Recaps

Lin Qi learned that rumors about the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s Emerald Sky treasure had prompted rival forces to pressure the Association into demanding a supply mission. He agreed to send a convoy to Maple Forest Town by the deadline and turned the mission into a new business for his disciples.

• Xia Ling warned Lin Qi that the White Feather Gang and Gorilla Gang had spread rumors about the Emerald Sky treasure, leading suburban forces to target the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall through its supply mission.
• Lin Qi realized the rumors were close to the truth about the secret art, Blood Red Bead, and mineral map he had obtained, including its Rem Titanium Gold deposit.
• Feng Gelin told Lin Qi that the Association’s deadline was the next day and that the hall could be struck from the rolls if it failed to deliver supplies.
• Lin Qi agreed to send people to Maple Forest Town, declined Xia Ling’s offer of help, and invited her to train at the hall in two days.
• Lin Qi posted a long-term team transport mission offering contribution rewards to Elite Disciples and above who brought new disciples along.

Players prepared for a high-reward team transport mission as veterans suspected it would be unusually difficult, while Mythic Paradise trained newcomers in a deadly self-destruct technique. The chapter ended with Luo Wu Shang advancing to Martial Artist after mastering the second level of the Soul Shocking Breathing Technique.

• Players at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall reacted excitedly to the transport mission’s large contribution rewards, and Twilight of the Gods warned that its lack of restrictions might signal great difficulty.
• Lin Qi agreed with Twilight of the Gods’ suggestion to add mission difficulty ratings, while players formed teams, equipped newcomers with A6 Battle Armor, and rushed to learn Lightning Palm and craft Electromagnetic Cannons.
• Lin Xinyao brought seventeen newcomers to Lu Fanchen, who began teaching them the Lightning Fire Self-Destruct Method for the upcoming mission.
• Lu Fanchen and the other Mythic Paradise members trained the newcomers overnight in the Breathing Technique and Star Explosion Meditation Technique so they could use the self-destruct method.
• Luo Wu Shang achieved an initial grasp of the second level of the Soul Shocking Breathing Technique and advanced to Martial Artist after dying nine times.

Luo Wu Shang became the first player at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to break through to Martial Artist, astonishing the other players with her strength and speed. Inspired by her success, Lin Qi began extracting her second-layer training method so he could advance as well.

• Players at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall felt dense blood vitality coming from a lounge and gathered to see who had broken through.
• Luo Wu Shang emerged as a Martial Artist, and she revealed that her strength was 1,558.4 kilograms and her base speed was 38.4 meters per second.
• Fang Zhen and the other players returned to their lounges to continue attempting their own breakthroughs, while Yakro struggled to understand their talk of classes and systems.
• Lin Qi assessed Luo Wu Shang's advancement and decided to stop holding back.
• Lin Qi returned to his lounge, prepared Energy Ore and his last two Energy Crystals, and began extracting Luo Wu Shang's second-layer training method.

Lin Qi completed the second stage of his training method and became a martial artist, with strength already close to an Intermediate Martial Artist’s. He sent more than 240 players with ten supply trucks toward Maple Forest Town, while the White Feather Gang confirmed that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had left the city.

• Lin Qi used two Energy Crystals to complete the second-stage training method and underwent a transformation into a Beginner Martial Artist.
• Lin Qi inspected his panel and found that his base strength and speed were nearly at Intermediate Martial Artist standards, while his perfected Lightning Palm made his attacks even stronger.
• A guard told Lin Qi that Feng Gelin had arrived with ten transport trucks, and Lin Qi gathered more than 240 players for the mission.
• Feng Gelin was astonished by the size of the group and by Luo Wu Shang’s martial artist status as Lin Qi ordered the players to transport supplies to Maple Forest Town.
• The players eagerly competed to drive the trucks and professed their loyalty to Lin Qi as they departed the city.
• Mans told Isaac that the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had left the city.

