Chapter Summaries

Solid Bastion and the Godseal Guild helped the Dream Guild fight back at the gates, but attackers broke through the east gate and surrounded the main hall. Dreamlight Dance and fewer than a thousand guild members struggled to hold their defense as the chapter ended with her out of mana potions.

• Solid Bastion, led by Guardian, charged the attackers at the west gate and held them back while Dreamlight Dance took the Dream Guild to reinforce the south gate.
• Dreamlight Dance and Jun Lin led over seventy thousand guild members in clearing the south gate, but Leng Yue reported that the east gate had fallen.
• Attackers poured through the breached east wall, and Dreamlight Dance gathered the defenders around the main hall while the invaders cleared the stronghold.
• Young Master Huang disrupted the attackers at the north gate, and Wu Ziyin killed the last siege boss with Holy Light Judgment before the Godseal Guild headed to reinforce the east gate.
• The attackers converged on the main hall and overwhelmed the Dream Guild; fewer than a thousand defenders remained with Dreamlight Dance, who realized she had run out of mana potions.

Wu Ziyin helped the Dream Guild hold out until the system declared its base successfully established, granting it powerful defenses and three days of siege protection. Dreamlight Dance survived the attackers’ final attempts and vowed to deal with those who had joined the siege.

• Wu Ziyin broke through to the Dream Guild and used Angelic Hymn to restore and greatly strengthen its remaining players, who counterattacked until the effect ended.
• After Dreamlight Ling'er was killed, Wu Ziyin shielded Dreamlight Dance, and a server-wide announcement confirmed that the Dream Guild had defended its base and earned special rewards.
• The major guilds left, while attackers inside the base found its buildings untouchable and heard Dreamlight Dance threaten to retaliate against them.
• The base’s siege protection switched players to Peace Mode, and City Guards killed those who attacked Dreamlight Dance.
• The remaining intruders fled using Town Portal Scrolls, while Dreamlight Dance let them go and planned to punish them and their guilds later.

After helping Dreamlight Dance secure her guild base, the others dealt with their losses while Wu Shaozhen finished clearing a hidden battlefield and encountered its Bone Dragon boss. The Bone Dragon began absorbing the scattered bones as Wu Shaozhen prepared to attack.

• Dreamlight Dance thanked Guardian and the others for helping defend her guild base, and Guardian explained that he had helped because he followed Dustseal.
• Dreamlight Dance promised to compensate the players who died and ordered everyone to identify their attackers so she could retaliate.
• Hell Messenger confirmed that his men had left no evidence linking them to the attack.
• Wu Shaozhen killed more than fifty thousand Bone Beasts, gained 516 Bone Essences, and raised his defenses and health.
• Wu Shaozhen found no way out of the battlefield before a fissure opened and a level 80 Bone Dragon emerged.
• Wu Shaozhen inspected the Bone Dragon's powerful skills, then charged as it began absorbing nearby bones and increasing its stats.

Wu Shaozhen defeated the Bone Dragon by targeting the soulfire in its eyes, then used its Divine Bone Essence to strengthen his defenses. After the battlefield began collapsing, he activated Void as the space around him vanished.

• Wu Shaozhen fought through the Bone Dragon's attacks and discovered that Bone Absorption restored its health while increasing its stats.
• Wu Shaozhen used Eye of True Sight to identify the flames in the Bone Dragon's eyes as its weak point, and Zi You explained that they contained its soul.
• Wu Shaozhen repeatedly attacked the soulfire, preventing the Bone Dragon from healing, and defeated it twice before it finally stayed dead.
• Wu Shaozhen picked up and used the Divine Bone Essence, increasing his bone root and raising his defenses above 30,000.
• The battlefield began collapsing, and Wu Shaozhen activated Void as the surrounding space disappeared.

Wu Shaozhen was trapped in a sealed hall with the Saint-tier Soaring Serpent, a powerful creature chained there for ten thousand years. He learned that escaping might depend on his Voidstone’s cooldown and tried to keep the serpent calm.

