Chapter Summaries

After the casino game ended, Ren Ye and his companions spent their chips on powerful treasures and supplies, while Old Yang chose not to join them at the next Star Gate. Old Liu remained behind to learn that the Life Stone had recognized him and that he would receive an inheritance, as the Gate Eye said they had finally met again.

• Wang Dong and the eight high-powered Players were tried by the People's Court; the eight died, while Wang Dong was left crippled and alive.
• Ren Ye learned that the dead Players' locked chips still counted toward the rankings, and Old Liu announced that he would give every Player five thousand chips.
• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Xu Qingzhao pooled their resources and bought the Yin-Yang Mother-Child Sword and the damaged Eternal Night Divine Ship.
• Ren Ye bought all forty bottles of diluted divine water of life, and the group gave Old Yang three hundred fifty thousand chips to spend on items instead of an invitation.
• After the Players left the Star Gate, Old Liu stayed behind and asked about his inheritance; the Gate Eye confirmed the Life Stone had recognized him and said, "Fate brought us together... at last, we meet again!"

Old Liu learned that Fate had tested him in the Safe House and brought him to the ruined Life Temple, where the Life Stone named him the Daystar Giant Clan’s last bloodline and offered him the Fallen Giant inheritance. In Vermilion Bird City, Ren Ye learned that Tang Feng had still not reappeared.

• Fate revealed her identity as the girl Old Liu had rescued and explained that the Life Stone had chosen him because of his kindness and courage.
• Fate brought Old Liu to the abandoned Life Temple and told him that a Giant Clan Demigod had died defending the Migration Land from an unknown invasion.
• Old Liu released the Life Stone, which named him the Daystar Giant Clan’s last bloodline and offered him the Light System Class Inheritance, the Fallen Giant.
• Ren Ye asked Huang Wei about Tang Feng and learned that Tang Feng had disappeared without any word of whether he was alive or dead.

Ren Ye learned that Xu Qingzhao planned to leave Qingliang Prefecture, so he asked her to stay and promised to make the prefecture a home for her. After she agreed, Ren Ye returned to the real world and learned that Old Liu had advanced to the second tier.

• Ren Ye offered to help search Tang Feng's home for clues and discussed the Super Empire's finances and Dangshan Pass City's construction with Huang Wei.
• Ren Ye inspected the construction at Dangshan Pass, then learned from Xue'er that Xu Qingzhao planned to leave Qingliang Prefecture.
• Ren Ye found Xu Qingzhao at Fortune Inn and asked why she wanted to leave; she explained that staying hindered her cultivation and asked why she should remain.
• Ren Ye told Xu Qingzhao he wanted to give her a home and invited her to join the Super Empire; she agreed to stay after he promised not to shortchange her allowance.
• Ren Ye returned to the Tree-Ring Bar, where Old Liu told him he had advanced to the second tier.

Ren Ye arranged for Old Liu to become a resident player in Qingliang Prefecture by buying a military post and wagering on its development. After reporting his Migration Land discoveries to Zhao Baicheng, Ren Ye began advancing to the second tier.

• Ren Ye told Old Liu that Tang Feng had disappeared and offered him a resident player slot in Qingliang Prefecture.
• Old Liu agreed to buy the commander-in-chief post and wager on expanding Qingliang Prefecture's military strength, becoming its third resident player.
• Ren Ye learned that Old Yang planned to visit the Capital and considered bringing his manufacturing expertise to Qingliang Prefecture.
• Ren Ye reported his Migration Land experiences to Zhao Baicheng, including Old Liu's Giant Clan legacy, the Demon Monk's Reincarnation Finger, and the Invitation.
• Zhao Baicheng explained that other New Year's Watchers had obtained Invitations and warned that the Migration Land Star Gates would become fiercely competitive.
• Ren Ye's Star Source fluctuations turned chaotic, and Zhao Baicheng realized that he was about to advance.

Ren Ye advanced to Second Tier and gained abilities that let him recruit defeated Gate Spirits as retainers and detect valuable items. After Zhao Baicheng gave him annotated manuals to improve his swordsmanship, Zhao revealed Ren Ye’s new power to Lin Xiang and declared that he would join the Super Empire.

