Arc 14The Forbidden Zone and Sky Dome

Obsidian Martial Arts Hall defeated the three factions, expanded into the Forbidden Zone, and drew powerful allies and rivals into its orbit. The stretch ended with Ye Qinglu striking a devastating blow against the Zerg Legion Commander as Sky Dome Sanctuary fought for survival.

  • Lu Fanchen and Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s reinforcements turned the battle at Firmament Stronghold, drove Lexar’s forces away, and ended the story campaign.
  • Lin Qi learned that First City lay in the Forbidden Zone, then led nearly twenty thousand disciples toward it while Smiling Skull threatened the hall and aberrations attacked its expedition.
  • Luo Wu Shang and the Gray-robed Disciples fought off an aberration army, while Lin Qi killed Smiling Skull’s Ghost Hand after he demanded the hall withdraw from the Mountain of the Dead.
  • One Leaf Floating Cloud’s group rescued the Starfire Merchant Guild’s damaged crew and brought them to Crimson Moon Town, where Fan Yaoguang traded Life Detectors and a map to First City for Life Fruits.
  • Frost Wolf captured Lawson and destroyed Smiling Skull’s leadership, while Lin Qi protected Presia from Mist Mountain Domain City’s Mo Ye and forced the vice city lord to retreat.
  • Black Steel Heavy Industry sent Serpentfolk geniuses to test the hall’s arena as One Leaf Floating Cloud, Fan Yaoguang, Ye Qinglu, and the Sky Garrison reached Sky Dome Sanctuary during a Zerg invasion.
  • Fan Yaoguang fought to protect Sky Dome Sanctuary’s energy tower, while Ye Qinglu merged three thousand swords into one and carved away half the Zerg Legion Commander’s body.
Chapters 327–351 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 327With One Hand, He Pushed Down Mountains and Filled the Vast Sea; Hurricanes Tore Waves Apart and Dragons Soared!

Ye Qinglu and the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s defenders battled the Red Moon Merchant Guild’s forces at the second stronghold while players followed the assaults on the forums. A recording from the Mythic Paradise stronghold revealed that Lu Fanchen had defeated a Bloodstripe Race elder with his self-created Limitless Transcendent Martial Skill, Starfall Burst.

  • Ye Qinglu blocked Twilight Shadow, Misha Lu’s Sky-Scraping Hand and held her own as Lexar attacked the other defenders.
  • One Leaf Floating Cloud and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang kept Lexar occupied, while the elder reported that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s fighters were tying down the attackers across the battlefield.
  • Players discussed the battles at three strongholds on the forums, while Remnant Blade Like Snow wondered why there was no news from Mythic Paradise.
  • Thousand Blade Fiend told Remnant Blade Like Snow that the battle at Mythic Paradise was over and sent her a recording of it.
  • The footage showed Lu Fanchen withstand the Bloodstripe Race elder’s attack, then kill him with Starfall Burst, which flattened a mountain five kilometers away.

Ch. 328The World Turned Upside Down?

Lu Fanchen and Fang Zhen finished defending their strongholds and brought reinforcements to Firmament Stronghold, where the players’ Extraordinary States were fading and defeat seemed imminent. Lexar learned that two attacking armies had been routed and their commanders were dead, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

  • Lu Fanchen killed a Blood Pattern Race elder in one move, while Thousand Blade Fiend and Remnant Blade Like Snow discussed studying his Extraordinary State.
  • Lu Fanchen ordered Mythic Paradise’s forces to stop pursuing fleeing enemies and head for the other strongholds.
  • At Firmament Stronghold, Lexar recognized that One Leaf Floating Cloud and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang could not maintain their Extraordinary States much longer, and many Bone Forging Realm players soon fell out of theirs.
  • Lu Fanchen and Fang Zhen arrived with more than sixty Bone Forging Realm disciples, surprising both sides and giving Firmament Stronghold reinforcements.
  • Lexar’s butler reported that two armies had been defeated and that Rhine Manster, Seeker of Light, and Molke were dead.

Ch. 329Four Domains Tremble in Fear

Lu Fanchen turned back the three factions’ attack on Skyvault Outpost, defeating Twilight Shadow, Misha Lu and driving Lexar and the others to flee. Later, Senior Brother Feilong told Yinghu that news of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s victory had spread throughout the four domains and asked him to confirm it.

