Chapter Summaries

Luo Wu Shang reached Martial Artist-level skill, while Lin Qi watched the players expand their work plans and train. Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud returned with a corroded box from a monster they had killed, and Lin Qi found a high-end Smart Watch inside.

• Luo Wu Shang perfected Point Star at nine stars and earned a 51% score, reaching Martial Artist-level skill.
• Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei discussed hiring newcomers for two shifts at Grizzly Mine once they rented a medium transport truck.
• Lin Qi copied Lightning Palm and saw that his hidden Heaven-Born Talent mission was two-thirds complete.
• Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud told Lin Qi they had spent three days killing a Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat and brought him its corroded metal-box drop.
• Lin Qi carefully cut the box's clasp with his A6 Grade Standard Long Sword and discovered a B6-class Cloud Iron Alloy Smart Watch inside.

One Leaf Floating Cloud found a Smart Watch inside the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat and Lin Qi bought it for 50,000 points and 1,000 contribution points. After the players learned they could have earned rewards for bringing back the rat’s corpse, One Leaf Floating Cloud disconnected and woke up on Blue Star, where Ye Qinglu ordered him to train.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud found a Smart Watch in the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat’s stomach, and Lin Qi offered to buy it for 50,000 points and 1,000 contribution points.
• Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud accepted Lin Qi’s offer, then learned the dojo would have paid for the rat’s meat and corpse.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud collapsed after disconnecting, and Lin Qi told the others he was only asleep.
• Fang Zhen sent two players to carry One Leaf Floating Cloud to the resting area and led the rest back to the tunnel to look for the corpse.
• On Blue Star, Ye Qinglu confronted Ye Yun for neglecting physical training and ordered him to change clothes and spar with her.

One Leaf Floating Cloud sparred with his sister Ye Qinglu to prove he could meet Sky Travelers’ standards and join its preparations for Eternal Immortal Path. His Crushing Stone Fist gave him enough strength and reflexes to match her, leaving Ye Qinglu convinced he had taken something.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud went to Spark Fitness Center to spar with Ye Qinglu and improve his chances of joining Sky Travelers.
• Ye Qinglu explained that Eternal Immortal Path would train players for Pioneer Mechs and that Sky Travelers sought to become Cosmic Pioneers.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud used Crushing Stone Fist and increased his strength by about 50 percent, surprising Ye Qinglu when their punches matched.
• Ye Qinglu unleashed a rapid barrage, but One Leaf Floating Cloud blocked her attacks for more than ten seconds without being injured.
• Ye Qinglu accused One Leaf Floating Cloud of taking something after their spar ended without either of them gaining the upper hand.

One Leaf Floating Cloud explained that High Martial Descent had improved his real-world reactions and let him use martial skills, leaving Ye Qinglu stunned by the game's effects. In City of Light Chasing, Lin Qi discovered that Meng Changtian's Smart Watch contained a set of Martial Artist-level secret techniques.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud told Ye Qinglu that High Martial Descent and its Crushing Stone Fist and Star Explosion Meditation Technique had improved his real-world abilities.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud demonstrated Leopard Shadow Steps, and Ye Qinglu was astonished that a game's martial skills could work in reality.
• Lin Qi calculated the costs of repairing Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and preparing equipment for its upcoming death match.
• Lin Qi examined a B6-class Smart Watch and learned it had belonged to the renowned Martial Artist Meng Changtian, who died in the City Destruction War.
• Lin Qi opened Meng Changtian's recording and discovered that the Smart Watch held the secret techniques Meng Changtian had created.

Lin Qi studied Meng Changtian’s Prairie Fire Three Forms and learned how Energy Ore and Energy Crystals shaped advancement beyond the Martial Artist stage. After the system revealed that Level Two authority would unlock cultivation-method merging and optimization, Lin Qi raised restoration rewards and added two Prairie Fire techniques to the training ground’s exchange board.

• Lin Qi read Meng Changtian’s Prairie Fire Three Forms and discovered that the Intermediate Martial Artist secret technique could unleash Advanced-level power but required Energy Crystals for its cultivation method.
• Lin Qi learned that Martial Artists needed Energy Ore to strengthen their internal organs and understood why cities and gangs fought over Energy Veins.
• The system offered to merge and optimize Lin Qi’s cultivation method, but warned that his Level One authority could not access the feature.
• Lin Qi decided to increase martial arts hall restoration rewards by fifty percent and release the Prairie Fire Spear Technique and Prairie Fire Steps at different exchange requirements.
• Players gathered at the notice board, saw the new weapon skills, and reacted with surprise to the Intermediate Martial Artist spear technique.