• Ren Ye advanced in a secluded cave beneath Qingliang Prefecture, reaching Second Tier, Level Five and gaining new mystical abilities, while the Human Emperor Sword became a Second-Tier Divine Artifact.
• Ren Ye considered using Powerful Local Retinue to build his forces and later hurried to meet Zhao Baicheng at the Academy.
• Zhao Baicheng assessed Ren Ye’s abilities and gave him annotated copies of the Heaven-Dominating Sword Technique and Holy Eyes to address weaknesses in his swordsmanship.
• Zhao Baicheng warned Ren Ye to keep improving and stay out of sight because Huaxia’s sixth Rare was attracting attention.
• After Ren Ye returned to Qingliang Prefecture, Zhao Baicheng told Lin Xiang about Ren Ye’s ability to recruit defeated Gate Spirits and announced that he would join the Super Empire.

Ren Ye helped Old Yang exchange his Star Gate rewards for enough money to secure his family’s future, while Wang Tudou prepared to enter an upcoming Star Gate with a team of his own choosing. The chapter ended with Ren Ye heading to Tang Feng’s home and Wang Tudou rejecting the Spiritual Cultivation Society’s offer.

• Lin Xiang and the Dean discussed the dangers surrounding the Migration Land Star Gate and agreed to let Ren Ye face the test.
• Ren Ye practiced the Heaven-Dominating Sword Technique and Holy Eyes, briefly activating Holy Eyes while watching Lian'er.
• Ren Ye invited Old Yang to work in Qingliang Prefecture, but Old Yang declined and exchanged most of his Star Source and Items for nearly eight figures in cash.
• Old Yang left to reunite with his family, and Ren Ye reflected that securing their future had changed Old Yang’s fate.
• Old Huang told Ren Ye that Tang Feng’s parents had returned, and Ren Ye went with him to visit Tang Feng’s home.
• Wang Tudou refused to team up with the Spiritual Cultivation Society and told the Landlord he planned to bring together a group of outsiders like himself.

Ren Ye and Huang Wei searched Tang Feng’s bedroom and found his diary from the Unknown Mental Hospital, which suggested the Star Gate was set in an earlier era than the one Ren Ye had visited. Meanwhile, Wang Tudou recruited the Abacus Squad for a dangerous Star Gate opportunity, and the group eagerly accepted.

• Tang Feng’s parents confronted the Capital’s New Year’s Watchers about his long disappearance, then allowed Ren Ye and Huang Wei to search his room.
• Brother Huang accidentally activated Tang Feng’s artificial beauty, while Ren Ye noticed Tang Feng’s self-help books and encouraging notes.
• Ren Ye found Tang Feng’s diary describing the 3,764 patients in the Unknown Mental Hospital and photographed his estimate that its era resembled Earth’s Republican period or later.
• Ren Ye told Brother Huang that Tang Feng’s notes could help distinguish the hospital’s Star Gate from the one set in year 235.
• Wang Tudou offered the Abacus Squad eight Invitations at two hundred thousand essence each, and the group enthusiastically agreed to take the job.

Ren Ye learned that the Invitation had activated with two days left, then prepared Qingliang Prefecture for his departure and made plans to enter the Star Gate. The chapter ended with Wang Tudou assembling a team of Players in Xiangjiang City and setting the cost of their expedition.

• Ren Ye told the Deputy Star Officer that Tang Feng had likely entered a Migration Land Series Star Gate, and the Deputy Star Officer agreed to alert the Ministry of War.
• Ren Ye discovered that the Invitation had activated with two days remaining, informed Zhao Baicheng, and received something from his master.
• Ren Ye and Brother Huang planned Qingliang Prefecture's civil administration, economy, military, and infrastructure while Ren Ye prepared to leave.
• Wu Pangzi visited Ren Ye, explained that the Dragon Head was leaving to explore a Small Secret Realm, and agreed to support trade with Qingliang Prefecture.
• Ren Ye called the Princess Consort and Old Liu to prepare for the Star Gate, while Wang Tudou assembled six familiar Players and a newcomer and set their entry and supply fees.