The White Feather Gang secretly prepared to frame Obsidian Martial Arts Hall for killing the young masters of several suburban Lineages, while Rosalina’s gang watched a huge force gather around a supply convoy. The convoy’s passengers climbed out to face the assembled fighters, leaving the impending battle about to begin.

• Isaac ordered Mans to send the Shadow Guards and alert the suburban young masters, while the White Feather Gang planned to disguise its men as Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and kill those young masters.
• Mans and the one-eared captain sent forty wingless Shadow Guards in silver-gray outfits to carry out the plan and provoke a war between Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and the Lineages.
• Rosalina and the Six Forest Gang withdrew from a valley after seeing more than a thousand Winged Tribe and Ape Tribe fighters assemble there.
• Rosalina realized the forces were not pursuing her and speculated that they had gathered to seize a priceless treasure.
• A convoy of ten trucks arrived, and the assembled fighters charged toward it; Rosalina recognized it as a supply convoy bound for Maple Forest Town.
• The convoy’s passengers got out and reacted to the more than a thousand fighters blocking the road, including several Martial Artist-level opponents in B-class Battle Armor.

Dibbs and the North Ao, Bain, and Peven Lineages joined the Gorilla Gang to seize Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s alleged Lord-class Monster remains, trapping its convoy in a valley. The convoy’s players resisted with A6 Battle Armor and devastating attacks, killing hundreds of the attackers’ shield-bearers and archers.

• Dibbs showed Gal Bain and Gais Peven photos of a Lord-class Monster claw and ordered the convoy to surrender.
• Rosalina and a Forest Tribe youth watched from hiding as more than two hundred Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members left the trucks.
• Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members revealed more than a hundred players wearing A6 Battle Armor and charged through the arrow fire.
• The convoy’s newcomers struck B2 Grade Arrows with their palms, unleashing blazing beams that pierced armor and shields and killed two hundred shield-bearers and several archers.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples killed the four major powers’ shield-bearers with rapid attacks, then charged into battle under Luo Wu Shang’s command. When the enemy began suppressing them, one disciple grabbed a group of opponents and self-destructed, leaving the four powers’ forces terrified and unsure how to fight them.

• The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples instantly killed more than two hundred shield-bearers, shocking Rosalina and the four major powers.
• Luo Wu Shang ordered the disciples to attack, and Vinsonk rallied the four powers by warning them to keep the attackers away from their arrows.
• The four major powers used their superior strength and numbers to suppress the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples.
• An Obsidian Martial Arts Hall rookie grabbed a Quasi-Martial Artist and self-destructed, killing him and six other opponents nearby.
• The four powers’ fighters released the disciples and retreated, while Rosalina watched in disbelief.

Lu Fanchen’s newcomers used the Lightning Fire Self-Destruct Method to disrupt the four major factions and turn the battle in Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s favor. Vinsonk then entered the fight, but Luo Wu Shang challenged him and managed to injure him, leaving the battle between the two Martial Artists unresolved.

• Lu Fanchen ordered Mythic Paradise’s newcomers to charge the enemy Quasi-Martial Artists, who fled to avoid their self-destruct attacks.
• Li Tianxing proposed teaching the newcomers a burst-speed technique based on Heaven-Treading Steps, and Lu Fanchen ordered him to train them after the mission.
• With the enemy kept at a distance, nearly two hundred newcomers crafted and fired Electromagnetic Cannons, helping the old players kill over two hundred foes and force the four major factions back.
• Vinsonk charged into the battle and struck down an Advanced Apprentice old player with a single ordinary saber swing.
• Luo Wu Shang confronted Vinsonk, exchanged blows with him using Point Star, and left a shallow mark on his B2 Grade Battle Armor.

Luo Wu Shang fought Vinsonk while the factions moved against her, but Chen Ya revealed her extraordinary archery and killed two warrior guards. Lu Fanchen and his teammates weakened Vinsonk with Fusion Explosion, allowing Luo Wu Shang to finish him with Heaven-Sundering Slash.