One Leaf Floating Cloud discovered that the martial arts hall had added powerful spear and movement techniques that could reshape the players’ rankings. Meanwhile, Lin Qi brought goods to Phosphor Fire Trading Market, where a Feather Race youth recognized the transport truck as one stolen from his base and reported it to his captain.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud learned that Prairie Fire Spear Technique and Prairie Fire Steps had been added, giving players a chance to catch up with the first tier.
• Lin Qi bought two B2 Grade Standard Swords, delivered Bronze Ore to Luo Qi for spear-making, and drove to Phosphor Fire Trading Market with his group.
• Xia Ling agreed to meet Lin Qi after hearing that he had brought something she might like.
• Drifters watched Lin Qi’s group arrive in a medium transport truck and discussed the Gray Robe Gang’s growing wealth.
• A one-armed Feather Race youth recognized the truck as one lost by his base and contacted Captain Mans to claim the reward.

Lin Qi traded a Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat, Blood Essence Rice, and equipment at the Phosphor Fire Trading Market, then learned that the White Feather Gang had expanded by attacking other gangs. A new hidden mission rewarded him for player-created martial skills, while the White Feather Gang tracked him back to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

• Xia Ling bought Lin Qi's Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat and Blood Essence Rice, sold him armor, and Lin Qi received 885,610 Bits after the transaction.
• Xia Ling explained that the White Feather Gang had attacked several wilderness gangs and gained strength after its leader and three deputies became Quasi-Martial Artists.
• The system announced that Lin Qi had completed the hidden mission “Heaven Has Given Me Talent” and triggered “Genius is Never Alone,” which required ten player-created Martial Artist-level skills or training methods.
• Lin Qi bought shovels and supplies, returned to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and opened forty new player slots.
• A one-armed Feather Race youth followed Lin Qi and reported the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to Mans, who went to inform the White Feather Gang leader.

Lin Qi welcomed a new batch of players to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, but an attack interrupted their initiation. He led the players to the training ground, where the White Feather Gang confronted them over a stolen transport truck.

• New players arrived at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and the old players recognized guide creator Xiao Yuan and welcomed Ye Qinglu.
• Lin Qi began explaining the newcomers’ trial, but a crash from upstairs interrupted him.
• Lin Qi armed himself and the players, then led them to the training ground.
• Lin Qi found more than twenty armed Featherfolk from the White Feather Gang, led by Vice Gang Leader Gana.
• A one-armed Featherfolk youth identified Lin Qi and the others as the people who had taken the gang’s medium transport truck.

The White Feather Gang’s Gana demanded money and apprentices from Lin Qi’s Gray Robe Gang, while Qin Mu tried to prevent a fight. Newbie players treated the confrontation as a main storyline, and Lin Qi refused Gana’s terms, leaving both sides poised to fight.

• A blast at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall drew nearby vagrants, and Qin Mu led more than a dozen apprentices to support the hall.
• Gana offered to spare the Gray Robe Gang if Lin Qi returned stolen goods, paid two million bits, and supplied ten apprentices.
• Qin Mu objected to Gana’s demands but hesitated to challenge him because the White Feather Gang had three Quasi-Martial Artist vice leaders.
• Forty newbie players watched the confrontation and discussed dividing the White Feather Gang’s apprentices and claiming Gana’s first kill.
• Lin Qi refused to pay or hand anyone over and challenged Gana to fight.

Lin Qi rallied the Gray Robe Gang’s players with a reward of one hundred thousand points for killing Gana, and they overwhelmed the White Feather Gang with their numbers and reckless attacks. As Gana entered the fight, Fang Zhen stepped up to meet him while Captain Li prepared to strike from the side.

• Lin Qi challenged Gana and offered one hundred thousand points to whoever killed the White Feather Gang’s deputy leader, sending the players charging into battle.
• The players’ thirty Apprentice-level fighters and their fearless newcomers stunned Gana and Qin Mu, who joined the fight after seeing the Gray Robe Gang’s losses.
• Qin Mu killed a White Feather Gang expert, while the newcomers complained that he was taking their kills and Xiao Yuan demonstrated how to exploit the enemies’ armor and attack patterns.
• Lin Qi noticed Ye Qinglu using Crushing Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps with surprising skill as she battered a White Feather Gang expert with two shovels.
• After more than half of Gana’s Apprentice-level fighters had fallen, Gana charged Fang Zhen, who met him with the Spark of Fire spear technique as Captain Li looked for a chance to attack from the side.

Fang Zhen and the Gray Robe Gang’s apprentices fought Gana, a Quasi-Martial Artist, and their coordinated attacks overwhelmed him. Lin Qi defeated Gana with Starfire and Lightning Palm, leaving him dead on the martial arts hall floor.