Wang Tudou brought Xu Li into the Abacus Squad under strict rules, while Mr. He said goodbye to his ailing opera master and joined seven other Players preparing to enter a Star Gate. The Dragon Head left Spirit-Gathering Mountain to pursue an Opportunity, and Ren Ye, the Princess Consort, and Old Liu entered an unknown Star Gate.

• Wang Tudou questioned Yan Xingquan about Xu Li, then warned Xu Li that she had to perform her duties, respect the squad’s rules, and report her abilities before the team entered the gate.
• Mr. He cared for his former opera master, paid ten years of nursing-home fees, and left with seven other Second Tier Chaos Faction Players to enter their Star Gate.
• The Dragon Head received a Star Gate Invitation from his master, who warned him to be modest and said his greatest Opportunity lay in a living person.
• Birds and spirit beasts gathered to see the Dragon Head off as he left Spirit-Gathering Mountain for the outside world.
• Ren Ye, the Princess Consort, and Old Liu entered Qingliang Mountain and accepted an invitation to an unknown Star Gate.

Ren Ye, Little Black Fatty, and Old Liu entered Base City, formed a squad, and surveyed the vast new Star Gate hub as they prepared for its challenges. Nearby, Wang Tudou organized his own squad’s purchases and strategy before Ren Ye’s group spotted a familiar figure.

• Ren Ye arrived in Base City with Little Black Fatty and Old Liu, received the Star Gate instructions, and created the Qingliang Prefecture Park squad.
• The trio examined the Base City map, decided to visit the player trading market, and saw female beastfolk walking through the streets.
• Ren Ye and Old Liu worried that the Star Gate’s participants and scale exceeded their expectations.
• Wang Tudou told his squad to avoid the New Year's Watchers and major organizations, gather information, and prepare for the middle and late stages.
• Wang Tudou assigned Xu Li to make varied, carefully recorded purchases of supplies for the squad.
• Near the trading market, Ren Ye and his companions saw a familiar figure step out of a taxi.

Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Xu Qingzhao explored the Migration Land trading market after reuniting with Yang Nan, who invited them to a New Year's Watchers gathering. They bought supplies and encountered the market’s many races and unusual vendors, while a dispute between a New Year's Watcher and a buyer began elsewhere.

• Ren Ye reunited with Yang Nan, who was surprised that Old Liu had reached second tier and learned Xu Qingzhao had voluntarily downgraded to enter the Star Gate.
• Yang Nan invited Ren Ye and his companions to the New Year's Watchers' gathering, and they agreed to meet him after shopping.
• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Xu Qingzhao explored the crowded trading market, where they saw many different races and passed a black-robed fighter offering his services for 100,000 Star Source.
• Ren Ye bought ten Invisibility Talismans, while Old Liu bought twenty replenishment pills; Xu Qingzhao bought sugar-roasted chestnuts beside a noble-looking young man.
• The group met Yang Nan and headed to the Blessings Abound Teahouse, while a New Year's Watcher confronted a stallholder after another buyer took an item he had paid for.

Guo Yan and his teammates were provoked by a Chaos Faction Player in the trading market, while Ren Ye met with fellow New Year's Watchers at Blessings Abound Teahouse. The chapter ended as news of a fight reached the gathering and Wang Tudou walked through the market.

• A hip-hop-clad Player snatched Guo Yan's purchase, insulted him and the New Year's Watchers, and challenged him to fight alone.
• Guo Yan's two teammates arrived, and the hip-hop-clad Player claimed his friend had been killed by New Year's Watchers in Jianghang.
• Guo Yan accepted the challenge after the Player continued provoking him, while a man in a nearby restaurant watched with interest.
• At Blessings Abound Teahouse, Ren Ye chatted with Yang Nan and other New Year's Watchers, who offered to join his small team.
• A young woman rushed into the teahouse and announced that someone was fighting their Players in the trading market.
• Wang Tudou walked through the trading market and checked the time.

Little Pharaoh provoked the New Year's Watchers and defeated several of them with Soul-Type Items, drawing Ren Ye into the confrontation by publicly challenging the new God System Rare. Ren Ye revealed the Human Emperor Sword and overwhelmed Little Pharaoh, leaving him pinned beneath sword light as he demanded Brother Chuan take him back.

