Chapter Summaries

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.

• Shi Jian shielded Shi Wen from the Stone Giant’s attack, and Shi Wen woke to find his father badly wounded.
• Zhao Fu struck the Stone Giant with a powerful sword ray, then killed it after it refused to surrender.
• Zhao Fu stopped Shi Jian and Shi Wen from escaping, while Shi Wen admitted his fault and offered compensation.
• Shi Jian told Shi Wen to flee and prepared to hold Zhao Fu back, but Shi Wen chose to stay and help his father.
• Zhao Fu revealed a City Lord Seal fragment, causing the City Lord Seal to stop empowering Shi Jian.

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.

• Shi Jian threatened to detonate the City Lord Seal, then threw it away to distract Zhao Fu while he prepared a blood talisman.
• Zhao Fu retrieved the City Lord Seal, but Shi Jian used the talisman to send Shi Wen speeding beyond the horizon despite Zhao Fu’s chains.
• Zhao Fu killed the gravely weakened Shi Jian and discovered that Shi Wen had escaped with his storage ring and its valuable contents.
• Zhao Fu reunited the Heavenly Stone City Seal with its fragment and planned to give the complete seal to Sima Cuo.
• Zhao Fu examined the Stone Giant’s drops and found Stone Body Rocks, Stone Giant Crystals, and 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 used the Stone Man Heart to summon five ten-meter stone puppets and reviewed the rewards for killing the Stone Giant.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin’s troops to surround Heavenly Stone City and wait until he had killed Shi Jian and seized the City Lord Seal.
• After news spread that Shi Jian had died and the City Lord Seal had changed hands, panic swept through Heavenly Stone City.
• Zhao Fu arrived above the city and offered its people the choice of death or surrender, warning players not to interfere.
• The players surrendered to Zhao Fu, leaving the city’s residents without the support they had hoped to rely on.

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.

• Heavenly Stone City’s officials argued over whether to surrender or resist, while Zhao Fu used the City Lord Seal to collapse the walls and designate the residents as criminals.
• Zhao Fu offered the residents surrender and promised players permission to plunder and kill anyone who remained in the city.
• More than two hundred thousand residents surrendered, while the others prepared to fight; the burly official led over ten thousand soldiers toward Great Qin and was killed by its archers.
• Players attacked and plundered the remaining natives, killing all two hundred thousand, while more than a hundred thousand players also died.
• The surviving players left through the Teleportation Array, and ten Calamity Knights emerged from the shadows after dark.

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 sent Skeleton Mages into Heavenly Stone City to resurrect its dead as controlled skeletons.
• Zhao Fu occupied and relocated Heavenly Stone City, earning battle merits, regional destiny, experience, and war points before ordering his forces back to Great Qin.
• Factions frightened by Great Qin’s power crowded the Ying Family, hoping to obtain Great Qin and Holy Maiden Decrees, but the family refused to receive visitors.
• The Feng, Li, Liu, and Pan families sent Feng Shiyu, Li Muqing, Liu Ruyan, and Pan Yuling to the Ying Family, which accepted and cared for them.
• Zhao Fu entrusted the Life Fruits to Great Qin’s Medicine Department, then brought Stone Body Rock to the city walls to strengthen Great Qin City.

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 fused the remaining Stone Body Rocks into a city wall, creating a Stone Man Wall that greatly boosted its defense and resisted conventional spells.
• Zhao Fu visited the alchemy room and tasted a Wind Chime Pill refined by Zhang Baishu, confirming that it was far more effective than second-grade pills.
• Zhao Fu refined Shi Jian, Liu Sheng, and Yue Linping’s corpses, gaining three SSS-grade talent balls and three Blood God Pills.
• Zhao Fu gave Sima Cuo the Heavenly Stone City Seal and appointed him City Lord after dividing the subdued citizens between Heavenly Stone City and Great Qin’s other cities.
• Zhao Fu considered attacking Xipan City, a weakened Little Viet main city, or unifying Terror Forest, then chose Xipan City as Great Qin’s first target.

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 reviewed reports on Xipan City and criticized the Kobolds for relying on their strength without expanding.
• Zhao Fu met Beilin during a trade visit, learned Xipan City had little to offer beyond Ceylon Incense, and declined to commit to an exchange for Tier 3 pills.
• Zhao Fu secretly investigated Xipan City, confirmed there were no surprises, and returned to Great Qin to prepare an attack.
• Zhao Fu returned to the real world, ordered food because of his intense hunger, and learned from Mu Guilin that the Four Great Beauties had arrived at the Ying Family.
• Zhao Fu dismissed Mu Guilin's suggestion to present the women to the Imperial Prince and told him to set the matter aside.