• Dibbs ordered Trido and Bansia to kill Luo Wu Shang before she could enter the Genius Training Camp, while players and other teams prepared to intervene.
• Lu Fanchen told Mythic Paradise to wait for the warriors to gather before attacking, and Chen Ya armed herself with a heavy bow and special arrows.
• Chen Ya used two electrified arrows to accelerate a B4 Grade Arrow and kill one warrior guard, then shot the other guard through the chest.
• Vinsonk charged at Chen Ya, but Lu Fanchen and his two teammates unleashed Fusion Explosion and trapped him in a massive fireball.
• Luo Wu Shang struck Vinsonk with Heaven-Sundering Slash, killing him.

Luo Wu Shang, Chen Ya, and the remaining Obsidian Martial Arts Hall fighters battled the four major powers to near annihilation after looting the fallen Martial Artists' B-class armor. The chapter ended with Luo Wu Shang killing Dibbs despite his claim to be an heir, hoping to trigger revenge from the three great Lineages.

• Luo Wu Shang, Chen Ya, and the Outlander Gunslinger looted Vinsonk and the two fallen guards, taking B-class Battle Armor and potions.
• Dibbs, Gar, and Gais ordered the four major powers to attack, but Luo Wu Shang and Chen Ya equipped the recovered armor and cut down their forces.
• The battle continued for several minutes, leaving fewer than twenty Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members and more than sixty enemies alive as the players' casualties mounted.
• Luo Wu Shang used Point Star to kill the final five enemies, then Chen Ya killed Gar and Gais when they pleaded in Featherfolk language.
• Dibbs claimed he was the North Ao Family's first heir, but Luo Wu Shang killed him and said she wanted to trigger the three great Lineages' revenge plot.

After Obsidian Martial Arts Hall wiped out the four great factions, Rosalina’s Six Forest Gang and the White Feather Gang discovered the aftermath. Mans arranged to publish footage implicating Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, while Rosalina decided to film the scene and sell it as a documentary.

• Chen Ya and Luo Wu Shang agreed to wait for the dead to revive while looting the corpses of the four great factions.
• Rosalina refused to let the Six Forest Gang attack Chen Ya and Luo Wu Shang, ordered the gang to leave Maple Forest Town, and warned them about the silver-gray-clad humans.
• Mans and the White Feather Gang found the bodies of the three young masters and the other members of the four great factions, then decided to upload footage of the massacre and looting.
• Mans’s group secretly filmed Obsidian Martial Arts Hall stripping the corpses and returned to City of Light Chasing.
• Rosalina realized the footage could be sold, ordered her gang to film the scene, and named the planned documentary The Advancing Gray-Clad Ones!

Lin Qi told Luo Qi that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would begin teaching training methods and asked her to repair two hundred damaged A6 Battle Armors. Their discussion was interrupted by a viral video showing players looting a valley full of dead Featherfolk and Apefolk, and Luo Qi wondered if they were Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples.

• Luo Shuangyan headed to class while Luo Qi worried that the Obsidian Shop's weapon sales were too low to cover expenses.
• Lin Qi told Luo Qi that the hall would teach Apprentice-level training methods to outsiders and offer cheaper lessons to its disciples starting the next day.
• Lin Qi brought ten crates of damaged A6 Battle Armor to Luo Qi, who said she could repair the two hundred sets within a few days.
• Lin Qi offered Luo Qi twenty thousand Bits for each repaired set and said the hall had sixty million Bits available.
• A television report showed a viral video of silver-gray-shirted people looting a valley strewn with over a thousand Featherfolk and Apefolk corpses, and Luo Qi asked Lin Qi if they were his disciples.

Lin Qi rejected the North Ao Family’s demand for the Lord-class Monster’s remains, the valley spoils, and eight hundred million Bits after its elder threatened to shut down the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. The four major powers prepared to press their claims, but Lin Qi ended the chapter by warning that he could do whatever their patriarch could.