• Fang Zhen charged Gana and survived a direct clash with his Savage Bear axe strike, while Qin Mu watched in shock.
• Luo Wu Shang, Zhang Qingwei, and Zhao Hu attacked Gana with Martial Artist level martial skills, injuring him and revealing that the Gray Robe Gang had several apprentices who had mastered such techniques.
• The fighters from the three squads joined the assault, and Gana fled when he realized he could not withstand their combined attacks.
• Gana knocked aside an arrow and an Alloy Shovel, but Lin Qi charged him and used Starfire to overpower his axe strike.
• Lin Qi struck Gana with Lightning Palm, sent him crashing into the wall, and killed him.

Lin Qi killed White Feather Gang Vice Gang Leader Gana and helped the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall defeat the gang’s attack, earning the human drifters’ gratitude. By dawn, news of Gana’s death had reached the Crystal Race Abandoned District, where Hou Fei learned that the Gray Robe Gang had supposedly dealt with the attackers.

• Lin Qi killed Gana with a palm strike, leaving the White Feather Gang members stunned as the players and Qin Mu’s squads finished off the survivors.
• The human apprentice drifters praised Lin Qi, and Qin Mu warned him that the White Feather Gang might seek revenge.
• Lin Qi thanked Qin Mu for helping and said the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would face the White Feather Gang if it came after them.
• The human abandoned district celebrated the victory, and its neighbors were expected to think twice before encroaching on its territory.
• At dawn, a tall Crystal Race woman told Hou Fei that Gana and his apprentices had vanished after attacking a martial arts hall, and that people blamed the Gray Robe Gang for defeating them.

After the Gray Robe Gang defeated Gana and more than twenty White Feather Gang Apprentices, gangs across the wilderness reassessed its strength and origins. Lin Qi examined the battle’s spoils and discovered a strange metal plate among Gana’s belongings, then tested whether it absorbed blood.

• Hou Fei and a Crystal Race woman discussed how the Gray Robe Gang’s victory could help humans claim streets near the outskirts, but Hou Fei refused to risk the Crystal Race’s secret by joining them yet.
• Fischer told Flo that the Gray Robe Gang had defeated Gana and more than twenty Apprentices, and they considered how the battle might affect their alliance and the coming death battle.
• Flo and Fischer speculated that the Gray Robe Gang was backed by the Phosphor Fire Gang and recognized that its victory would draw attention from other gangs.
• Lin Qi sorted the White Feather Gang’s weapons and loot, including a metal plate that had protected Gana’s chest without being damaged or stained with blood.
• Lin Qi pressed a bloodstained item against the metal plate to test whether it absorbed blood.

Lin Qi discovered that Gana’s metal plate absorbed blood and summoned energy, then had Ye Qinglu test it in exchange for a chance at a special reward. The plate imprinted a Mental Secret Technique into Ye Qinglu’s mind, leaving her astonished and delighted.

• Lin Qi found that blood from the Smart Watch activated red runes on the metal plate and drew energy toward it.
• Lin Qi summoned Ye Qinglu, the top newcomer, and offered her a choice between testing the plate and receiving Lightning Palm.
• Ye Qinglu chose the metal plate, cut her palm, and pressed it against the surface as it absorbed her blood.
• Ye Qinglu told Lin Qi that the plate had imprinted an unforgettable Mental Secret Technique directly into her mind.

Lin Qi learned the Mental Secret Technique from the ancient metal plate and discovered he could freely control and project force, giving him a major advantage against anyone below martial artist rank. He restricted access to the technique and then led thirty disciples toward Crimson Moon Mountain.

• Ye Qinglu learned that the Mental Secret Technique let her use mental power to mobilize bodily force, then exchanged for the Star Explosion Meditation Technique to strengthen her mind.
• Lin Qi memorized the technique, successfully controlled his force, and struck a helmet from a distance, realizing he could release force externally.
• Lin Qi posted the Mental Secret Technique for Inner Disciples to exchange for 20,000 points and 500 contribution, and players discussed the requirements and potential of the new profession.
• Li Ranxing decided the technique suited him, while Xiao Yuan announced she would make a guide for newcomers.
• After six days without an attack from the White Feather Gang, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was nearly rebuilt, and Lin Qi ordered thirty selected disciples into a transport vehicle for the trip to Crimson Moon Mountain.

The Green Sparrow Gang and White Feather Gang gathered on Crimson Moon Mountain for their death battle, drawing major gangs and wilderness experts eager to judge their strength. Isaac revealed that Bort and Atreus had joined the White Feather Gang, while the arrival of the lavishly equipped Gray Robe Gang left the crowd wondering about its power.