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.

• Mu Guilin declared his loyalty to Zhao Fu and offered to arrange for Feng Shiyu and the other women to meet him, but Zhao Fu told him to care for them and said he would report the matter to the Imperial Prince.
• After Zhao Fu finished eating, his bodyguard reported that the four women had arrived, and Zhao Fu agreed to receive them.
• Feng Shiyu barged in, demanded an apology for being kept waiting, and insisted that she was destined to become the Imperial Prince’s consort.
• Li Muqing, Liu Ruyan, and Pan Yuling entered and sat with Feng Shiyu; Liu Ruyan and Pan Yuling said they only wanted Zhao Fu to pass their message to the Imperial Prince.
• Li Muqing smiled and asked Zhao Fu to invite the women to sit, leaving him curious about why she had come voluntarily.

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.

• Li Muqing asked Zhao Fu to arrange a meeting with the Great Qin Imperial Prince, explaining that she wanted to see whether he would protect literature and poetry.
• Li Muqing, Liu Ruyan, and Pan Yuling left the Ying Family, and Feng Shiyu reminded Zhao Fu to tell the Imperial Prince she had come.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin, where the assembled army marched toward Xipan City.
• Zhao Fu ordered 400,000 Great Qin Soldiers to destroy the surrounding villages and encircle Xipan City.
• Great Qin’s cavalry overwhelmed the Kobold villagers, and many Kobolds surrendered after learning they would be spared.
• The Kobold soldiers took positions on Xipan City’s walls and prepared to defend 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.

• Beilin recognized Zhao Fu and told Xipan about their earlier trade, while Xipan questioned why Zhao Fu had strengthened the city before attacking it.
• Zhao Fu rejected Xipan’s offer of an alliance and demanded that Xipan City submit or die.
• After Xipan refused to surrender, Zhao Fu ordered the attack, and six City Lords revealed their power above the city.
• Great Qin’s ballista bolts spread smoke made from ignited Evil-Warding roots across Xipan’s walls.
• The Kobold soldiers who had consumed Evil-Warding pills collapsed after inhaling the smoke, though more than a hundred thousand Kobold residents were defending the city.

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.

• Xipan ordered the Kobold residents to fire arrows at Bai Qi and the other city lords while he flew toward the City Hall to flee with the City-Building Stone.
• Great Qin’s archers suppressed the Kobolds, and the six city lords caught up with Xipan after he was forced away from the City Hall.
• Bai Qi, Wei Liao, and the other city lords attacked Xipan together, destroyed his summoned vicious dogs, and blasted him through houses, leaving him badly injured.
• Zhao Fu sent three hundred Hundred Ghost Illusionists and three hundred Ghost Summoners to a lightly defended stretch of wall.
• The Hundred Ghost Illusionists trapped the defenders in a ghostly realm, and the summoned ghosts scaled the wall and slaughtered Kobolds as Great Qin’s soldiers advanced behind them.

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.

• Great Qin's soldiers breached Xipan City's defenses and poured into the city as Meng Tian defeated Xipan.
• Xipan tried to strike Zhao Fu with one final attack, but Bai Qi stabbed and killed him, and a black-iron City Lord Seal emerged from his body.
• With Xipan dead, most Kobolds surrendered, and Great Qin took control of the city while the three observing System City Lords withdrew.
• Bai Qi handed Zhao Fu the City Lord Seal, and Zhao Fu occupied and relocated Xipan City, obtaining a golden City-Building Stone.
• Zhao Fu addressed the gathered Kobolds and offered surrender to Great Qin, then ordered those who refused to submit killed.

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 brought 160,000 Kobold civilians and 40,000 soldiers into Great Qin and recovered the equipment previously traded to Xipan City.
• Beilin told Zhao Fu how Kobolds made Ceylon Incense, and Zhao Fu collected Xipan City’s Ceylonwood to cultivate it for later production.
• Zhao Fu rebuilt Xipan City, made its seal a subsidiary seal, and gave the seal and a Tier 3 Blood God Pill to Duo Ke.
• Zhao Fu rested his troops after conquering Xipan City and reached Tier 3 cultivation the next day.
• Zhao Fu received Silver Lake Narcissus inheritance fragments from Gloomwood and synthesized a Silver Lake Narcissus Blade and a Silver Lake Narcissus 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 fused the remaining essences into the Silver Lake Seven-piece Set, whose equipment could choose masters and pass down its inheritance.
• Zhao Fu found no suitable warrior for the set and stored it in his ring while waiting for candidates.
• A two-colored General Star descended, radiating the powers of Greedy Wolf and Army Breaker and astonishing people across Huaxia.
• Jiang Ziya stood at the center of a formation in Great Zhou City as six representatives of different schools lent him their power.
• Jiang Ziya’s General Star entered his fate, causing Great Zhou’s destiny to grow and become more powerful.