• Luo Qi urged Lin Qi to flee after a video showed players stripping the corpses of members from the four major powers, but Lin Qi said the city’s laws protected him.
• Lin Qi admitted that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s players had probably killed the four powers’ men, then returned to the hall with players and pharmaceutical equipment.
• Wright learned that Bess had sent the Gorilla Gang’s Sixth Guard after the hall over rumors of a Lord-class Monster’s remains, killed Muto as the one responsible, and demanded a quarter of the remains.
• Patriarch Kadwen ordered Drock to demand the remains, the valley spoils, and eight hundred million Bits from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, threatening to close it if Lin Qi refused.
• Drock delivered Kadwen’s ultimatum, and Lin Qi refused, telling him to say that what Kadwen could do, he could do too.

Lin Qi rejected the North Ao Family’s threats and vowed to fight the four major forces, which soon isolated Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. After Meng Wei’s gang betrayed him and captured his allies, Lin Qi declared that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would fight back.

• Lin Qi let Drock deliver his declaration of war to Kadwen, who ordered the four major forces to blockade Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and kill anyone entering or leaving it.
• Wright persuaded Bess to wear down Obsidian Martial Arts Hall rather than destroy it outright, and Bess spread word that anyone cooperating with the hall would become an enemy of all four forces.
• Isaac welcomed the blockade as a chance to let both sides exhaust themselves while the White Feather Gang recruited young drifters for the Genius Training Camp.
• Meng Wei arrived with Qiao Hanlan and Xue Jing, who explained that the Iron Heart Gang had attacked them, killed more than a hundred prospective recruits, and captured elders to force Meng Wei to return alone.
• Lin Qi refused Meng Wei’s warning and declared that the Iron Heart Gang’s attack was a declaration of war on Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, adding that he intended to fight the four major forces.

Lin Qi prepared to confront the Iron Heart Gang to rescue Meng Wei’s allies, but Ye Qinglu’s breakthrough and extraordinary sword techniques stole the hall’s attention. Her attack damaged Instructor Number One and triggered a hidden quest for Lin Qi to have players create three Extraordinary Martial Skills.

• Lin Qi told Meng Wei and his disciples to rest, then planned to lead them to the Iron Heart Gang the next morning to demand the elders’ release.
• Meng Wei, Xue Jing, and Qiao Hanlan discussed risking their lives to repay Lin Qi’s support, when Ye Qinglu’s breakthrough shook the lounge.
• Ye Qinglu emerged as a Martial Artist, revealed her impressive stats, and demonstrated her Balance System profession by flying on twelve swords.
• Ye Qinglu tested Three Forms of Lightning, reaching Stage Seven with her first form and damaging Instructor Number One with her fourth form.
• Lin Qi received a system notification that a player had created a Stage Eight martial skill, unlocking the hidden quest “Extraordinary Path.”

Lin Qi rewarded Ye Qinglu for creating a Transcendent Tier Martial Skill, shocking the martial arts hall and inspiring others to see new possibilities. After equipping her free Elite Disciple Outfit, Ye Qinglu discovered it enhanced vital blood, and One Leaf Floating Cloud was stunned by the outfit’s unexpected attributes.

• Lin Qi praised Ye Qinglu for creating a Transcendent Tier Martial Skill and awarded her an Elite Disciple Outfit and a B4 Grade Longsword.
• Meng Wei, Qiao Hanlan, and Yakro reacted with awe, while Qiao Hanlan and Meng Wei saw hope in the possibilities Ye Qinglu represented.
• Ye Qinglu equipped the outfit and logged out briefly as instructed, then discovered it had a Vital Blood Enhancement ability.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud urged Ye Qinglu to recruit newcomers eager to learn her sword-control techniques, but froze when she showed him the outfit’s attributes.