  • Lexar learned that Rhine Manster, Seeker of Light, Molke and Three-Headed Ulen had died, and heard that an Obsidian Martial Arts Hall Bone Forging Realm disciple had killed them.
  • Lu Fanchen attacked Twilight Shadow, Misha Lu with Starfall Burst and held his own through repeated exchanges, leaving her badly weakened.
  • Twilight Shadow, Misha Lu fled, prompting Lexar and the three factions’ forces to retreat as Lu Fanchen and the Skyvault Outpost fighters pursued them.
  • Lu Fanchen and the others received word that the NPCs at Heavenly Might Outpost were scattering, ending the story campaign.
  • Yinghu celebrated mastering a Sequence Transcendent Martial Skill saber technique to the third level Perfection Realm.
  • Senior Brother Feilong told Yinghu that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had crushed the three factions’ attack and asked whether Lu Fanchen’s victory over Twilight Shadow, Misha Lu and flight of Lexar were true.

Ch. 330The Name of Obsidian

Yinghu and the Four Domains learned that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had crushed three major factions, while Mist Mountain Domain City rejected the factions’ demands and warned the hall to avoid provoking them further. Lin Qi completed the third layer of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, and a player’s breakthrough unlocked a new hidden building.

  • Feilong told Yinghu that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had killed nearly a third of the attacking Blood Condensation Realm experts and three Half-step Heavenly Humans, and that its gray-robed disciple had defeated Twilight Shadow and Misha Lu and driven Lexar away.
  • Yinghu realized his ties to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could help him join future Forbidden Zone expeditions, while factions across the Four Domains warned their members not to provoke the hall.
  • Monde told Xie Fina that Mist Mountain Domain City had rejected the three factions’ demand to punish the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and had barred their members from Wushan Region.
  • Monde warned Xie Fina that the hall should avoid the Forbidden Zone and further conflict with the three factions; Xie Fina chose to attempt her Blood Condensation Realm breakthrough at the hall.
  • Lin Qi completed the third layer of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique and became a complete Pseudo-Transcendent Lifeform.
  • A player broke through to the Blood Condensation Realm, and the system unlocked the hidden Advanced Rest Room.

Ch. 331First City

Hou Fei told Lin Qi that First City was hidden in the Forbidden Zone within the Mountain of the Dead, revealing why Smiling Skull had been searching there. The chapter left Lin Qi asking how Hou Fei had learned the secret.

  • Isaac mistook Luo Wu Shang’s breakthrough for a Heavenly Human Grandmaster’s attack, but Hou Fei and Li Yuan told him that Smiling Skull, Red Moon Merchant Guild, and Dixing Pharmaceutical had already been defeated by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
  • Luo Wu Shang broke through to the Blood Condensation Realm after using three Energy Blood Essences, and Lin Qi extracted her memories of the fourth layer of the Ethereal Training Method.
  • Hou Fei asked Lin Qi for two Inner Disciple slots in exchange for a secret about the Mountain of the Dead, Smiling Skull, and the Forbidden Zone.
  • Hou Fei revealed that First City was inside the Forbidden Zone in the Mountain of the Dead and that Smiling Skull had been searching for it.
  • Lin Qi asked Hou Fei how he knew the secret about First City.

Ch. 332New Year and the Town Building Order

Hou Fei told Lin Qi that his Crystal Race branch and Smiling Skull descended from First Domain City, whose Energy Ore conversion device could transform ore into Energy Crystals and Energy Blood Essence. Lin Qi expanded player capacity to prepare for exploring the Mountain of the Dead, where a New Year event sent Core Disciples searching for a city and offered a Town Building Order as a prize.

  • Hou Fei revealed that Smiling Skull possessed First Domain City's Energy Ore conversion device and said his ancestors had escaped the Forbidden Zone around New Year; Lin Qi rewarded him with two Elite Disciple slots and asked him to keep the information secret.
  • Lin Qi spent one million Energy Crystals to create one hundred Advanced Rest Rooms and planned to add two thousand players per day as the martial arts hall prepared to seek the conversion devices.
  • Lu Fanchen, Li Tianxing, and Lin Xinyao escaped an Earth Dragon King beneath a large Energy Vein and decided to find another route through the Mountain of the Dead.
  • A Mist Mountain Domain City team led by Monde spotted Lu Fanchen's group and warned its members about Smiling Skull, aberrations, and the dangers of the Forbidden Zone.
  • After receiving a system announcement for the New Year limited-time event, Lu Fanchen and his companions rushed toward the Forbidden Zone to search for a city; the top five players would earn Energy Blood Essence and a Town Building Order.

