’s Holy Light Corps celebrate its haul and recruit players, while Zhao Fu remained uninterested in forming a player faction for now.

• Zhao Fu refused the Heavenly Demon’s request, tested the Heavenly Demon Sword’s power, and put it into the King's Ring.
• Zhao Fu used ten blue Flower Tears to receive a Level 2 Flower Fairy's Blessing and kept three rare purple Flower Tears.
• Zhao Fu returned to the City of Holy Light and discovered that the equipment in the top ten of the Legendary Rankings had disappeared from the exchange.
• Zhao Fu watched Liu Nanmi and the Holy Light Corps arrive, and a member claimed they had collected one hundred thousand Flower Tears.
• Liu Nanmi invited players to join the Holy Light Corps, while Zhao Fu decided against establishing a player faction for now.

Zhao Fu used the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers to acquire a Hundred Origin Pill formula, gold-quality materials, and Blood-Raising Pills for Little Gray and Little Black. After the two creatures transformed and awakened new bloodlines, the festival’s final day arrived with Zhao Fu still needing four purple Flower Tears.

• Zhao Fu exchanged his Flower Tear points for the Hundred Origin Pill formula, which could increase cultivation speed fourfold.
• On the sixth day, Zhao Fu traded with the Orcs for Luminous Void Gold and two Blood-Raising Pills, bringing his purple Flower Tear total to six.
• Zhao Fu fed a Blood-Raising Pill to Little Black and Little Gray, triggering painful transformations that startled the creatures throughout Great Qin Village.
• Little Black transformed and awakened the Nether Nightmare bloodline, while Little Gray grew larger, turned silver, and awakened the Star Moon bloodline.
• Zhao Fu praised and comforted Little Gray and Little Black before the seventh and final day of the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers began.

On the final day of the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers, Zhao Fu searched for the last purple Flower Tear needed for a Level 3 blessing. With only three hours left and his trades yielding none, He Xianru revealed that she had one.

• Zhao Fu found a stall selling a purple Flower Tear, but the owner refused his offers and demanded three million silver coins.
• Zhao Fu visited Orc City, where Gunado gave him the purple Flower Tear the orcs had found, bringing his total to nine.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Forest of Soldiers and discovered that the stall owner had been killed and his purple Flower Tear stolen.
• At nine in the evening, Zhao Fu found no purple Flower Tears among the large quantities gathered by his side or Orc City, with only three hours left in the festival.
• He Xianru called Zhao Fu over and showed him a purple Flower Tear.

Zhao Fu used the purple Flower Tears to gain the Flower Fairy’s Blessing and spent his remaining festival currency on materials, a world map, and a robe for He Xianru. After checking the forum, he learned that Arthur Tina had obtained Sacred Heaven and that several other powerful factions held Legendary equipment.

• He Xianru gave Zhao Fu a purple Flower Tear, and he used it to gain the Level 3 Flower Fairy’s Blessing and the permanent Flower’s Embrace.
• Zhao Fu spent Flower Tears on three types of Gold-grade materials and a detailed map of Apocalypse World.
• Zhao Fu exchanged his remaining 50,000 Flower Tears for a Dreamweaving Palace Robe and gave it to He Xianru.
• Zhao Fu returned to the real world and read a forum post identifying the owners of several Legendary pieces of equipment.
• Zhao Fu learned that Arthur Tina had obtained Sacred Heaven, while Great Xia, Great Shang, and Great Zhou had obtained Thunder Fang, Spirit Tree, and Cold Soul.

Zhao Fu learned that ancient tribal settlements were reviving across Apocalypse World and ordered Great Qin Village to watch for them while expanding its activities. Several days later, Bai Qi reached the first tier, unlocking the ability to train an exclusive unit.

• Zhao Fu read that system factions had claimed nearly all Legendary equipment and noted that the heir of King Arthur had obtained Sacred Heaven.
• Zhao Fu learned that extinct tribes such as the Xiongnu and Turks had revived as native settlements and were attacking people across Huaxia.
• Zhao Fu sent four teams to explore, told them to watch for nearby foreign tribes, and ordered the large-scale planting of Black Forest Fruit trees.
• Bai Qi reported that he had reached the first tier, and Zhao Fu discovered that his First-Tier General class could train an exclusive unit of up to 100 soldiers.

Zhao Fu learned that Bai Qi would train the Iron Eagle Elite, then led an expedition to an advanced ratmen village built among ancient ruins. After surrounding the fortified settlement, Zhao Fu began considering another approach as the ratmen elders debated whether to fight.

• Bai Qi chose the traditional Iron Eagle Elite as his exclusive troop type, and Zhao Fu reviewed its abilities and his own cultivation progress.
• Explorers returned with two City-Building Stones and news of an advanced foreign-race village inhabited by ratmen.
• Zhao Fu led soldiers to the ratmen village and discovered it was built against extensive ancient ruins.
• The ratmen detected Zhao Fu's forces, and Zhao Fu ordered Zhang Dahu to surround the village because its defenses made a direct assault difficult.
• Zhao Fu called Zhang Dahu over, whispered instructions to him, and sent Little Gray with him.
• The ratmen elders discussed their dwindling food and the dangers of fighting Zhao Fu's army.

The ratmen tried to ambush Zhao Fu’s camp through secret tunnels, but Zhang Dahu and Little Gray had discovered the tunnels and prepared an arrow ambush. After the attack, Zhao Fu examined the unusual hooded ratmen who had escaped and fought back against Zhang Dahu’s pursuit.

• The ratmen decided to use secret tunnels and special troops to launch a nighttime attack on Zhao Fu’s forces.
• More than two thousand ratmen emerged from the tunnels, but Zhang Dahu’s hidden archers struck them with a volley of arrows after Little Gray found the tunnels.
• Zhang Dahu pursued several dozen agile, hooded ratmen, but they escaped into a forest and ambushed his men, leaving fifty wounded.
• Zhang Dahu reported the losses to Zhao Fu and explained that more than a dozen ratmen remained missing.
• Zhao Fu examined the recovered corpses and found that the hooded ratmen carried short swords with mechanisms on their arms, though he could not identify their class.