Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi prepared Obsidian Martial Arts Hall for war with the Great Ape Gang, gathering players and offering generous rewards for the defense of Crimson Moon Mountain. He then assembled nineteen Advanced Apprentices for a dangerous overnight raid on the gang’s headquarters.

• Fang Zhen ordered the Dawn Squad to sell confiscated Smart Watches and equipment so every member could get a watch before heading to Crimson Moon Mountain.
• Lin Qi spent the gathered Energy Ore on ten new rest quarters and resolved to hold Crimson Moon Mountain until more newcomers arrived.
• Lin Qi traveled to Crimson Moon Mountain, where players had reinforced the gate with iron walls, watchtowers, and barbed wire.
• Lin Qi promised players half their spoils and rewards for killing Great Ape Gang members and its leader, Watu, prompting a rush to sign up.
• Lin Qi announced a special overnight raid for Advanced Apprentices and above, and nineteen players, including One Leaf Floating Cloud, prepared to depart.

Nuoke agreed to attack Crimson Moon Mountain after featherfolk envoys promised the Great Ape Gang thirty percent of its Energy Vein, despite suspecting the offer concealed a trap. Lin Qi then sent Luo Wu Shang, Xiao Yuan, and the others to strike the Great Ape Gang headquarters before its forces could assemble, where Xiao Yuan confronted its drinking cadres.

• Nuoke accepted the featherfolk youths’ offer and promised to destroy the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall within two days.
• Nuoke told his masked nephew that the offer was a trap, but ordered the Great Ape Gang to attack Crimson Moon Mountain the next day.
• Lin Qi ordered his team to infiltrate the Great Ape Gang headquarters and kill as many experts as possible before its forces gathered.
• Luo Wu Shang told the infiltrators to spread out, avoid alerting ordinary members, and signal the others if they found a BOSS.
• Xiao Yuan entered a resting area where apefolk cadres were eating and drinking, then split their table with her saber and announced they had come to collect them.

Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang and other Obsidian Martial Arts Hall experts attacked the Great Ape Gang headquarters, killing many members and overwhelming its defenders. As Vice Gang Leader Nuoke and Grenta faced Luo Wu Shang, Zhao Hu and One Leaf Floating Cloud arrived, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang killed most of the Great Ape Gang core members in the dining hall with blade light, then killed another as they tried to stop her.
• Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang let one core member flee while taking an A6 Grade Battle Saber from the one she had killed.
• Luo Wu Shang fought Grenta while Great Ape Gang squads surrounded her, and the fleeing core member saw her wielding several swords against them.
• Vice Gang Leader Nuoke learned that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had attacked more than ten locations and killed over a hundred Apprentices, then joined Grenta in fighting Luo Wu Shang.
• Zhao Hu and One Leaf Floating Cloud appeared on nearby rooftops as Luo Wu Shang and Grenta separated.

Zhao Hu, One Leaf Floating Cloud, and Luo Wu Shang attacked the Great Ape Gang headquarters and fought its leaders, including the armored Grenta and Quasi-Martial Artist Nuoke. When reinforcements arrived and their five-minute limit ran low, Luo Wu Shang crippled Grenta and wounded Nuoke, allowing One Leaf Floating Cloud to kill Nuoke and escape with the others.

• Luo Wu Shang asked Zhao Hu and One Leaf Floating Cloud to hold off Nuoke while she attacked Grenta, with the A6 Battle Armor to be divided among them.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud clashed with Nuoke, matching his halberd strikes with the Prairie Fire Spear Technique while Zhao Hu went to assist Luo Wu Shang.
• Nuoke pressed One Leaf Floating Cloud with Blood Red as Luo Wu Shang and Zhao Hu fought Grenta, who used his A6 Battle Armor to evade Sword Qi and block Lightning Palm.
• More than a hundred Great Ape Gang fighters and several Quasi-Martial Artist executives arrived, prompting the attackers to prepare to withdraw as their five-minute limit approached.
• Luo Wu Shang used Chaotic Stars to cripple Grenta's arm and strike Nuoke's thigh, and One Leaf Floating Cloud killed Nuoke with Spiral Demon Spear Kill.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud took Nuoke's halberd and fled into the night with Luo Wu Shang.

Luo Wu Shang and the other Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members fought their way through the Great Ape Gang after killing Deputy Gang Leader Nuoke, but Grenta and six Quasi-Martial Artist elders cornered them at the wall. Just as Grenta attacked Zhang Qingwei, the Dojo Master arrived and confronted the gang.