Ch. 333Expedition to the Forbidden Zone and the Obsidian Army?

Players mobilized for the New Year event, which offered a Town Building Order and rewards tied to the Mountain of the Dead Forbidden Zone. Lin Qi planned to establish a town near the Forbidden Zone despite Smiling Skull’s threat, and an enormous Obsidian Martial Arts Hall army arrived as others prepared to enter it.

  • Twilight of the Gods received Zhang Qingwei’s order for Heavenly Might’s Core Disciples to assemble for an expedition to the Forbidden Zone.
  • After Chen Ya presented her research, Fang Zhen ordered Machine God’s martial artists to join the expedition and planned to establish a stronghold outside the Forbidden Zone.
  • Teams across Crimson Moon Town recruited martial artists and bought Energy Ore, while Lin Qi ordered Qin Mu to procure still more ore for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
  • Lin Qi dismissed Qin Mu’s concerns about Smiling Skull and declared that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would fight if its Grandmasters intervened.
  • Nearly twenty thousand Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples departed Crimson Moon Town in a fleet of Sky Battleships and transport vehicles.
  • As Monde and Xie Fina prepared to enter the Forbidden Zone, they saw the Obsidian army approach in force.

Ch. 334Crushed in One Hand

Obsidian Martial Arts Hall established a stronghold near the Mountain of the Dead Forbidden Zone while Mist Mountain Domain City’s team entered the zone to explore. When two powerful Half-step Heavenly Humans were revealed to be aberrations, Luo Wu Shang crushed Storm Child, Tania with one hand.

  • Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s army passed Smiling Skull’s stronghold and began building a stronghold near the Forbidden Zone, searching for Energy Veins and preparing to construct a town.
  • Monde led Xie Fina and Mist Mountain Domain City’s experts into the Forbidden Zone, warning them to watch for aberrations.
  • Storm Child, Tania and Titan Kong, Fendi approached as aberrations, forcing Monde’s group to flee.
  • Storm Child, Tania attacked Luo Wu Shang’s team while Xie Fina shouted a warning, but Luo Wu Shang caught his axe strike and crushed him with a blood-energy phantom hand.

Ch. 335When the Army of Aberrations Met the Army of Demons?

Luo Wu Shang killed Storm Child, Tania, and the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s disciples welcomed the prospect of fighting the aberrations she had warned could summon reinforcements. Monde’s Mist Mountain Domain City group joined their formation for protection, but the chapter ended as more than three thousand aberrations arrived, including three Heavenly Human Grandmasters.

  • Luo Wu Shang crushed Storm Child, Tania, shocking Monde and the others fleeing with him.
  • Monde warned Luo Wu Shang that aberrations could summon nearby allies, but Luo Wu Shang, Zhang Qingwei, and Zhao Hu eagerly anticipated the fight and its potential rewards.
  • Monde explained the danger of an aberration army and, after offering Luo Wu Shang two Energy Blood Essences and promising three more, brought his group into the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s formation.
  • Monde’s companions resented being placed inside the formation for protection, while Xie Fina estimated that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had a fifty percent chance of breaking through.
  • Monde spotted more than three thousand approaching aberrations, including three Heavenly Human Grandmasters, and despaired.

Ch. 336The Obsidian Disciples Beyond All Reason

Luo Wu Shang and the Gray-robed Disciples of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall defeated an overwhelming aberrant army in the Forbidden Zone, astonishing Monde and the Mist Mountain Domain City team. After returning to Crimson Moon Town, the team arrived alongside Yinghu and other Tianhe Domain City geniuses, who watched Monde treat a silver-gray-clad woman with great respect.

