Chapter Summaries

Zhou Liang and his companions blasted through Xiaoyao Ford, defeating Wei Yan and clearing the road to the final camp. He activated Main Quest Three, which required him to defeat Sima Yi and Cao Cao.

• Artisan used lightning artillery to defeat the Ironclad Heavy Cavalrymen and Yue Ji while Zhou Liang entered the nearby secret chamber and collected its loot.
• Zhou Liang led the group across the stone bridge, where Artisan's lightning bombardment defeated Wei Yan.
• The group reached the final camp and cleared out its ordinary soldiers with artillery.
• Zhou Liang activated Main Quest Three, accepting the mission to defeat Sima Yi and Cao Cao for 5,000 points and a Gold Ticket, with erasure as the penalty.

Zhou Liang restored his strength and used his Soldier cards to create training manuals, then cultivated the Everlasting Spring Technique to its thirteenth and final layer. He discovered that it formed a Life Flame tied to his lifespan and vitality, leaving him to wonder whether his extraordinary body might make him a target as he prepared for the coming battles.

• Zhou Liang used a Revival Spring to restore his generals and warned them that a difficult battle was approaching.
• Zhou Liang checked on the Ninth Soul Ring’s transformation and wished that Demon God would awaken before he faced Sima Yi and Cao Cao.
• Zhou Liang fused his Soldier cards into training manuals and absorbed their power to strengthen his body and advance the Everlasting Spring Technique.
• Zhou Liang reached the technique’s thirteenth layer, which formed a Life Flame from his life essence and showed him that his vitality and lifespan could keep increasing.
• Zhou Liang wondered whether he could live forever, then worried that his body might become a tempting target like a living Tang Sanzang.

After reaching Peak Fourth Tier strength, Zhou Liang prepared his items and summoned his forces to unleash his full combat strength. He assembled his troops and the Heavenly Demon as he readied himself for the coming battle.

• Zhou Liang raised his strength evaluation to High Fourth Tier and realized his perfected inner power had reached Peak Fourth Tier.
• Zhou Liang chose to save the General Class Cards until he obtained War Qi and sorted his weapons, talismans, and other items for the coming fight.
• Zhou Liang formed two ice-and-fire dragons from his power and runes, then reviewed his control items and the Zhang Ling Swords.
• Zhou Liang summoned Shield-and-Sword Soldiers, spearmen, Shield Mountain troops, Super Iron Cavalrymen, Super Mages, and Dragon-Head Cannon Super Soldiers.
• Zhou Liang summoned thirty Overlord Wyvern Cavalry and the Heavenly Demon, who greeted him.

Zhou Liang led his forces into the stronghold and battled Sima Yi, whose powerful attacks were met by the Soldiers’ defenses and a coordinated counterattack. The Dragon-Head Cannon’s bombardment reduced Sima Yi’s health by only about four-tenths, leaving Zhou Liang stunned by how much strength his opponent still had.

• Zhou Liang ordered his Soldiers to enter the camp and avoid killing the enemy Soldiers immediately.
• Zhou Liang placed the Revival Spring in the stronghold and assigned Shield Mountain to protect it behind an energy barrier.
• Sima Yi attacked the group with a vast dome of fire, but red-and-blue barriers protected all the Soldiers.
• Sima Yi struck the Lionheart King with blue lightning, then dodged several attacks before Zhou Liang’s forces weakened and bombarded him.
• The Dragon-Head Cannon’s enormous shell exploded, but Sima Yi remained standing with more than half his health, shocking Zhou Liang.

Zhou Liang’s forces fought Sima Yi as he unleashed lightning and swarms of Blue Leopards, then used a shell-shedding ability to escape their attacks and reach the Dragon-Head Cannons. After the Lionheart King fell and was resummoned, Zhou Liang joined the Heavenly Demon against Sima Yi and froze him with a surprise strike.

• Sima Yi summoned hundreds of Blue Leopards and called down lightning to hold back Zhou Liang’s Soldiers and dragons.
• Sima Yi vanished and attacked the Dragon-Head Cannons, but the Heavenly Demon interrupted him and struck him with the Heavenly Halberd.
• Zhou Liang sent the Blood Dripper and a missile after Sima Yi, who burned away his body to evade their attacks and reappeared inside the cannon formation.
• Sima Yi wounded the Artisan while fighting the Heavenly Demon, and Zhou Liang realized Sima Yi’s escape ability might have a cooldown.
• The Blue Leopards killed the Lionheart King, so Zhou Liang resummoned him and ordered him to lead the Mages against the swarm.
• Zhou Liang attacked Sima Yi from behind and temporarily froze him with an ice-powered strike.

