Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Qi decided to proceed with publicly announcing the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s martial artist training methods despite the risks, and arranged dedicated weapons for its patrol teams. He tasked One Leaf Floating Cloud with making exclusive Super Electromagnetic Guns from three Gold Grade Treasure Chests.

• Meng Wei told Lin Qi that the Red Moon Merchant Guild required one hundred thousand tons of Energy Ore for a Red Moon Token, which gave factions access to goods such as B-class Battle Armor and Type II potions.
• Meng Wei advised Lin Qi to recruit experts and privately offer them martial artist-level training methods to avoid provoking the four major factions.
• Lin Qi refused to change the plan and ordered Meng Wei to announce the training methods as planned and recruit patrol teams with generous daily pay.
• Lin Qi promised to equip the patrol teams with dedicated weapons and instructed Meng Wei to collect them when each shift ended.
• Lin Qi visited One Leaf Floating Cloud and offered him three Gold Grade Treasure Chests to make exclusive Super Electromagnetic Guns for the patrol teams.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud mistook the assignment for a chance to learn how to forge Gold Grade Weapons.

Lin Qi commissioned One Leaf Floating Cloud to make durable Super Electromagnetic Guns, and One Leaf Floating Cloud and Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon discovered Energy Crystal fragments could give weapons attributes. Lin Qi explored the renovated Beginner Training Room and planned to use its combat puppet to rank players for the Red Moon Merchant Guild; the chapter ended with One Leaf Floating Cloud claiming he had made an attribute weapon.

• Lin Qi asked One Leaf Floating Cloud to craft sturdy Super Electromagnetic Guns from three Gold Grade Treasure Chests overnight, offering contribution points and future weapon orders.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud and Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon found Energy Crystal fragments embedded in the empty chests and suspected they were the key to making attribute weapons.
• Lin Qi inspected the renovated Beginner Training Room and learned its B6-class Beginner Combat Puppet could copy his martial arts and reach Microscopic Control.
• Lin Qi taught the Beginner Combat Puppet Lightning Palm, Leopard Shadow Steps, and Thunderous Flash, then planned to use it to rank players for the Red Moon Merchant Guild's limited slots.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud contacted Lin Qi and said he had made the requested attribute weapon, leaving Lin Qi surprised that weapons could have attributes.

Lin Qi approved One Leaf Floating Cloud’s energy-shard-powered Golden Desert Eagle and ordered twenty guns by morning to strengthen the patrol team. In City of Light Chasing, Hero Wild dined at Hundred Treasures Restaurant as a Lizardman gang leader threatened to force its proprietress to relocate.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud showed Lin Qi a Golden Desert Eagle that reduced force consumption by 40% and control requirements by 50%, allowing beginner apprentices to fire twice in succession.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud explained that each gun’s Energy Crystal Shard powered about twenty shots, and that the available materials could produce more than one hundred guns using B2 Grade Alloy.
• Lin Qi ordered One Leaf Floating Cloud to make twenty Golden Desert Eagles by the next morning to help protect Iron Heart Gang territory.
• Hero Wild praised the food at Hundred Treasures Restaurant and planned to take dishes back for his vice president and guildmates.
• A B2-armored Lizardman leader told the restaurant’s proprietress that she had to move to Nanxing Street or lose the right to do business.

Eugene of the Two-Headed Gang tried to force Hundred Treasures Restaurant to move, but Hero Wild and five Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members intervened and died fighting his group. Nison Walker treated the incident as trivial and ordered his subordinate to show Obsidian Martial Arts Hall the battle recording only if they demanded an explanation.

• Eugene gave the proprietress three days to move Hundred Treasures Restaurant from Star Pulling Street to Nanxing Street.
• Hero Wild and five Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members challenged Eugene's group, claiming they were acting for justice and to protect the restaurant.
• Hero Wild and the other five were killed, while two Two-Headed Gang members died and six were injured.
• Eugene's aide said he had recorded the fight and advised Eugene that the Two-Headed Gang could claim it had acted in self-defense.
• Nison Walker watched the recording and told his subordinate to show it to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall only if its leaders asked about the incident.

Hero Wild and Heavenly Might’s allies gathered with the Mecha Team and One Leaf Floating Cloud’s group to plan an attack on the Two-Headed Gang, hoping to seize its territory and resources. As Eugene prepared to use the gang’s potions to advance, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall attacked Nanxing Street.

• Hero Wild’s group told the gathered leaders how the Two-Headed Gang’s young master had attacked them and wiped them out.
• Luo Wu Shang and Fang Zhen decided to recruit One Leaf Floating Cloud’s group and target the Two-Headed Gang’s boss while their Martial Artists held off the minions.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud agreed to join and took six Golden Desert Eagles for the campaign, telling Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon to recruit another weapon maker.
• Eugene received a shipment of Type II Energy Potions and Type II Healing Potions and prepared to advance toward Martial Artist.
• A subordinate rushed in and warned Eugene that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had attacked.