  • Monde told the Mist Mountain Domain City team to scatter and flee as three aberrant Heavenly Human Grandmasters approached.
  • Luo Wu Shang killed Titan Kong, Fendi with one strike, then battled all three Grandmasters and survived their attacks.
  • The Gray-robed Disciples overwhelmed the surrounding aberrants, and after twenty minutes the injured Grandmasters and most of their army fled.
  • Monde and the Mist Mountain Domain City team returned to Crimson Moon Town aboard a transport vehicle.
  • Yinghu and the Tianhe Domain City geniuses arrived and questioned whether Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was as powerful as its reputation suggested.
  • Monde, Imilia, and Xie Fina respectfully escorted a silver-gray-clad woman into Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, leaving Yinghu stunned.

Ch. 337The Aberrant Treasure Chest and the Grandmaster from the West

Lin Qi rejected Tianhe Domain City's low offer for Life Fruits and decided to promote them at the next Crimson Moon Auction. Luo Wu Shang brought him a sealed black box bearing First City's emblem, but before he could reward her, Ghost Hand arrived above Crimson Moon Town and unleashed a grandmaster's blood energy.

  • Yinghu led Tianhe Domain City's Blood Condensation Realm geniuses to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to investigate the woman Monde had treated with reverence.
  • Wu Zhuo Qun reported that Deputy City Lord Aris would only buy Life Fruits with Energy Blood Essence and refused to trade the manufacturing equipment, so Lin Qi ordered invitations sent to the major powers for an auction featuring Life Fruits.
  • Monde and Luo Wu Shang waited outside Lin Qi's lounge, and Luo Wu Shang presented a black metal box she had recovered from an aberrant creature in the Forbidden Zone.
  • Lin Qi found First City's golden-flame emblem on the box, but realized it could not be opened by force and likely required a password.
  • Ghost Hand, a Heavenly Human Grandmaster and one of Smiling Skull's vice commanders, appeared over Crimson Moon Town and suppressed the town with his blood energy.

Ch. 338You're Not Qualified Yet

Ghost Hand of Smiling Skull arrived in Crimson Moon Town and demanded that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall abandon its stronghold in the Mountain of the Dead. Lin Qi rejected him, defeated him effortlessly, and killed him in the sky above the town.

  • Ghost Hand unleashed his blood qi, immobilizing most of Crimson Moon Town, then identified himself as Smiling Skull's vice commander and summoned the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall's leaders.
  • Yinghu and the others feared Ghost Hand's threat, while Monde calmly introduced Lin Qi as the hall's master and assured Yinghu that the situation would not get out of hand.
  • Ghost Hand demanded that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall withdraw from the Mountain of the Dead within three days and demonstrated his power by blasting a distant forest into a crater.
  • Lin Qi told Ghost Hand that he was not qualified to make the demand, then broke through Ghost Hand's phantom hand, seized him by the throat, and snapped his neck.

Ch. 339Heaven-Shaking Might and the Starship That Split the Sky

Lin Qi killed Ghost Hand, sold access to a new Forbidden Zone camp, and learned that Smiling Skull was waiting for its leader to grow stronger before seeking revenge. A week later, Ye Qinglu’s team spotted what looked like a starship falling through the sky.

  • Lin Qi crushed Ghost Hand to death, took his belongings, and rewarded Luo Wu Shang for turning in an aberrant treasure chest.
  • Yinghu’s group left Crimson Moon Town, but Monde and his companions paid Lin Qi for camp spots so they could explore the Forbidden Zone more safely.
  • Lin Qi tasked the players with building a temporary camp and sent First City’s Smart Watch and black box to Luo Qi for analysis.
  • Smiling Skull’s leader delayed retaliation until he completed his breakthrough, while his followers prepared healing supplies and recovery treasures.
  • Ye Qinglu’s team pushed deep into the Forbidden Zone, then saw a huge flaming object that Ye Qinglu identified as a starship.

Ch. 340Version Preview—and Seeing a Sword Immortal, Why Not Bow?

One Leaf Floating Cloud and his group discovered the crashed Dawn and met its crew, led by Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli, who mistook them for survivors from the Great Transfer. As the group escorted the crew toward the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, three thousand aberrations surrounded them, and Ye Qinglu revealed her power by summoning thousands of swords.