Zhou Liang and his allies defeated Sima Yi through a relentless chain of attacks and control effects, then recovered and prepared to face the final boss. They entered the mountain stronghold, where Cao Cao appeared beneath a blue cloak.

• Zhou Liang's allies and his stockpile of items kept Sima Yi under control until his health ran out and he disappeared, dropping several items.
• Zhou Liang examined Sima Yi's drops, learned the Ice Leopard Spirit skill, and organized his items while the generals recovered at Shield Mountain.
• After recovering, Zhou Liang recalled troop types that were ineffective against a powerful individual enemy and positioned Giant Shield Soldiers beside the Mages and Dragon-Head Cannon.
• Zhou Liang led his forces toward the mountain stronghold, where lightning flickered and Cao Cao emerged as the final boss.

Zhou Liang and his allies fought Cao Cao, whose immense strength and phantom slashes overwhelmed most of the group. After losing the use of both arms, Zhou Liang regenerated them at the Revival Spring and returned to battle as Cao Cao launched another charge.

• Cao Cao emerged in golden armor, regained his mobility, and sent Lionheart King crashing into a wooden wall with a greatsword slash.
• The Icefire Dragon King, Zhou Liang, and the others attacked Cao Cao, but he vanished and countered with the Six-Direction Phantom God Slash.
• Cao Cao's slashes injured Golden Snake and left Heavenly Demon, Artisan, and Zhou Liang struggling to hold the fight together.
• Zhou Liang summoned Lionheart King and Azure Dragon to support the battle, then went to Shield Mountain and destroyed his badly twisted arms.
• Zhou Liang regenerated both arms at the Revival Spring and rushed back as Cao Cao charged forward with his greatsword.

Zhou Liang and his allies fought Cao Cao, whose healing and powerful attacks repeatedly overturned their progress. Zhou Liang used advanced items to restrain him and resumed the assault, leaving Cao Cao immobilized with more of his health still to be taken.

• The Heavenly Demon charged Cao Cao while Zhou Liang and the others attacked, reducing Cao Cao’s health to two-thirds before Cao Cao teleported away and began healing.
• Cao Cao recovered to eighty percent health, then unleashed Double-Shadow Overlord Charge, killing Lionheart King and the other generals while Shield Mountain protected the Revival Spring.
• Zhou Liang used the Divine Brush to freeze Cao Cao, revived the fallen generals, and led a barrage of item attacks that sharply reduced Cao Cao’s health.
• Cao Cao broke free and used a healing skill, restoring one-quarter of his health, but Zhou Liang used another Divine Brush to immobilize him and continued the fight.

Zhou Liang defeated Cao Cao, collected the battle-aura manual and other rewards, and received the highest evaluation for completing the novice quest. After settlement, he arrived at the Dimension Ark, a vast ship sailing through the Chaos Sea.

• Zhou Liang used a Rain Book to defeat Cao Cao and completed the main and special quests.
• Zhou Liang combined the seven manual pages into the True Battle-Aura Compendium and collected the Demon Lord's Essence and Grand General's Tiger Tally.
• Zhou Liang returned after ten minutes, and the quest settlement awarded him an X-rank evaluation and promotion to Advanced Sailor Level 1.
• Zhou Liang opened the X Chest and received a Mysterious Invitation Letter, points, and Bronze Tickets.
• A voice welcomed Zhou Liang to the Dimension Ark, where he appeared in a plaza beside a massive vortex.

Qing Niu guided Zhou Liang around the ship’s stern, explaining its districts, services, and restrictions. He introduced the Fishing Zone, where Zhou Liang could draw treasures from countless worlds, and left him considering its risks after learning the ship was stationed in a Western Fantasy World Cluster.

• Qing Niu explained that the ship was divided into the bow, cabin, and stern, and warned Zhou Liang to choose a nickname to avoid attacks using his real name.
• Qing Niu described the Free Trade Market, Auction Hall, and Appraisal Function, then led Zhou Liang through the Teleportation Array.
• Qing Niu showed Zhou Liang the Expeditionary Force’s departure area and explained that the ship’s unique ability was fishing for treasures from Void Wells.
• Qing Niu shared how he had fished up a Paramecia Class Devil Fruit, then warned Zhou Liang that unlucky fishers could waste their tickets and weaken their chances of surviving missions.
• Qing Niu told Zhou Liang that the ship had been in a Western Fantasy World Cluster for more than three hundred years, and that over eighty percent of its worlds were Western fantasy worlds.