• Grenta ordered the Great Ape Gang into Level One Alert and sent its members to hunt down Luo Wu Shang and the others after Nuoke's death.
• Luo Wu Shang, One Leaf Floating Cloud, Zhang Qingwei, Fang Zhen, and their allies fought toward the western wall while the gang's numbers swelled to more than a thousand.
• The exhausted Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members killed hundreds of attackers, but Grenta and six Quasi-Martial Artist elders charged them as they neared the wall.
• Zhang Qingwei stayed behind to hold off the elders, but Grenta struck her with his axe and followed with a killing blow.
• The wall shattered, and a cyan sword arc forced Grenta to dodge before the Dojo Master appeared and challenged the Great Ape Gang.

Lin Qi rescued Luo Wu Shang and the other players from the Great Ape Gang, then revealed his overwhelming strength by defeating its fighters and killing Grenta. After the remaining elders fled, Lin Qi took Grenta’s equipment and led the group back to Crimson Moon Mountain.

• Lin Qi arrived at the Great Ape Gang headquarters and ordered the stunned Luo Wu Shang and the others to flee through the wall into the shrubbery.
• Grenta and more than a thousand gang members pursued them, but Lin Qi met Grenta in the thicket and forced him backward with repeated sword strikes.
• Six Quasi-Martial Artist elders joined the fight, and Lin Qi used Thunderous Flash to kill one, injure the other five, and break their weapons.
• Lin Qi followed with another Thunderous Flash and Lightning Palm, killing Grenta in less than a second.
• The five surviving elders fled with their people, while Lin Qi, exhausted by his attacks, stripped Grenta of his armor and axe and led the players back to Crimson Moon Mountain.

After the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall raided the Great Ape Gang’s main base, wilderness gangs debated the consequences and the danger facing the Hall. Xia Ling learned that the Hall she had recently dealt with was responsible and reacted with disbelief.

• Fischer told Flo that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall experts had attacked the Great Ape Gang’s main base, killing Vice Leader Nuoke and hundreds of members, leaving Flo unsure whether to continue cooperating with the Hall.
• Isaac reviewed reports that the Hall had killed 617 Great Ape Gang members, including a vice leader and two elders, and discussed the Hall’s strength and Lin Qi’s suspected Martial Artist status with Mans.
• Isaac told Mans that Watu had secretly been building strength to claim Nightwatch Town and ordered two squads of Dark Guards to watch Crimson Moon Mountain and assist the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall if needed.
• A Half-Scale Race guard told Xia Ling that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had attacked the Great Ape Gang, and Xia Ling stopped training in astonishment and questioned whether the report was accurate.

Xia Ling learned that Lin Qi had become a Martial Artist and decided to go to Crimson Moon Mountain to protect Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and seek his recommendation for the Five Cities Grand Competition. After sorting the raid’s spoils, Lin Qi discovered that Crimson Moon Mountain concealed a small Energy Vein, a find that could transform the balance of power around the outskirts.

• Xia Ling doubted the report that Lin Qi had rescued Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s raiders until a video showed him using Martial Artist-level techniques.
• Xia Ling realized Lin Qi could recommend her for the Five Cities Grand Competition and ordered her people to accompany her to Crimson Moon Mountain the next morning.
• Lin Qi distributed the raid’s rewards and examined the A6 Battle Armor and the Smart Watch found inside its case.
• Lin Qi discovered survey information on the Smart Watch revealing a small Energy Vein deep beneath Crimson Moon Mountain.

Lin Qi discovered that the White Feather Gang had concealed a small Energy Vein beneath Crimson Moon Mountain and explored its cavern in A6 Battle Armor. He found rich energy, ore-processing equipment, and a hidden metal chamber made of the same material as the Mysterious Metal Plate.

• Lin Qi considered the Energy Vein’s value and the danger it posed if the major powers of City of Light Chasing learned about it.
• Lin Qi equipped his A6 Battle Armor and traveled through the mine as players admired the armor.
• Lin Qi cleared the collapsed passage to the Energy Vein with his Crushing Stone Fist and reached a vast cavern filled with glowing Energy Ore.
• Lin Qi felt the cavern’s dense energy but resisted using the Soul Shocking Breathing Technique to advance before reaching full proficiency.
• Lin Qi found ten sets of Energy Ore processing equipment and discovered a hidden chamber lined with metal matching the Mysterious Metal Plate dropped by Gana.

Lin Qi discovered that the metal cavern’s wall contained the Body Strengthening Secret Technique and inherited its first two levels. After a surge of player reservations unlocked the Player Resurrection Device authorization, he learned that popular forum posts and battle footage had sparked the sudden interest, and he inspected the new device authorization.

