Chapter Summaries

Bragi and Jasvi’s forces repeatedly fought waves of Gray-Clad Demons from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, suffering heavy casualties despite wiping out each group. After their numbers fell to seventy-one, Bragi and Jasvi called the city’s higher-ups for reinforcements.

• Jasvi told Bragi that more than ten powerful intruders had broken through the Iser Great Family’s defenses, and Bragi suspected they might be the Gray-Clad Demons.
• Bragi recognized an approaching group in silver-gray clothing, and Jasvi led over a hundred fighters against them despite Bragi’s warning.
• Qin Mu and Hou Fei arrived to see the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall fighters use suicidal tactics, killing more than thirty defenders before they were wiped out.
• Another wave of Gray-Clad Demons arrived, forcing Bragi and Jasvi to lead their battered forces into battle again; only seventy-one defenders remained afterward.
• Bragi urged Jasvi to call for reinforcements, and the two notified the city’s higher-ups.

Moke and Tanya led their forces toward the Martial Artist Association while reinforcements gathered around Bragi and Jasvi to repel the Gray-Clad Demons. At the passage outside Emerald Sky, Fang Zhen revealed that his group had been stripping A6 Battle Armor from downtown elites, inspiring One Leaf Floating Cloud to see a lucrative opportunity.

• Moke and Tanya agreed to split the Martial Artist Association's spoils, with Moke choosing one item first, while Tanya ordered fifty people sent to support Bragi after the Gray-Clad Demons attacked.
• The major forces dispatched reinforcements, bringing the number gathered around Bragi and Jasvi to more than three hundred.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud, Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang, and Ye Qinglu decided to abandon their attack on the elite guards because the reinforcements and lost arrows made the fight too costly.
• Fang Zhen returned with seven sets of A6 Battle Armor, and Lin Qi awarded his group 21 million points and 14,000 contribution.
• Fang Zhen explained that his group had been looting A6 Battle Armor from downtown elites and killing them when they pursued, revealing why they had brought back so many sets.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud realized he had found a way to get rich.

One Leaf Floating Cloud’s group realized that A6 Battle Armor from elite monsters could earn them more contribution points, while Lin Qi took a truckload of armor back to Crimson Moon Mountain. As the Gray-Clad Demons repeatedly raided the suburban strongholds and stole armor, Tanya learned that a single faction known as the Gray-Clad Demons was attacking all six areas.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud persuaded Ye Qinglu and the others to farm elite monsters for their valuable A6 Battle Armor instead of focusing only on entering the city.
• Lin Qi drove a truckload of A6 Battle Armor back to Crimson Moon Mountain so he could equip Flo and strengthen Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud’s group killed Nine Street Gang members, stripped their armor, and used alley fighting to steal dozens of sets despite losing players themselves.
• Bragi and Jasvi changed tactics and held the main street, but repeated Gray-Clad Demons attacks left fewer than one hundred of their original defenders by dawn.
• Tanya learned that all six strongholds were requesting reinforcements because one faction, called the Gray-Clad Demons, had been attacking continuously.

Tanya and Moke nearly finished clearing the Martial Artist Association’s warehouses as the major suburban forces withdrew, allowing players and guards to enter Emerald Sky’s urban district. At the Association, a battle over valuable storage cases erupted, and Li Tianxing escaped with one using the Heaven-Treading Steps, stunning Moke.

• Tanya told the Nine Street Gang to gather its forces instead of blocking the Gray-Clad Demons, and Moke reported that an Intermediate Grade Monster remained in the Association’s warehouse district.
• Bragi and Jasvi withdrew their teams, and One Leaf Floating Cloud and the other players entered Emerald Sky after finding the streets empty.
• Qin Mu and Hou Fei decided to enter the urban district, while Luo Wu Shang led Heavenly Might toward the Martial Artist Association and encountered Lu Fanchen, Li Tianxing, and Lin Xinyao.
• Three enormous flaming serpents burst from the plaza as Moke, Tanya, and their people fled with metal cases, prompting Luo Wu Shang to order her group to seize the cases.
• Lu Fanchen and the others killed a Featherfolk carrying a golden case, then Li Tianxing took it and escaped across rooftops with the Heaven-Treading Steps, leaving Moke shocked.

Gray-Clad Demons fought over a Rem Titanium Gold storage box while Lu Fanchen’s group tried to seize another. The chapter ended with Lu Fanchen exploding in a devastating attack to stop the Los Lineage, leaving both factions and the players stunned.

• Bragi tricked the hulking Sub-demon Race man into carrying the golden storage box away so the Gray-Clad Demons would target him instead.
• Luo Wu Shang attacked the hulking man with Polar Star, killing him at the cost of her own life, while Zhang Qingwei seized the box.
• Moke led more than twenty Quasi-Martial Artists from the Los Lineage to surround Lu Fanchen’s group after they took another storage box.
• Lu Fanchen handed the box to Lin Xinyao and charged the Los Lineage fighters to buy time for her to reach Li Tianxing.
• Lu Fanchen shouted “Explode!” and unleashed a blast that killed six Quasi-Martial Artists, stunning both factions and the players.