Qing Niu showed Zhou Liang how to fish in a Void Well and introduced the ship’s remaining facilities. Zhou Liang searched the Captain’s Shop for a way to visit other passengers’ worlds and combine different power systems.

• Qing Niu used a Black Iron Ticket to fish up the Nine-Gate Vajra Wish-Armor manual, which filled a gap in his power system.
• Qing Niu explained the Captain’s Shop, the ship’s ranks, and the Free Trade Market before leaving to get the manual appraised.
• Zhou Liang saw Mu Zhan’s statue in the Free Trade Market and considered whether he could travel to other passengers’ worlds.
• Zhou Liang learned that Battle Through the Heavens was a Silver-rank world and decided its Battle Qi system was worth a Silver Ticket.
• Zhou Liang searched for a way to combine the Battle Qi system with the Everlasting Spring Technique and found the Silver Power-System Fusion Card and Gold Enlightenment Card.

Zhou Liang sealed his internal energy and cultivated Battle Qi in the world of Battle Through the Heavens, quickly advancing from Ninth-Section Battle Qi to Battle Master. He searched for cultivation techniques and an alchemist's inheritance, then returned to the Dimension Ark when the mission ended.

• Zhou Liang used the Power-System Temporary Seal Card to seal his internal energy, then invited Mu Zhan to leave the Free Trade Market with him.
• After more than two months of cultivation, Zhou Liang reached Ninth-Section Battle Qi and condensed a qi vortex to advance to Dou Zhe.
• Zhou Liang's Battle Qi surged from one star to nine stars, then condensed into liquid and broke through to Battle Master.
• Zhou Liang tested his attributes with a crystal ball, which revealed water, fire, and wood before it shattered.
• Zhou Liang spent the remaining half month searching auction houses for suitable cultivation techniques and an alchemist's inheritance.
• When the three-month mission ended, Zhou Liang returned to the Dimension Ark.

Zhou Liang explored the Free Market, recognized how many powerful people were gathered there, and expanded his personal space into a villa. He revived Dugu Yan and the others, helped them begin cultivating, and, after six days, prepared to strengthen himself again.

• Zhou Liang surveyed the Free Market and realized that several vendors and passersby felt stronger than he was.
• Zhou Liang expanded his personal space, bought a villa template, and summoned twelve servant puppets.
• Zhou Liang revived Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Jiangzhu, and the others, then explained the space and its mission-world risks.
• Dugu Yan proposed that the women join Zhou Liang on missions once they had caught up to his strength, and Zhou Liang optimized their systems and bought them cultivation techniques.
• After six days of training, Zhou Liang left the bedroom, produced a glowing card, and temporarily sealed the Battle Qi in his body to continue strengthening himself.

Zhou Liang used cards to gain War Qi, fuse his three powers, and undergo a major physical transformation. After comprehending his techniques with an Enlightenment Card, he created a new cultivation method, the Duality Creation Scripture.

• Zhou Liang used the glowing card to cultivate War Qi, forming nine Qi Beans and gaining Boiling Battle Intent while his Battle Qi Soul began nurturing.
• Zhou Liang used the Fusion Card to merge Battle Qi with his other two powers, strengthening his body, bloodline, and Soul Bone.
• Zhou Liang used an Enlightenment Card and comprehended the cultivation techniques he knew.
• Zhou Liang combined the techniques’ essences into the wood-centered, Icefire-assisted Duality Creation Scripture.

Zhou Liang cultivated a new Battle Qi technique and searched the auction house for Spatial Origins that could fulfill the Tiger Tally’s requirements, but found the suitable options far beyond his budget. He then bought a cheap Myriad-Change Shield, believing its ability to reshape and restore itself would suit Shield Mountain.

• Zhou Liang reached the level of a Nine-Star Battle Spirit with his new technique and decided to search for suitable Spatial Origins to complete the Tiger Tally’s requirements.
• Zhou Liang inspected the auction house’s Spatial Origin listings and found that every suitable option was too expensive for him to afford.
• Zhou Liang searched for defensive equipment and found the Myriad-Change Shield listed for one Gold Ticket.
• Zhou Liang learned that the shield was fragile, unpredictable, and had limited restoration uses, then bought it for Shield Mountain to devour.