• Lin Qi found that the cavern wall absorbed his blood and passed him the first two levels of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, which toughened cells and greatly improved recovery.
• The system announced that Mission Two had been completed, granting Lin Qi Player Resurrection Device manufacturing authorization while warning that his administrator authorization was too low to activate Level 3 hidden authorization.
• Lin Qi checked Blue Star’s official forum and found Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang’s popular post detailing High Martial Descent, its factions, and a video of players battling the Great Ape Gang.
• Lin Qi realized that Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang, Fang Zhen, and others had driven reservations past five hundred thousand by sharing game information and recorded battles.
• Lin Qi inspected the newly unlocked Player Resurrection Device authorization, hoping it would let players revive on Crimson Moon Mountain and help defend it.

At Crimson Moon Mountain, returning players discovered a new training secret realm and a resurrection point, then began cultivating and studying the Body Strengthening Secret Technique. Lin Qi extracted the players’ progress until his Soul Shocking Breathing Technique reached the Perfection Realm, leaving him wondering whether he had become a Martial Artist.

• Fang Zhen and the returning players learned that Crimson Moon Mountain had opened a secret realm and left some newcomers guarding the gate.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud and the others registered at the new resurrection point and entered the energy-rich cave, where Lin Qi explained the secret realm’s training opportunities and the need to build a strong foundation.
• Lin Qi revealed the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, and One Leaf Floating Cloud and Twilight of the Gods persuaded the players to keep studying it despite its difficulty.
• After ten hours of cultivation, Lin Qi extracted proficiency from players whose Soul Shocking Breathing Technique exceeded 60%, raising his own technique from 90% to 99%.
• Lin Qi extracted from Luo Wu Shang and reached the Perfection Realm, then felt his blood vitality surge and wondered whether he had become a Martial Artist.

Lin Qi reached Perfection Realm in the First Layer of the Soul Shocking Breathing Technique and discovered that his strength had risen dramatically, then spent the night mastering his new Martial Artist abilities. When the Great Ape Gang attacked, he assembled Crimson Moon Mountain’s strengthened players and led them out to meet the threat.

• Lin Qi tested his enhanced strength and martial skills, blasting holes into the cavern’s rock walls.
• Lin Qi spent the night practicing weapon combat until Hero Wild messaged him that the Great Ape Gang was attacking.
• Lin Qi assessed Crimson Moon Mountain’s fighters, including eight experts who had learned the Body Strengthening Secret Technique and gained rapid healing.
• Zhang Qingwei reported that everyone had assembled, and Lin Qi led the group out of the cavern to face the Great Ape Gang.

The Great Ape Gang arrived at Crimson Moon Mountain with over a thousand armed apefolk and ordered everyone except Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to leave. As Lin Qi prepared to defend the mountain with Flo and his allies, the Phosphor Fire Gang arrived, and Xia Ling declared the hall belonged to her friend.

• Vice Leader Qike gave the drifters half an hour to leave Crimson Moon Mountain before the Great Ape Gang attacked.
• Fischer and Papp chose to stay with Flo and help defend the mountain, and Flo ordered his people to prepare arrows.
• Lin Qi assured Flo that the mountain could be held, relying on the players, the terrain, and the mine's resurrection point.
• Four Phosphor Fire Gang transport trucks passed through the Great Ape Gang's checkpoint and brought two hundred armed Half-Scale Race members to the mountain.
• Xia Ling emerged from the trucks and told the Great Ape Gang to disperse because Obsidian Martial Arts Hall belonged to her friend.

Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s players charged the Great Ape Gang head-on, astonishing the observers with their ability to block a volley of arrows. As the Great Ape Gang advanced behind shield formations, the players struck back with Lightning Palm and sent its vanguard flying.

• Xia Ling and the Great Ape Gang were stunned when the outnumbered players charged across the open ground instead of defending the mountain paths.
• Watu ordered the Great Ape Gang into a coordinated formation and had more than five hundred archers fire on the approaching players.
• The players blocked every arrow, leaving the Great Ape Gang’s volley unable to injure any of them.
• Watu ordered the vanguard squads to pin down the players while the rest of the gang sought opportunities to attack.
• Luo Wu Shang and nineteen other players struck the shield-bearing vanguard with Lightning Palm, launching the defenders into the troops behind them.

Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s experts fought the Great Ape Gang in a devastating battle, killing more than a thousand gang members before being wiped out. As Watu led the battered Great Ape Gang toward Crimson Moon Mountain, Lin Qi revealed another force of nearly eighty players and announced the start of a second round.

