Chapter Summaries

Su Ye sent A Da to fight the tier-three Shadowscale warrior guarding the eighth floor. The warrior activated Frenzied Scales and killed A Da, leaving Su Ye to face what came next.

• Su Ye identified the eighth-floor guardian as a tier-three Shadowscale warrior and agreed to let A Da test his strength against him.
• A Da left the Gale Ranger and challenged the Shadowscale warrior to a duel.
• A Da and the warrior exchanged blows in midair, with the warrior using Shadow Traversal and Scale Memory to evade attacks and wound A Da.
• As the fight wore on, the Shadowscale warrior activated Frenzied Scales, boosting his stats by fifty percent.
• The Shadowscale warrior used Fatal Strike to pierce A Da's chest and kill him.

Su Ye cleared the eighth floor after A Da revived and defeated the weakened Shadowscale warrior, then returned to the Challenge Plaza and declined to proceed to the ninth floor. With Su Ye's approval, Mo Yu used the news of the clear to promote Protective Jade Talismans and sell information about him.

• A Da revived at full health after Su Ye summoned him again, then killed the weakened Shadowscale warrior in three strikes.
• Su Ye declined the ninth floor and returned to the Challenge Plaza.
• Su Ye messaged Mo Yu that he had cleared floor eight and told him to capitalize on the hype.
• Mo Yu announced in the chat that Su Ye had cleared floor eight and promoted his Protective Jade Talismans ahead of the planned floor-nine challenge.
• Mo Yu sold players information about Su Ye in exchange for Jade Talisman purchases, telling Raging Wind, Breathless that Su Ye was from the Feather Tribe.

Su Ye trained in his vehicle while the Azure Scale Race reported that a Fivefold Race player had cleared the Eighth Stair with a powerful Tier Three subordinate. At the Hundred Races Conference, the leaders discussed the player and the unexpectedly low casualties, unaware that the player was Su Ye of Great Xia Humanity.

• Su Ye told A Da to keep driving, then entered the Training Room to improve his [Wave Stacking] proficiency.
• An Azure Scale Race expert reported to his patriarch that a Fivefold Race player and a Tier Three subordinate had defeated him at the Eighth Stair.
• The Hundred Races Conference began, and the Golden Race expert announced that a player had cleared the Eighth Stair earlier than expected.
• The Azure Scale Race patriarch described the player’s peak Tier Three Vehicle and powerful subordinate, prompting the representatives to suspect he was a child of fortune.
• Chu Ge silently recognized that the player was Su Ye of Great Xia Humanity, while the Golden Race expert ordered the races to identify and eliminate him within the rules.
• The representatives discussed why only 10,236 of more than 120,000 players had died, blaming Tier Three Protective Jade Talismans for allowing players to escape guardians.

The Gray Fog Civilization decided that Jin Lai of the Golden Race would guard the ninth level after its experts discussed the threat posed by Su Ye and his Protective Jade Talismans. Su Ye learned that the Golden Race was waiting for him at the final level, but the chapter ended before he heard Jin Lai’s specific information.

• The Golden Race expert and the other representatives discussed how players had obtained Protective Jade Talismans and resolved to hunt the Fivefold Race after the event.
• The Golden Race expert withdrew the other races’ guardians from the ninth level and assigned Jin Lai alone to defend it.
• After the conference ended, Chu Ge sent someone to Spark’s road with a warning about Jin Lai.
• Su Ye advanced Wave Stacking to level 14, raising its maximum damage bonus to 840%.
• Three Great Xia soldiers met Su Ye and told him that the Gray Fog Civilization had assigned a Golden Race expert to stop him at the ninth level.

Su Ye learned about Jin Lai, a powerful Golden Race Echo Bearer guarding the ninth floor, and discussed ways to defeat him. He revealed his rapid growth and resources to the Great Xia team leader, who promised to report them, while Su Ye looked forward to facing Jin Lai.

• The Great Xia team leader explained Jin Lai's Golden Law talent, combat skills, and the tactics Su Ye could use against him.
• Su Ye learned that Echo Bearers were ranked by the number of talents they retained and that the event allowed Gray Fog Civilizations to send only one-star Echo Bearers.
• Su Ye told the Great Xia team leader that a Seed of Evolution had doubled his attributes, that he had over three billion Survival Coins, and that his Seed of Life had grown into a tree.
• Su Ye asked the team leader to report his situation and have the Logistics Department recommend skills for him to learn.
• Su Ye defeated the three visitors, collected their Secret Realm Crystals, and returned to his vehicle eager to test his Tier Three Talismans against Jin Lai.