  • One Leaf Floating Cloud led his group to the crashed spaceship, where Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli prepared their crew for unknown visitors.
  • Fan Yaoguang identified himself as a captain of the Starfire Merchant Guild and asked One Leaf Floating Cloud to take his damaged crew somewhere safe.
  • One Leaf Floating Cloud agreed to lead the crew to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, believing the encounter had triggered a new-version quest.
  • Ke Xueli detected more than three thousand approaching aberrations, including five Heavenly Human Realm enemies, and One Leaf Floating Cloud insisted his group would fight them.
  • When the aberrations surrounded the group, Ye Qinglu rose into the air and summoned three thousand longswords to confront three of the Heavenly Human Realm enemies.

Ch. 341Are They Human Too?

Ye Qinglu and the Sky Garrison routed an alien army, astonishing Fan Yaoguang and the Dawn crew with their strength. After leaving the Forbidden Zone, the crew discovered the vast alien-free lands around the Mountain of the Dead and Wushan Region, and arrived at Crimson Moon Tower to negotiate with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

  • Ye Qinglu unleashed three thousand longswords, killing most of the surrounding aliens, then survived attacks from three Heavenly Human aliens and severely wounded them with her Sword Lotus technique.
  • One Leaf Floating Cloud led the Sky Garrison into battle, and its Bone Forging Realm members slaughtered the Blood Condensation Realm aliens while Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli fought the stronger enemies.
  • Ye Qinglu and One Leaf Floating Cloud killed an Initial Stage Heavenly Human alien, prompting the remaining Heavenly Human aliens and their forces to flee.
  • Fan Yaoguang and the Dawn crew discovered that aliens could not enter the lands around the Mountain of the Dead and Wushan Region, and Ke Xueli recognized the region as a potential refuge for Sky Dome Sanctuary's younger generation.
  • Fan Yaoguang planned to negotiate with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and exploit its lack of advanced technology and equipment, and the two Flying Transport Vehicles arrived at Crimson Moon Tower.

Ch. 342First Arrival at Crimson Moon Town and the Survivors?

Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli brought the Dawn to Crimson Moon Town, where they met Hall Master Lin Qi and began negotiating a trade between the Starfire Merchant Guild and the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Lin Qi asked Fan Yaoguang about First City, but his explanation that the sanctuary races had destroyed it left Lin Qi confused.

  • Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli were astonished by Crimson Moon Town’s population and the scale of the Wushan Region as One Leaf Floating Cloud led the Dawn to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
  • Ling Ye and Yifeng watched the Dawn arrive and suspected that the powerful visitors were backing the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
  • Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli tested the Beginner Meditation Room, then met Lin Qi, who offered the Dawn unused houses in Crimson Moon Town.
  • Fan Yaoguang offered Sky Dome Battle Armor in exchange for land and access to the Beginner Meditation Room, and Lin Qi proposed visiting-student slots instead.
  • Lin Qi asked about First City, and Fan Yaoguang said the sanctuary races had joined forces to destroy it after the Great Transfer, confusing Lin Qi.

Ch. 343The Sky's Forbidden Secret and a Single Punch

Lin Qi learned from Fan Yaoguang that parasitic extraterrestrials might secretly control the Four Domains, traded Life Fruits for advanced detectors, and obtained First City's location. Meanwhile, Lawson became a Grandmaster, but Frost Wolf effortlessly defeated him and seized him for an unknown purpose.

  • Fan Yaoguang described a history in which extraterrestrial parasites had invaded the planet, and revealed that the sky was sealed after the Dawn was struck while leaving the atmosphere.
  • Fan Yaoguang explained that precise Life Detectors could identify parasites, and he traded seven Sky Dome Type 3 Life Detectors to Lin Qi for seven Life Fruits.
  • Lin Qi secured a map marking First City's location in East Sector Seven, then ordered Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to screen its members for Zerg parasites.
  • Lawson broke through to the High-stage Heavenly Human limit, but Frost Wolf arrived and claimed Lawson belonged to his Lineage.
  • Lawson attacked Frost Wolf, who blocked his strike, battered him, severed his limbs, and captured him with a blood-energy hand.

Ch. 344The World in Uproar and a Forged Martial Skill Beyond Limitless?

Frost Wolf revealed that he had been controlled by an outside force and seized Smiling Skull’s Grandmasters, sparking fear across the Four Domains. Meanwhile, Lin Qi gained new technology and learned a player had forged a Profound Tier Martial Skill, while Presia’s breakthrough was interrupted by a demand from Mist Mountain Domain City to return for trial.