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 studied Waterflow City’s defenses and concluded that Great Qin would need Huaxia’s support to face the two Little Viet cities.
• Bai Qi proposed surrounding a Huaxia system main city and compelling it to join the campaign by offering the captured cities’ resources as rewards.
• Zhao Fu approved Bai Qi’s plan, and Great Qin’s rested soldiers traveled through the Teleportation Array toward the border region.
• Great Qin’s army surrounded White Leaf City with an isolation formation and advanced on its walls, prompting the defenders to raise the alarm.
• Bai Rusheng reached the wall and realized the attackers were a powerful mixed force of humans and foreign races.

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.

• Zhao Fu surrounded White Leaf City with over four hundred thousand soldiers and persuaded Bai Rusheng to join the campaign against Little Viet by promising the city all of Little Viet's spoils.
• Bai Rusheng agreed to Zhao Fu's contract, and White Leaf City's players prepared to attack Waterflow City.
• Zhao Fu brought Bai Rusheng and his army to Fiery Mountain City, where City Lord Xiao Ce recognized him from their earlier encounter.
• Xiao Ce reluctantly agreed to join the alliance after seeing Zhao Fu's overwhelming force, and Fiery Mountain City began mobilizing.
• Little Viet's main cities learned that White Leaf City and Fiery Mountain City were preparing to attack under the Great Qin Imperial Prince's alliance.

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.

• Little Viet residents and its two system main cities feared the Great Qin Imperial Prince’s force of more than four hundred thousand troops and the allied cities preparing to attack.
• News of Great Qin’s campaign spread through the real world, where Huaxia people followed the conflict and worried about the wider border tensions and future wars.
• Many ordinary Huaxia people supported Great Qin for striking Little Viet, while factions seeking hegemony feared its growing power and other groups praised its actions.
• Little Viet factions held emergency meetings, and Little Viet residents demanded a fair duel without Great Qin before Huaxia and Little Viet traded insults online.
• People in Waterflow City became dejected after learning that two system main cities had joined forces against their region, since Waterflow City was the weakest and likely first target.

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.

• Hu Ming and Chen Xiangyue realized that Huaxia’s Great Qin Imperial Prince might be Zhao Fu, who had a grudge against their cities.
• Chen Xiangyue proposed combining their defenses, and Hu Ming relocated Waterflow City’s City-Building Stone and residents to Fragrant Moon City.
• The two city lords equipped their defenders and completed preparations, raising Little Viet’s morale.
• Bai Rusheng and Xiao Ce warned Zhao Fu that the combined city would be difficult to attack, but Zhao Fu promised Great Qin would breach it.
• Huaxia assembled a force of more than 2.6 million and marched toward Fragrant Moon City.

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.

• Chen Xiangyue ordered Little Viet's defenders to fire arrows as Huaxia charged toward Fragrant Moon City.
• Huaxia and Little Viet exchanged arrow volleys and fought fiercely at the walls, while Huaxia used ice powder to freeze the defenders' fire oil.
• Zhao Fu told Bai Rusheng and Xiao Ce to proceed with their plan, and the two flew toward Fragrant Moon City to face Chen Xiangyue and Hu Ming.
• Hu Ming blamed Zhao Fu for framing Little Viet and White Leaf City and tried to convince Bai Rusheng to turn against him.

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.

• Hu Ming tried to persuade Bai Rusheng to help him kill Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu appeared and provoked Hu Ming by boasting about killing his adoptive father.
• Hu Ming charged Zhao Fu, and Chen Xiangyue tried to stop him before seven hidden Great Qin City Lords surrounded them alongside Bai Rusheng and Xiao Ce.
• Zhao Fu ordered the nine City Lords to kill Hu Ming and Chen Xiangyue and commanded the Huaxia forces to attack Fragrant Moon City while Great Qin took the eastern front.
• Great Qin’s four hundred fifty thousand troops overwhelmed the eastern defenders with a powerful arrow barrage that killed and wounded many Little Viet players.
• Ghostly qi began spreading across the battlefield as the Hundred Ghost Illusionists acted under cover of Great Qin’s arrows.