Lin Xinyao sacrificed herself to help Li Tianxing escape with a Rem Titanium Gold storage chest, and Moke planned to use other factions against the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. After the players returned from Emerald Sky with hundreds of sets of A6 Battle Armor, Zhang Qingwei showed Lin Qi a Gold Grade Treasure Chest, revealing that the group had found three.

• Lin Xinyao hurled the storage chest into the air and self-destructed, killing the eight Quasi-Martial Artists pursuing her while Li Tianxing grabbed the chest and escaped.
• Zhao Hu ordered the Heavenly Might members to withdraw, and the Nine Street Gang and Los family also retreated after fearing the players' self-destruction techniques.
• Moke identified the Gray-Clad Demons as members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and decided to spread news about its treasures so rival factions would attack it.
• Moke told the imposing middle-aged man to recover the two storage chests after the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was destroyed.
• The players returned to their cave with more than four hundred sets of A6 Battle Armor, and Zhang Qingwei showed Lin Qi a Gold Grade Treasure Chest; Lin Qi learned they had found three.

Lin Qi opened three Rem Titanium Gold treasure chests taken from the Martial Artist Association and discovered a Storage Chip containing twelve powerful but incomplete training methods. He chose to fuse and optimize them into his current training method.

• Lin Qi learned that Twilight of the Gods and the other players had seized three Gold Grade Treasure Chests from two groups escaping the Martial Artist Association while three Lord-class snakes emerged nearby.
• Lin Qi unlocked the chests and found a Blood-colored Bead, a Storage Chip, and a Tattered Blueprint.
• Lin Qi inserted the Storage Chip into his Smart Watch and discovered eight Martial Artist-level training methods and four methods above that level.
• Lin Qi accepted the System's offer to fuse and optimize the training methods he cultivated.

Lin Qi ended the Emerald Sky event and prepared to return with the captured A6 Battle Armor, while the players planned how to use their rewards. After arriving at Crimson Moon Mountain, he received the completed results of the system’s cultivation-method optimization.

• Lin Qi confirmed that the system was slowly optimizing the cultivation methods by category and decided to fuse future batches one at a time.
• Lin Qi ended the limited-time event, ordered the players to return to Crimson Moon Mountain with the two truckloads of A6 Battle Armor, and set each Gold Grade Treasure Chest’s reward at fifty million points and one hundred thousand contribution.
• Lin Xinyao and Lu Fanchen planned to recruit independent players and pool their contributions to improve Mythic Paradise’s chance of securing a pioneer-server spot.
• Players aboard the transport vehicles celebrated their event earnings, while Lin Qi planned new statuses, property taxes, and armor-repair costs to keep them from simply living off their wealth.
• At Crimson Moon Mountain, Lin Qi received a system notification that optimizing twelve incomplete cultivation methods had produced three Super Tier Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist secret techniques.

Lin Qi received three super-tier Bone Forging Realm training methods and announced major Version 1.2 updates, including class advancement and new player slots. As two hundred newcomers arrived at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, Luo Wu Shang told Lin Qi she had mastered the first layer of her training method and wanted to advance.

• Lin Qi learned that the three super-tier training methods offered strength, agility, and balanced advancement paths, each with powerful benefits.
• Lin Qi ended the Version 1.1 event, awarded wilderness permits to the five top contributors, and announced Version 1.2 with two hundred new player slots and class advancement permissions.
• Players reacted to the update, weighing advancement costs, land taxes, and the expensive A6 Battle Armor exchange.
• The two hundred new players arrived at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, while veterans and newcomers argued over points and recruitment.
• Luo Wu Shang visited Lin Qi and said her first-layer training method had reached 100% proficiency and she wanted to advance classes.

Luo Wu Shang advanced to the Quasi-Martial Artist peak and chose an Agility System technique, setting off a rush among players to improve and advance. As Lin Qi prepared to expand potion production, a Martial Artist Association Flying Car arrived outside the martial arts hall.

• Lin Qi confirmed Luo Wu Shang had reached 100% proficiency in the first layer of the Soul Shocking Breathing Technique, and she paid for the second layer and chose the Agility System's Ethereal Six Forms.
• Luo Wu Shang began her class advancement, prompting Fang Zhen, One Leaf Floating Cloud, and other top players to urgently train; Li Ranxing and Ye Qinglu soon exchanged for their own advancement techniques.
• New players followed Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang's training guide, filling the martial arts hall with trainees in A6 Battle Armor who dug tunnels for points.
• Yakro reported that potion materials were organized, and Lin Qi authorized her to recruit workers while promising to buy equipment and supplies.
• Yakro spotted a Martial Artist Association Flying Car outside the hall, and Lin Qi wondered why its occupants had come.

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.