• A messenger told Yang Nan, Ren Ye, and Brother Yao that Guo Yan and two other New Year's Watchers had been defeated in solo duels at the Trade Market, so they hurried there with their allies.
• Wei Tianbao and other prominent players watched as Little Pharaoh taunted the New Year's Watchers after defeating three fighters; Brother Yao challenged him and was overcome by Little Pharaoh's Bloodstained Stele and Requiem Flute before Old Liu intervened.
• Little Pharaoh mocked the New Year's Watchers and singled out their new God System Rare, prompting the crowd to ridicule Ren Ye while Yang Nan and others warned him that the provocation was a trap.
• Ren Ye stepped forward, summoned the Human Emperor Sword, and unleashed righteous sword qi that shattered Little Pharaoh's Bloodstained Stele and blocked his Requiem Melody with Destiny.
• Ren Ye stopped the sword light before Little Pharaoh's brow and demanded that Brother Chuan take his man back, while the spectators watched in silence.

Ren Ye defeated Little Pharaoh and faced Yin Qi, the Spiritual Cultivation Society’s Soul System inheritor, in a duel between rare inheritances. Yin Qi’s soul attack nearly made Ren Ye kill himself, but Ren Ye resisted with the Lotus Lamp and countered with fire that could burn souls.

• Ren Ye pinned Little Pharaoh with the Human Emperor Sword, wounded his mouth and knees, and sent him back to the New Year's Watchers.
• Eldest Senior Brother Yin Qi came out to fight Ren Ye after Brother Chuan begged him to protect the Spiritual Cultivation Society’s reputation.
• Ren Ye and Yin Qi introduced their factions and inheritances, then Ren Ye attacked Yin Qi with the Human Emperor Sword.
• Yin Qi summoned a silver-armored Soul Attendant, and Ren Ye battered it while forcing Yin Qi toward the edge of the battlefield.
• Ren Ye broke the Soul Attendant’s greatsword and used the Human Emperor Sword’s overwhelming strike to corner Yin Qi, who revealed his Spirit Body and invaded Ren Ye with a damaged soul.
• Ren Ye nearly turned his sword on himself under the soul’s memories, but he called on the Lotus Lamp, recovered, and burned Yin Qi’s Spirit Body with a flame that could harm souls.

Ren Ye and Yin Qi halted their fight after Yin Qi healed four injured New Year's Watchers and paid them compensation. The two sides remained wary of each other, but Ren Ye finally let Yin Qi off without demanding more.

• A Spiritual Cultivation Society woman intervened as Yin Qi's spirit body burned, and the rest of his team joined him, prompting the New Year's Watchers to prepare for a group fight.
• Yin Qi stopped his allies and privately urged Ren Ye to end the fight, revealing he had a group Teleportation Array and hinting that a powerful force was sealed in his Soul Orb.
• Ren Ye refused to settle for words, so Yin Qi used Soul Cleansing-Purification to heal Guo Yan and three other New Year's Watchers.
• Ren Ye demanded two hundred thousand Star Source for each injured teammate, and Yin Qi made Brother Chuan pay the full eight hundred thousand.
• Yin Qi explained that he had stayed to protect his pride rather than teleport away, and Ren Ye jokingly demanded even more before deciding to let the matter go.

After the Trade Market fight, Ren Ye cleanses Yin Qi’s soul pollution with the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp, which devours the refined soul and appears to be reviving. Yin Qi recovers from the backlash and realizes Ren Ye has Karmic Fire and the Demon Monk’s aura, while wondering whether Ren Ye noticed his own connection to it.

• Ren Ye and the New Year’s Watchers taunted Yin Qi’s defeated companions after the Spiritual Cultivation Society paid 800,000 Star Source.
• Ren Ye returned to the Blessings Abound Teahouse and used the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp, with the Human Emperor Sword and Human Emperor Seal’s help, to remove Yin Qi’s soul pollution.
• The Lotus Lamp devoured the purified soul, and Brother Spirit warned Ren Ye that it was reviving and could become difficult to control.
• Ren Ye reunited with Yang Nan, Brother Yao, Old Liu, and the Princess Consort, while Old Liu pitched his military investment project.
• Yin Qi recovered at the Binhai Restaurant, confirmed that Ren Ye’s Karmic Fire had refined the soul pollution, and wondered whether Ren Ye had sensed his Demon Monk’s aura before revealing a tiny Zen Staff.