Su Ye entered the Ninth-Level Stairway and faced Jin Lai, a One-Star Echo of the Golden Race whose power had been suppressed to Tier Three. Su Ye surprised Jin Lai by matching his strength, but Jin Lai launched a sweeping attack that left the fight unresolved.

• Su Ye entered the Ninth-Level Stairway challenge in the Gale Ranger after learning Mo Yu had sold nearly all the Protective Jade Talismans.
• Fifteen detected Jin Lai approaching, and Su Ye left the vehicle to confront him while Fifteen prepared the Army-Breaker Cannon and other weapons.
• Jin Lai attacked with Targeted Thrust, but Su Ye met his spear with Thunder Surge and forced him back despite taking an injury.
• Jin Lai realized Su Ye had consumed a Seed of Evolution and linked him to the Protective Jade Talisman sales, then attacked with Circular Cut.

Su Ye fought Jin Lai, using his spear, vehicle shield, and combat units to counter the Golden Law talent. When Jin Lai powered up at low health, Su Ye threw fifteen Tier Three attack talismans and ordered Fifteen to fire the cannons.

• Su Ye dodged Jin Lai’s golden blades, then counterattacked with his spear and inflicted movement, attack, and defense debuffs.
• Su Ye’s repeated lightning attacks weakened as Jin Lai’s Damage Calibration took effect, and Jin Lai knocked Su Ye to the ground.
• Fifteen shielded Su Ye from Jin Lai’s Star Shatter, and Su Ye trapped Jin Lai in a Thunder Prison Cage.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen, Xing Meng, the vehicle weapons, and the drones to attack Jin Lai until his health fell below 30%.
• Jin Lai’s Golden Law and Golden Surge greatly increased his power, but Su Ye threw fifteen Tier Three attack talismans and ordered Fifteen to fire the cannons.

Su Ye killed Jin Lai with a barrage of Tier Three talismans and a charged cannon blast, clearing the ninth stairway floor. As Su Ye climbed toward the Throne, his achievement shocked the challenge space and triggered a tense emergency meeting among the hundred races.

• Su Ye destroyed Jin Lai in a massive explosion and received confirmation that he had cleared the ninth stairway floor.
• The path to the Throne appeared, and Su Ye left the Gale Ranger to climb the rainbow steps toward it.
• Players across the challenge space saw Su Ye's image in the sky and reacted with shock as they learned he had cleared the ninth floor.
• The hundred races convened an emergency meeting, where other representatives mocked the Golden Race for failing to stop Su Ye.
• The Golden Race representative revealed that Su Ye had Tier Three-level stats and a peak Tier Three Vehicle, making the other representatives take the threat seriously.

Chu Ge persuaded the Hundred Races to spend Survival Points forcing Su Ye into the Tier Three Road Section early, while secretly helping him. Su Ye sat on the Throne and received the crown, becoming king.

• A shadowed representative said the Hundred Races could no longer stop Su Ye's coronation or defeat him in the Tier Two Road Section.
• Chu Ge proposed sending Su Ye into the Tier Three Road Section to disrupt his resource gathering and give the races more ways to attack him.
• The representatives agreed, and the Golden Race representative reluctantly pledged to pay the Survival Points.
• Chu Ge privately considered his plan a success because it would help Su Ye advance early and obtain Survival Points from the Golden Race.
• Su Ye sat on the Throne, and a radiant crown formed and settled on his head.

Su Ye won the Crown of Kings event and was crowned King, earning a unique title and valuable rewards. As players across the server reacted to his victory and Mo Yu promoted his talismans, Su Ye examined his prizes and focused on the Talent Selection Card.

• Su Ye was announced as the server-wide winner of the Crown of Kings event, prompting players across the zones to marvel at his achievement.
• Ling Yue, Yan Kuang, and the C13 Zone players accepted their past defeats by recognizing Su Ye as the server's strongest player.
• Whirlwind celebrated Su Ye's victory with Mo Yu, who advertised the remaining Protective Jade Talismans and received a flood of private messages.
• Su Ye received a Talent Selection Card, six Designated Service Area Cards, one million Survival Coins, and the unique title King's Coronation.
• Su Ye examined the title's three effects, equipped it, and then turned his attention to the Talent Selection Card as another announcement rang out.