• Representatives from dozens of gangs and renowned wilderness experts gathered to watch the White Feather Gang and Green Sparrow Gang face off.
• Valrod arrived with the Green Sparrow Gang, whose strength included two Quasi-Martial Artists and several other high-ranking members.
• Isaac led the White Feather Gang to the plaza alongside Bort and Atreus, shocking Hou Fei and worrying Valrod.
• Isaac challenged Valrod to surrender, warning that the Green Sparrow Gang's people and Valrod's nephew would die if the battle began.
• A thirty-one-person Human group arrived, and the crowd recognized it as the Gray Robe Gang after seeing its A5 Grade Armor and B2 Grade Standard Weapons.

Lin Qi intervened after the Green Sparrow Gang conceded its death match against the White Feather Gang. He offered for the Gray Robe Gang to take their place in exchange for sixty percent of the Energy Vein share, leaving Varrod and the gathered gangs to respond.

• The Gray Robe Gang arrived at the platform, drawing attention for its strength and the ten B2 Grade Standard Weapons its members carried.
• Isaac and the other gang leaders assessed Lin Qi’s group, while Flo was surprised by Lin Qi’s rapid rise to Peak Apprentice.
• Isaac warned Varrod to surrender, then displayed the power of Sky-Shattering Hammer Bort and Heavy Shield Atreus, whose blood energy neared that of martial artists.
• Varrod conceded the death match to protect the Green Sparrow Gang’s strongest fighters and offered to compensate the invited gangs.
• Lin Qi objected to Varrod’s surrender and proposed that the Gray Robe Gang fight in the Green Sparrow Gang’s place for sixty percent of the share.

Lin Qi forced Varrod to honor the Green Sparrow Gang’s agreement to send fighters to the death battle, while Isaac accepted the Gray Robe Gang’s challenge under Adelay’s witness. The battle began on Crimson Moon Mountain, with the White Feather Gang and Obsidian Martial Arts Hall players charging at each other.

• Lin Qi declared that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall held sixty percent of Crimson Moon Mountain’s shares, exciting the players and angering the gangs gathered there.
• Lin Qi confronted Varrod for breaking their agreement, and Varrod agreed to send ten Green Sparrow Gang experts, or twenty if the Vicious Wolf Gang refused to participate.
• Isaac accepted Lin Qi’s challenge and named Adelay, Pula’s prized disciple, as the witness to the death battle.
• Flo offered to fight, but Varrod stopped his nephew from joining the Gray Robe Gang’s battle.
• Fifty fighters assembled in the designated arena on Crimson Moon Mountain, and the battle began as the White Feather Gang and Obsidian Martial Arts Hall players charged.

The Gray Robe Gang’s three player squads charged the White Feather Gang, treating its strongest fighters as prizes to divide among themselves. One Leaf Floating Cloud wounded a Peak Apprentice with his newly upgraded spear technique, and Luo Wu Shang killed the fighter with a third sword that moved through the air.

• The Gray Robe Gang’s squads agreed to divide the White Feather Gang’s two BOSSes and four elites according to who killed an elite first.
• Heavy Shield Atreus ordered his fighters to attack the three squads and bring their leaders to him.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud used his upgraded Spiral Demon Spear Kill to disarm and badly injure a Peak Apprentice.
• Luo Wu Shang attacked the wounded Peak Apprentice with two swords, then killed him with a third sword that floated through the air.

The Gray Robe Gang turned the deathmatch around as One Leaf Floating Cloud, Ye Qinglu, Luo Wu Shang, and their allies used powerful techniques to kill White Feather Gang fighters. They left the two bosses gravely exposed by sacrificing teammates, but the outcome of the battle remained unresolved.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud wounded a White Feather Gang Peak Apprentice, and Ye Qinglu killed another with a sword she controlled using inner force.
• Luo Wu Shang used Hunting Shadow and Sword Qi to kill a Peak Apprentice, while Xiao Yuan and the Gray Robe Gang’s other fighters cut down White Feather Gang members.
• The White Feather Gang fell from an initial advantage to fewer than twenty survivors, while thirty-five Gray Robe Gang members remained alive.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud and Ye Qinglu led their allies against Heavy Shield Atreus and Sky-Shattering Hammer Bort, whose shield-and-hammer teamwork had stalled their attacks.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud let Heavy Shield Atreus split him in half to create an opening, allowing Ye Qinglu to strike Atreus’s unguarded head.
• Zhao Hu grabbed Sky-Shattering Hammer Bort’s hammer and died holding it in place, allowing Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei to kill Bort.