  • Frost Wolf defeated Lawson, captured him, and ordered the two deputy commanders of Smiling Skull seized and distributed as rewards to soldiers.
  • The destruction of Smiling Skull’s fortress and disappearance of its three Grandmasters alarmed the Four Domains, whose major forces suspected Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
  • Lin Qi approved granting First Domain City’s crew authorization to use the Beginner Martial Arts Room in exchange for repairing Energy Ore conversion equipment.
  • The system informed Lin Qi that a player had created a Profound Tier Martial Skill and unlocked the Gate of Laws quest.
  • Chi Sha explained that his Double Burst had vaporized ore and damaged a ruin storage room, and One Leaf Floating Cloud later submitted a New Alloy stronger than C6 Grade Alloy.
  • Presia advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm, then learned that Mist Mountain Domain City had sent an elder to strip her status and take her back for trial.

Ch. 345Do Not Let Down the Morning Light or the Night; Till the Stars and Moon, Till the Heart

Mist Mountain Domain City elders arrived in Crimson Moon Town to take Presia back after she refused a training mission, but her breakthrough into the Blood Condensation Realm changed the dispute. When Nuk and others challenged her standing, Presia agreed to fight Bruce and revealed that she had perfected her Sequence Transcendent Martial Skill at the third level.

  • Mist Mountain Domain City's Sky Battleship arrived over Crimson Moon Town, and its elders and Blood Condensation Realm experts flew to the Cultivation Tower.
  • Presia's teacher Xig explained that the city lord had personally selected her for training and offered to let her atone through a mission instead of returning for punishment.
  • Xig discovered that Presia had reached the Blood Condensation Realm and argued that her blood vitality qualified her as a peerless genius.
  • Nuk disputed Presia's claim to special status, and Bruce offered to fight her to prove whether she was at least a prospective peerless genius.
  • Presia accepted the match and told Xig that she had perfected her Sequence Transcendent Martial Skill at the third level.

Ch. 346The Edge of a Half-Form

Presia prepared to spar with Bruce while Elder Nuk tried to force Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to break its rules. Lin Qi revealed overwhelming strength by severely injuring Nuk, and Presia was given Lin Qi’s Great Club and Memory Bananas for the coming match.

  • Presia insisted that her recent training had perfected the third layer of her martial skill, and Xig agreed to let her face Bruce.
  • Nuk pressured Ino to provide an advanced training room, then suppressed Ling Ye when she defended the hall’s rules.
  • Lin Qi struck Nuk with a gust that pierced his armor and left him badly wounded, revealing strength comparable to a High-stage Heavenly Human Grandmaster.
  • Lin Qi returned to his meditation room, explained that his increased strength and Great Club had let him defeat Nuk, and ordered Wu Zhuo Qun to give Presia the club and six Memory Bananas.
  • Wu Zhuo Qun delivered the items to Presia in an advanced training room, and she questioned why she was expected to spar with a Great Club instead of her sword.

Ch. 347Is Obsidian Martial Arts Hall Trying to Defy Heaven?

Presia killed Bruce with a newly fused martial skill, and Vice City Lord Mo Ye arrived to take her away for investigation. Lin Qi intervened, claiming Mist Mountain Domain City had no right to interfere with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s core disciple.

  • Presia wielded Wu Zhuo Qun’s Great Club and faced Bruce, who revealed High-level Blood Condensation Realm power and attacked with his perfected Night Blade.
  • Presia fused Sky Shadow Step with Raging Dragon and destroyed Bruce with a single strike, killing him despite his battle armor.
  • Nuk and another elder moved to seize Presia, but Xig blocked them and insisted that the City Lord decide her punishment.
  • Vice City Lord Mo Ye arrived, overwhelmed Presia with his blood and qi, and ordered his martial artists to take her away for investigation.
  • Lin Qi entered the training room and declared that Presia was an advanced student and core disciple of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, challenging Mo Ye’s authority to take her.

Ch. 348The World Trembles

Lin Qi defended Presia from Vice City Lord Mo Ye of Mist Mountain Domain City and revealed his mastery of the Realm of All Things, forcing Mo Ye and his followers to retreat. Presia stayed in Crimson Moon Town under the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s protection as news of the confrontation spread across the four domains.