After the Crown of Kings event ended, Su Ye learned that the Golden Race had cursed him to be forcibly advanced to the Tier Three Road Section in three days. He ordered his group to prepare for the dangers ahead and entered the Training Room to obtain his third talent.

• Su Ye met Mo Yu and Whirlwind at the Challenge Plaza, where Mo Yu transferred him 2.43 billion Survival Coins from selling Protective Jade Talismans.
• The Golden Race placed a Cross-Stage Curse on Su Ye, forcing his current road section up one tier in three days.
• Su Ye returned to the highway and told Xing Meng, Ember Iron, and the others to prepare for the Tier Three Road Section and a possible attack from the Gray Fog Civilization.
• Su Ye learned that Ember Iron had prepared three sets of top-grade third-tier equipment and ordered Xing Meng and Fifteen to inventory their ammunition.
• Su Ye entered the Training Room to obtain his third talent.

Su Ye chose the Final Resolution talent, which converted part of his attack damage into true damage. He then completed his breakthrough to Tier Three and gained the ability to fly.

• Su Ye used the Talent Selection Card and examined five available talents.
• Su Ye chose Final Resolution for its ability to convert up to 50% of his damage into true damage.
• Su Ye submitted his completed breakthrough quest and began advancing to Tier Three.
• Su Ye successfully reached Tier Three and discovered he could hover and fly without using a skill.

Su Ye maxed out his tier three attributes, accepted a tier four breakthrough quest, and traveled to the Cemetery Service Area to explore a treasure map and learn about resurrection grave plots. The chapter ended with him asking A Piao the price of a Tier Five Grave Plot.

• Su Ye raised his physique and mental attributes to 1,600 and accepted the Hundred-Battle Trial breakthrough quest.
• Su Ye decided to spend his remaining three days before entering the Tier Three Road Section exploring the Starlight Scroll Treasure Map.
• A Da told Su Ye that he had also reached tier four, and Su Ye used a Random Service Area Card to travel to the Cemetery Service Area.
• A Piao explained that grave plots could preserve some or all of a player's attributes after death, and that Tier Five plots also preserved the player's vehicle.
• Su Ye asked A Piao how much a Tier Five Grave Plot cost.

Su Ye learned that even the cheapest grave plot was beyond his means, then entered the Treasure Service Area to explore the Starlight Scroll Treasure Map. He and A Da drove into its separate map and began following a road of starlight toward the promised treasure.

• A Piao told Su Ye that a Tier One Grave Plot cost thirty billion Survival Coins and that buying a Tier Five plot required a Survival Bank Black Card.
• Su Ye left the Cemetery and entered the bustling Treasure Service Area, where players gathered to buy and explore treasure maps.
• Su Ye ignored the maps for sale in the Treasure Pavilion and used his Starlight Scroll Treasure Map at the Treasure Gate’s scanning platform.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to drive the Gale Ranger through the gate’s starlight vortex into the treasure map area.
• Su Ye read the system instruction to follow the Starlight Road to its end, and A Da drove the vehicle forward along it.

Su Ye drove the Gale Ranger through the Scattered Light Plains and Prismatic Corridor, where Fifteen’s turret easily defeated waves of light monsters and their essence flowed into the Starlight Scroll. They reached Fallen Light Plaza, where a stronger breed of monster appeared.

• A Da drove the Gale Ranger into the Scattered Light Plains, where Starlight Wisps emerged and Fifteen’s turret killed them, sending their starlight into Su Ye’s scroll.
• Su Ye continued across the plains as Fifteen’s turret eliminated more Starlight Wisps, and the group eventually reached the Prismatic Corridor.
• Prismatic Guardians attacked the Gale Ranger with light blades, but its energy shield blocked them while Fifteen’s turret destroyed them and charged the Starlight Scroll further.
• A Da drove the Gale Ranger through the rest of the Prismatic Corridor, and the group entered Fallen Light Plaza.
• Focused Light Hunters formed across the plaza as Su Ye inspected their stronger stats and skills.

Su Ye and his Gale Ranger defeated the Focused Light Hunters and instantly killed the Fallen Light Colossus with the Army-Breaker Cannon. He retrieved the Starlight Scroll’s final treasure, a Vehicle Template: Starlight Weave, and could now teleport out of the treasure area.