Wei Tianbao and Yin Qi separately decided to keep their squads apart and build up strength before entering the Small Secret Realm. Ren Ye declined offers to expand his squad, then narrowed down the Star Gates that might contain Tang Feng and hinted that he had a way to find him.

• Wei Tianbao told De Cai to monitor two people and let them enter the Small Secret Realm first, then met privately with a man who had returned.
• At the New Year's Watchers' gathering, Ren Ye refused to add members to his squad, explaining that he wanted to preserve existing teams and find compatible companions naturally.
• Ren Ye privately resolved to search for Tang Feng with only Old Liu and Princess Consort, since rescuing him could jeopardize the mission for any additional teammates.
• Huahua told Yin Qi's squad that outsiders had dubbed them the Peace Squad and called Brother Chuan the Clever Spiritual Cultivator; Yin Qi decided to adopt the Peace Squad name and enter the Star Gates later.
• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Princess Consort searched the ninety-two Star Gates for dates no later than 235, and Ren Ye hinted that he could use a method to locate Tang Feng among the remaining possibilities.

Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Little Black Fatty entered the SSS-Rank “Sin” Star Gate to search for Tang Feng, who they believed was trapped in a Migration Land-era gate. They arrived in Lust Village, where Old Liu’s mental health had already risen above sixty and he struggled to control an embarrassing desire.

• Ren Ye used Xu Qingzhao’s divination to select the “Sin” Star Gate, which was set in Migration Land year 185 and carried an SSS-Rank difficulty.
• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Little Black Fatty matched into the Star Gate and learned its rules, missions, mental-health mechanics, and squad leaderboard system.
• The squad received a starting rank of 726th and was assigned to Lust Village, one of seven villages testing different desires.
• The three explored a dusty, abandoned stone house where meal dishes suggested the occupants had left in a hurry.
• Old Liu told Ren Ye his mental health had risen above sixty and admitted that he felt an intense desire after briefly imagining how Tang Feng might repay him.

Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Little Black Fatty searched Lust Village for clues and learned that Players had been scattered among its seven villages. When Little Black Fatty sensed yin energy in a house, they entered to investigate but were confronted by seven hostile Players who claimed the place for themselves.

• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Little Black Fatty searched the abandoned village, finding no residents and learning from other Players that teams had been split among the seven villages.
• The trio traveled from the outskirts toward the village center, where Little Black Fatty sensed strong yin energy inside a dilapidated house.
• Old Liu entered the courtyard to investigate, but seven Players arrived and ordered the trio to leave, claiming their teammate had found the house first.
• Ren Ye challenged the group's attempt to monopolize the house, and Old Liu invited all seven to fight him.

Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Xu Qingzhao avoided a fight with Yu Weifeng’s team after Jiang Qin intervened, then discovered a basement beneath a hidden yin spirit that would not open until night. They returned to rest and wait, while Yu Weifeng’s team reconsidered the courtyard and a mysterious black-robed Player offered to kill for a hundred thousand Star Source.

• Ren Ye’s group prepared to fight Yu Weifeng’s six companions over a hidden yin spirit, but Jiang Qin arrived and persuaded both sides to stand down.
• Jiang Qin explained that Yu Weifeng’s large Player group had entered the Star Gate together and warned Ren Ye’s group to avoid provoking them.
• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Xu Qingzhao found a basement entrance beneath a porcelain vat and learned it would open after eight that night; Ren Ye recorded the location as No. 1 Haunted Ancient House.
• Yu Weifeng explained the Jiang Family’s influence to Mad Dog, then led his team back toward the courtyard after learning Ren Ye’s group had left.
• A black-robed Player refused a stranger’s invitation to join a squad unless paid a hundred thousand Star Source to kill someone.
• Ren Ye’s group returned to their hut to rest, where Old Liu struggled with the lust trial and begged Ren Ye not to show him his mouth or backside.