Fu Yihai announced that Meng Wei had rebelled and offered to spare four captured elders if Meng Wei returned by sunset, while revealing that eight hundred fighters from the four major forces had arrived to deter the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. The gathering ended with an unknown attacker killing one of Fu Yihai’s veterans with a scorching beam.

• Fu Yihai told the Iron Heart Gang that Meng Wei had fled after attempting to bring the gang into the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and said four elders had aided him.
• Fu Yihai offered to spare the four elders if Meng Wei returned to accept punishment before sunset.
• Fu Yihai revealed that the four major forces had sent eight hundred elite fighters in A6 Battle Armor to guard the gang.
• An arrow flew toward a veteran on the platform, and Fu Yihai warned him to dodge.
• A lightning-crackling arrow struck the incoming arrow as a scorching beam pierced the veteran’s chest, killing him.

Meng Wei and the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall confronted Fu Yihai to rescue four captured elders, and the Iron Heart Gang’s forces attacked them. The chapter ended with the Obsidian fighters unleashing a volley that killed more than five hundred attackers.

• A lightning-fast arrow killed an Iron Heart Gang elder on the platform, and Meng Wei arrived with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to demand the four elders’ release.
• Fu Yihai refused to release the prisoners unless Meng Wei surrendered, and Meng Wei turned to Luo Wu Shang, Ye Qinglu, and the others for help.
• Fang Zhen and the other players charged into battle, eager to earn rewards from the rescue mission and team dungeon.
• Fu Yihai ordered thousands of Iron Heart Gang members to surround and kill the Obsidian fighters as both sides clashed in the square.
• The Obsidian fighters launched B2-class arrows with lightning, killing more than five hundred Iron Heart Gang members and stunning the crowd.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall decimated the Iron Heart Gang and the four major factions despite suffering heavy losses, while Meng Wei, Qiao Hanlan, and Xue Jing joined the fight. Fu Yihai fled toward the city, but Li Tianxing and the pursuing players stopped and killed him in the street.

• The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall opened with devastating arrow volleys and Lightning Spear attacks, killing hundreds of Iron Heart Gang members before the four major factions helped the gang regroup.
• Meng Wei, Qiao Hanlan, and Xue Jing entered the battle, while Luo Wu Shang and Ye Qinglu led the players in cutting down the opposing forces.
• After nearly twenty minutes, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had killed more than 3,500 enemies, but another two hundred-plus members arrived and shattered the opposition's morale.
• Fu Yihai unleashed Wave Breaking Blade, broke past Zhang Qingwei, and fled toward the city while the players pursued him through the streets.
• Li Tianxing intercepted Fu Yihai near the city, and lightning-fast arrows pierced him before he could escape.

Estina learned that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had destroyed the Iron Heart Gang, prompting the Boran Lineage to seek cooperation with Lin Qi. After Qin Mu visited the hall, he told Lin Qi that a prominent Genius Training Camp graduate wanted to invite him into a wilderness hunting group.

• Estina advanced to Martial Artist and heard that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had wiped out the Iron Heart Gang and killed Fu Yihai.
• The Boran Main Family head asked Estina to offer Lin Qi transport business to ease their strained relationship.
• Lin Qi received the Iron Heart Gang’s seized potions, Blood Essence Rice, and other spoils at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
• Qin Mu told Lin Qi that he and Hou Fei had both advanced to Martial Artist in Emerald Sky.
• Qin Mu said a prominent Genius Training Camp graduate planned to form a wilderness hunting group and wanted Lin Qi to join.

Lin Qi joined a Bone Forging Realm martial artist’s hunting group for protection, while a new faction domination mode sent players rushing to plan how to expand the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s territory. Lu Fanchen’s team explored deeper into the maze tunnels, opened a massive door, and suddenly blacked out.