  • Lin Qi refused to let Mo Ye take Presia, prompting Mo Ye to attack him and unleash his blood and vitality across the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
  • Lin Qi blocked Mo Ye’s Transcendent Tier Martial Skill and revealed more than a hundred phantom swords formed through the Realm of All Things.
  • Mo Ye ordered his followers to leave, and Nuk and the other visitors departed after Mo Ye vanished from the hall.
  • Xig asked Lin Qi to let Presia remain in Crimson Moon Town until he could explain her situation to the city lord, and Lin Qi agreed to protect her.
  • Xig left aboard the Sky Battleship, while people and players in Crimson Moon Town celebrated and speculated that the town would become a fifth domain city.
  • News of Mo Ye’s retreat spread through the major cities of the Wushan Region and reached powers across the four domains.

Ch. 349Intermediate Cultivation Tower Complete

After Lin Qi’s defeat of Mo Ye, the major forces reconsidered their ties with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and their plans for exploring the Forbidden Zone. The chapter ended as Lin Qi received notice that the Intermediate Cultivation Tower renovation was complete.

  • At Red Moon City, Gussen ordered the Red Moon Merchant Guild to stop provoking the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and announced plans to search the Icefield Forbidden Zone for signs of human life.
  • In Black Steel City, the Great Elder tasked Tie Mu with pursuing cooperation with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and sending half of Black Steel’s top young geniuses there.
  • Wu Zhuo Qun reported that Mist Mountain Domain City had made no unusual moves, and Lin Qi decided to focus resources on helping Luo Qi finish the new battle armor rather than recall disciples.
  • Lin Qi received a system notification that the Intermediate Cultivation Tower renovation had been completed and could be activated.

Ch. 350This Is No Ordinary City Anymore

Black Steel Heavy Industry’s geniuses arrived in Chiyue City to join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and discovered that its disciples faced fierce arena tests and enjoyed extraordinary cultivation resources. Meanwhile, Ye Qinglu and the Sky Garrison witnessed a Zerg assault shatter Sky Dome Sanctuary’s barrier, and Ye Qinglu flew toward the powerful attacker to test it.

  • Iron Twilight brought Black Steel Heavy Industry’s Serpentfolk geniuses to Chiyue City, where they lined up to challenge the Bone Forging Realm Inner Disciple arena.
  • Hong Lao told Iron Twilight that Cangyi City had sent its City Lord Personal Guard to join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and explained that even its Inner Disciple arena defenders were formidable.
  • Iron Twilight watched a Mid-stage Bone Forging Realm defender defeat a High-level Bone Forging Realm challenger in fewer than three moves and learned about the hall’s powerful cultivation rooms.
  • One Leaf Floating Cloud, Fan Yaoguang, Ye Qinglu, and the Sky Garrison arrived near Sky Dome Sanctuary as Zerg forces attacked it with a cosmic warship and spacecraft.
  • A gigantic spear shattered the sanctuary’s Energy Barrier, and dozens of Heavenly Human Grandmasters led thousands of Blood Condensation Realm experts in an assault.
  • Ye Qinglu rode her sword toward the attacker, telling One Leaf Floating Cloud she wanted to test the powerful BOSS.

Ch. 351Whose Sword Danced?

Ye Qinglu and the Sky Garrison joined Sky Dome Sanctuary’s defense as Fan Yaoguang revealed his Realm of All Things and battled the Zerg Grandmasters. When the sanctuary’s Grandmasters struggled against the powerful Zerg Legion Commander, Ye Qinglu arrived and struck him with her new ultimate art.

  • One Leaf Floating Cloud led the Sky Garrison into Sky Dome Sanctuary to fight the invading Zerg.
  • Fan Yaoguang rescued Elder Xingguang, revealed he had reached the threshold of the Realm of All Things, and fought the Zerg Grandmasters attacking the energy tower.
  • Ke Xueli went to defend the refinery while Fan Yaoguang’s allies battled the Zerg forces, which sent reinforcements to keep him occupied.
  • The Zerg Legion Commander overwhelmed Sky Dome Sanctuary’s Grandmasters, and Ye Qinglu flew into their battle with three thousand swords.
  • Ye Qinglu merged her swords into one blade and unleashed Three Thousand Worlds, carving away half the Zerg Legion Commander’s body.
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