• Luo Wu Shang and the other Obsidian Martial Arts Hall experts revealed that they had mastered Force and inflicted heavy losses on the Great Ape Gang.
• Ye Qinglu, Li Ranxing, and Luo Wu Shang killed scores of enemies, but the Great Ape Gang wore down Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s fighters through relentless attacks.
• After more than thirty minutes, eighty-seven of the ninety Obsidian Martial Arts Hall experts had died, while the Great Ape Gang had lost over a thousand members.
• Qike and the other deputy gang leaders used Electromagnetic Grenades to kill Luo Wu Shang, and Watu organized the survivors to advance on Crimson Moon Mountain.
• Lin Qi revealed nearly eighty more players behind him and declared that the second round was beginning.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall sent another group of players to attack the Great Ape Gang, whose members initially mistook their lack of armor for weakness. The players quickly overwhelmed the gang, and Watu unleashed his Martial Artist strength before charging toward Lin Qi.

• Watu convinced the Great Ape Gang to fight the approaching players after pointing out that they wore no protective gear.
• The players coordinated their attacks and killed Vice Leader Qike, while One Leaf Floating Cloud discovered he could hurl metal ore with Lightning Palm's force.
• Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang and Zhang Qingwei realized that the game's realistic simulation might let players reproduce scientific weapons, exciting Fang Zhen about studying physics.
• Zhao Hu, Chen Ya, and the others killed the other two vice leaders and the remaining Quasi-Martial Artist elders, throwing the Great Ape Gang into panic.
• Watu revealed his Martial Artist strength and killed several players, but they charged at him eagerly instead of retreating.
• Watu abandoned the fighting and rushed toward Lin Qi, intending to kill him.

Watu revealed himself as a top-tier Beginner Martial Artist and overwhelmed the players defending Crimson Moon Mountain. Lin Qi confronted him and, after enduring their clashes with his Body Strengthening Secret Technique, defeated and killed him.

• Mans explained that Watu had hidden his strength for years and believed he was close to becoming an Intermediate Martial Artist, while Xia Ling and Estina watched the battle.
• Watu cut through the players' defenses, deflecting their attacks and injuring several fighters as they tried to stall him.
• Lin Qi appeared and clashed with Watu, surprising him by matching much of his strength.
• Watu and Lin Qi exchanged repeated martial skills, but Lin Qi endured the impacts while Watu suffered internal injuries.
• Lin Qi dodged Watu's attack and struck him with Lightning Palm, shattering his arm and internal organs and killing him.

After Lin Qi killed Watu and the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall defeated the Great Ape Gang, Estina warned Lin Qi that the Gorilla Gang would retaliate and offered him a place in the Brande Family. Lin Qi refused to join any city force, while the players recognized Estina’s warning as a preview of the next game conflict.

• Lin Qi killed Watu, throwing the Great Ape Gang into chaos as the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall hunted down its remaining members.
• Estina and Xia Ling brought their groups up Crimson Moon Mountain, while Mans withdrew with the Dark Guards to report the battle and warned that the Gorilla Gang would respond.
• Estina met Lin Qi and explained that the Gorilla Gang could threaten the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall with its influence and B-class Battle Armor.
• Estina invited Lin Qi to join the Brande Family as an elder, but Lin Qi refused to join any force in the City of Light Chasing.
• Twilight of the Gods identified Estina’s warning as a preview of a new hostile force and hurried to report it to Sister Wu.

After Lin Qi refused Estina’s offer to join the Brande Family, Xia Ling asked him to recommend her for the Five Cities Grand Competition, and he agreed. Lin Qi arranged to register with the Martial Artist Association and announced new players and a shop system, leaving the forum reacting to the update while he sorted through the battle loot.

• Flo concluded that Crimson Moon Mountain was safe with Lin Qi protecting it, while Estina expected Lin Qi to eventually seek her out for resources.
• Xia Ling thanked Lin Qi for his help and asked him to recommend her for the Five Cities Grand Competition in exchange for a B4-class longsword.
• Lin Qi agreed to register as a Martial Artist with the Martial Artist Association so he could make Xia Ling’s recommendation.
• Lin Qi decided to bring in new players and launch a shop system, then posted the update on Blue Star’s official forum.
• Lin Qi began sorting through the battle loot, unaware of the stir his announcement had caused.

The 1.11 update added a shop system, expanded access to Crimson Moon Mountain, and brought in 50 new test players, prompting Heavenly Might and Mythic Paradise to make plans to secure an early advantage. As Lin Qi returned with more Energy Ore, a new batch of players went live at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

• The official update announcement revealed shops would open in Crimson Moon Mountain in three days and Quasi-Apprentices could now enter the map.
• Twilight of the Gods and Zhang Qingwei warned Luo Wu Shang about the Gorilla Gang, and Heavenly Might planned to advance its members, sell loot, and buy shops in prime locations.
• Lu Fanchen persuaded Kong Yuanhai to commit two elders and 50,000 Mythic Paradise members to High Martial Descent.
• Lin Qi returned to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall with three transport trucks of Energy Ore and noted the hall’s growing need for workers.
• At two in the morning, a new batch of newbies appeared in the hall’s confinement rooms and went live.