• Su Ye ordered the Gale Ranger to reflect the Focused Light Hunters’ attacks and used its weapons to slaughter the creatures.
• The fallen hunters’ starlight gathered at the altar and formed the Tier Three Fallen Light Colossus.
• Su Ye had Fifteen fire the fully charged Army-Breaker Cannon, which pierced and killed the newly formed boss in one shot.
• The Fallen Light Colossus’s starlight flowed into the Starlight Scroll, which revealed a pedestal and metal box at the altar.
• Xing Meng sent a Drone to retrieve the metal box, and Su Ye opened it to discover the Vehicle Template: Starlight Weave.

Su Ye claimed the Starlight Weave Vehicle template, then spent the remaining two days clearing Tier Two secret realms and instance crystals. When the forced teleportation took effect, he and his companions arrived at the entrance to the Tier Three Road Section, where a toll station stood in a canyon filled with dark red mist.

• Su Ye installed the Starlight Weave template on the Gale Ranger, adding a startrail lock-on effect and a weapon-strengthening starlight effect.
• Su Ye left the treasure area and decided to use his remaining time to clear his Tier Two Secret Realm Crystals and Instance Crystals.
• Over the next two days, Su Ye speed-cleared the realms and gave the Tier Two equipment and materials he collected to Mo Yu.
• The forced teleportation took Su Ye and his companions to the Tier Three Road Section, where they found themselves in a misty canyon with a toll station.

Su Ye and the Gale Ranger attacked the Golden Race’s Tier Three toll station rather than paying the toll, aiming to raise the road section’s difficulty and gain access to better resources. The chapter ended with the Golden Race forces being slaughtered as Su Ye watched from inside his Vehicle.

• Jin Hen told his squad leader that Su Ye had killed Jin Lai, a One-Star Echo, but argued that the toll station’s troops and fortifications might still stop him.
• A Golden Race lookout spotted Su Ye’s Vehicle approaching, and Jin Hen ordered his troops to prepare for battle.
• Xing Meng’s Drone swarm opened fire on the toll station, forcing the Golden Race warriors to raise shields and energy barriers.
• Su Ye ordered the attack to continue, and Fifteen fired the Army-Breaker Cannon, vaporizing at least a thousand Golden Race warriors and blasting through the front line.
• A Da drove the Gale Ranger through the ruined gate while Fifteen’s weapons and the Vehicle’s Shatterblades cut down the remaining Golden Race warriors.

Su Ye crushed Jin Hen and the Golden Race battalion at the Toll Station, then entered the Tier Three Survival Road despite the penalty for breaching the checkpoint. He and his crew drove into an acid rain zone that kept growing more intense, while the Gale Ranger’s Energy Shield held firm.

• Jin Hen’s Golden Race battalion was wiped out, and A Da crushed Jin Hen with the Gale Ranger.
• Xing Meng’s Cleaner Drones searched the battlefield and found an Illusory Dream Secret Realm Crystal, which Su Ye stored for later.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to drive through the Toll Station and enter the Tier Three Survival Road, triggering a permanent threefold increase to its difficulty, monster spawn rate, and natural disaster probability.
• Fifteen detected a large acid rain zone ahead, and Su Ye ordered the Energy Shield activated before the Gale Ranger entered it.
• Fifteen reported that the shield was blocking the corrosive rain with minimal energy loss, but after more than an hour the rain had only grown heavier.

Su Ye fought off waves of tier three monsters in the Gale Ranger and met a Great Xia squad, whose leader explained the dangers of the new road section and recommended six skills for him. The chapter ended with Su Ye learning about the skills suited to his abilities as he continued into the changing Tier Three Road Section.

• Fifteen detected fifteen Wasteland Rending-Claw Beasts, and Su Ye ordered the Light Machine-Gun Turret to kill them all.
• Cleaner Drones collected tier three bone and scale materials from the beasts' corpses.
• Su Ye fought off repeated waves of tier three monsters as the Gale Ranger traveled through acid rain.
• Fifteen detected three Great Xia Soldiers, and Su Ye stopped to speak with their squad leader.
• The Great Xia squad leader described the changing environments and hazards of the Tier Three Road Section.
• The squad leader recommended six skills to Su Ye: Purifying Thought, Iron Wall Golden Body, Silence, Mental Barrier, Steadfast Thought, and Barrier-Piercing Thrust.