Zhou Liang upgraded Shield Mountain with the Myriad-Change Shield, then opened an automated stall to sell items from The War Records of the Three Kingdoms. At the fishing area, he caught an alchemy formula and then used a Silver Ticket to haul a glowing treasure from the Void Wells.

• Zhou Liang gave Shield Mountain the Myriad-Change Shield to devour, adding its Impact Shield form and shockwave-absorbing traits to Shield Mountain's abilities.
• Zhou Liang opened an automated stall and listed more than a hundred items, including Reinforcement Orders, Training Manuals, and weapons, for sale.
• A mechanical-armored young man spotted the stall, bought a Reinforcement Order and Training Manuals with all his points and tickets, then contacted his organization to arrange more purchases.
• Zhou Liang caught the Human-Origin Grand Elixir formula with a Bronze Ticket and decided to try fishing with a Silver Ticket.
• Zhou Liang pulled a glowing milky-white ball of light from the Void Wells after struggling against its great weight.

Zhou Liang pulled a War Drum from a Void Well, fulfilling the Tiger Tally’s first requirement, then gave Mystic five Heavenly Books and discovered a use for the Golden Core Tempering Method. An announcement opened registration for the Gods' Game Space ultra-large game Climb to the Top, and Zhou Liang examined its information after spotting a reward that interested him.

• Zhou Liang fished the Pure Angel Wings from a Void Well and kept them for Qian Renxue.
• Zhou Liang pulled out a War Drum and learned that it fulfilled the Tiger Tally’s first requirement, though cultivating it would require materials and leading troops through a brutal war.
• Zhou Liang returned to his personal space and gave Mystic the five Heavenly Books to cultivate.
• Zhou Liang discovered that the Golden Core Tempering Method could condense power crystals and strengthen cultivation.
• The Gods' Game Space announced the ultra-large game Climb to the Top, and Zhou Liang checked its registration information after noticing a reward that caught his attention.

Zhou Liang studied Gods' Game Space and registered for the game "Climb to the Summit," hoping to earn Spatial Origin while gaining experience with power levels up to godhood. After choosing the Elf Faction, he discovered that ten of his powerful skills had been sealed, and he began testing his reduced abilities before the game started.

• Zhou Liang learned that Gods' Game Space let players progress through eight tier-based regions and potentially experience godhood with a Mirror Body.
• Zhou Liang registered for "Climb to the Summit" and was teleported from the Dimension Ark into the game space.
• Zhou Liang chose the Elf Faction to gain an improving bloodline and opened the Elf Shop.
• Zhou Liang's Half-Elf bloodline fused with his Mirror Body, and the system sealed ten of his skills, including the Eight Generals, Revival Spring, and External Soul Bone.
• Zhou Liang inspected his weakened abilities and tested his Red-and-Blue Power and First Soul Ring Shield-and-Sword Soldier before the game began.

Zhou Liang entered the Monster Great Forest stage and began hunting Goblins to gain experience and Game Coins. After his Shield-and-Sword Soldier slaughtered a group of them, Zhou Liang led the way deeper into the forest as powerful monsters began hunting the players.

• The game announced that Zhou Liang had to reach Level 10, obtain a red medal, and pass through the Monster Great Forest.
• Zhou Liang summoned a Shield-and-Sword Soldier and hid with him to ambush a group of low-level Goblins.
• The Shield-and-Sword Soldier killed the Goblins while Zhou Liang watched, noting the experience and Game Coins they yielded.
• Zhou Liang led the Soldier along the path the Goblins had come from, while powerful monsters began hunting players across the forest.

Zhou Liang escaped a horde of thousands of Goblins and took shelter in a cave, where he assessed his leveling strategy and the restrictions on his sealed skills. He planned to hunt Goblins the next day, but the skills he most wanted remained far beyond his reach.

• Zhou Liang fled thousands of Goblins, including powerful Elite and Elemental Goblins, and used their attacks to restore his strength.
• Zhou Liang summoned three Level 3 Shield-and-Sword Soldiers to delay the horde, then escaped into a cave after they were killed.
• By the campfire, Zhou Liang concluded that hunting groups of high-grade monsters offered the fastest way to gain experience and chose Goblins as his next targets.
• Zhou Liang reviewed his status and skill tree, finding that most enhanced skills had unmet level or item requirements.
• Zhou Liang saw that the Revival Spring required a Rainbow Badge and ten thousand Skill Points, neither of which he could obtain soon.