• Qin Mu told Lin Qi that a powerful martial artist valued his potential and had invited him to join a hunting group, and Lin Qi accepted for protection against the four major powers.
• Qin Mu advised the martial arts hall to suspend transport jobs while the four major powers threatened retaliation, then left to report Lin Qi’s acceptance.
• The system announced a faction domination mode in which players could help the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall seize suburban territory, earn rewards, and compete for the right to buy a team base.
• Players and gaming guilds reacted excitedly on the forums, while veteran players debated whether to strengthen themselves before challenging the four major powers.
• Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing chose to keep training in the maze tunnels and save points before venturing into faction battles.
• The trio found and pushed open a huge door deep in the tunnels, then blacked out, leaving Lu Fanchen wondering whether they had died.

Lin Qi sent Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing to collect Molten Fire Crystal after they unlocked a quest offering construction rights for a Beginner Meditation Room. The trio discovered that mental oppression blocked them from entering the map beyond the metal gate, but after a night of meditation training they opened it without dying and finally saw what lay beyond.

• Lin Qi assigned Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing a quest to collect 10,000 units of Molten Fire Crystal for a Beginner Meditation Room.
• Lu Fanchen and Li Tianxing opened the metal gate while Lin Xinyao watched from a distance, and all three died from overwhelming mental oppression.
• Lin Xinyao concluded that the oppression weakened with distance and that improving their mental strength could let them enter the ultra-high-level map.
• The trio focused on improving the Star Explosion Meditation Technique and raised its proficiency above 35%.
• Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing opened the gate again, endured the mental oppression, and saw what was beyond it.

Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing discovered that the underground Ultra-High Level Map was a trial, but its mechanical opponents’ Microscopic Control overwhelmed and killed them. Lu Fanchen then led Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members into North Ao Family territory to train through faction battles and destroy the family’s shops, provoking a public confrontation.

• Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing entered the underground chamber, where three mechanical greatsword fighters assessed them and killed them with Microscopic Control.
• After reviving, Lu Fanchen urged the group to use the four major factions as sparring partners and the trial machines as training targets.
• Lu Fanchen led Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members to North Ring Street, where bystanders watched them enter North Ao Family territory.
• Lu Fanchen ordered his members to split up and wreck North Ao Family shops, leaving the watching gangs shocked by the open attack.

Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing honed their combat efficiency while fighting the North Ao Family, while Lin Qi’s attempt to cultivate three techniques at once sharply increased his strength but nearly damaged his body. The chapter ends with Meng Wei reporting that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples are still causing havoc across the territories of four major powers.

• Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing fought waves of North Ao Family elites, refining their movements under pressure before self-destructing and taking many enemies with them.
• After reviving, Lu Fanchen and Lin Xinyao discussed how the battle had taught them to control their movements more precisely, and Li Tianxing urged them to continue training.
• Lin Qi recalled that cultivating Cloud Mist Transformation and Reverse Star Triple alongside his other techniques had nearly wrecked his body, though it had raised him to Intermediate Martial Artist and brought his physical qualities close to Advanced Martial Artist standards.
• Lin Qi realized that cultivating three techniques consumed Type II Energy Potions and healing potions rapidly, leaving him worried about how to obtain more.
• Meng Wei told Lin Qi that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall disciples had attacked the territories of four major powers and had not stopped.

Lin Qi refused to stop the players’ attacks on the four major forces, then sought to recruit more residents by opening Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s training methods to learners. After learning how Red Moon’s strength rankings controlled access to Battle Armor, Lin Qi asked how his force could enter the rankings.

• Meng Wei warned Lin Qi that the four major forces had deployed armored reserves, killing hundreds of martial arts hall disciples, but Lin Qi refused to interfere with their voluntary attacks.
• Meng Wei explained that the war had made it difficult to recruit useful members, so Lin Qi offered to teach the hall’s training method to new members and outside learners for a fee.
• Meng Wei warned that the hall lacked the resources and defenses to withstand retaliation, then revealed that each major force could obtain Battle Armor through Red Moon Merchant Guild rankings.
• Meng Wei explained that forces earned rankings through ten-person matches, with Martial Artist results worth double, and Lin Qi asked how to participate.