• Wu Shaozhen appeared in a vast hall and used the Eye of True Sight to discover that the chained Soaring Serpent was a level 90 Saint-tier boss with overwhelming stats and deadly skills.
• Soaring Serpent spoke to Wu Shaozhen and asked how he had entered the hall, while Zi You warned him that fighting the creature would be nearly hopeless.
• Wu Shaozhen explained that he had arrived after space collapsed on a battlefield, and Soaring Serpent questioned whether he had truly killed the Bone Dragon in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Soaring Serpent revealed that it had spared Wu Shaozhen because it had been imprisoned for ten thousand years and wanted company, then angrily described the God-tier seals and black iron gold chains preventing its escape.
• Zi You told Wu Shaozhen that the seals could be broken by killing Soaring Serpent, by waiting for Zi You to recover enough strength, or possibly by using the Voidstone after its cooldown ended.
• Wu Shaozhen chose to avoid provoking Soaring Serpent until the Voidstone was ready, after Zi You warned that the serpent might swallow him.

Wu Shaozhen failed to escape the Grand Hall and spent his time there talking with Soaring Serpent, while the Three Great Guilds retaliated against the guilds that attacked Dream Guild. After two days of fighting, the Three Great Guilds had established their dominance, and Solid Bastion joined their alliance.

• Wu Shaozhen found that he could neither escape the Grand Hall nor log out, so he talked with Soaring Serpent while waiting for the Voidstone's cooldown.
• Dreamlight Dance ordered the Dream Guild to retaliate against the guilds that had attacked its base, and the Godseal Guild and Cold Moon Pavilion joined the campaign.
• Cheetah and Flying Eagle arrived near Wu Shaozhen's home to investigate whether Flying Feather had failed her mission or betrayed the Dark Veil Assassins.
• The Three Great Guilds battered their enemies over two days, forcing some guilds to disband and others to apologize and pay compensation.
• Solid Bastion announced an alliance with the Three Great Guilds, and Young Master Huang decided to start buying gold to build a guild base.

Yu Fei revealed that the Gate of Hell had secretly incited the siege, prompting Dreamlight Dance and Jun Lin to plan an investigation before taking action. Back in the real world, Yu Fei confronted two Dark Veil agents sent to watch her and let them go, warning that she had betrayed the organization and would not return.

• Yu Fei told the guild leaders that she had seen Gate of Hell assassins urging the attackers during the siege, and Dreamlight Dance decided to investigate before acting.
• Yu Fei and Wu Ziyin returned to the villa, then headed out for a late-night snack before Yu Fei sensed they were being followed and took Wu Ziyin home.
• Cheetah and Flying Eagle reported that they had confirmed Flying Feather's betrayal and were told by their higher-ups to keep watching her.
• Yu Fei told Wu Ziyin that two people were following them, accepted her Holy Light Shield, and left the villa alone to confront them.
• Yu Fei questioned Cheetah and Flying Eagle about their mission, then spared them and warned them to stay out of her way.

After three days trapped with the Soaring Serpent, Wu Shaozhen persuaded him to become a pet so they could escape together. Zi You freed the serpent from his chains, and Wu Shaozhen accepted his request to join him.

• Showa City players who had accepted the quest lost 20% EXP because Dustseal remained missing.
• Wu Shaozhen offered to take the Soaring Serpent out in exchange for becoming his pet and promised to free him within a year.
• The Soaring Serpent revealed that his chains prevented him from entering the pet space.
• Zi You appeared and used her dagger to break the Soaring Serpent's chains.
• The Soaring Serpent agreed to become Wu Shaozhen's pet, and Wu Shaozhen accepted his request.

Wu Shaozhen named the Soaring Serpent Old Teng and unleashed him against the Kawasaki Guild in Japan. After robbing and killing players who crossed their path, Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng began slaughtering the forces sent to hunt him, leaving Japan in turmoil.

• Wu Shaozhen named the Soaring Serpent Old Teng, who immediately topped Japan's Pet Ranking as a Saint Pet.
• Wu Shaozhen traveled to Wild Hope Valley and confronted Kawasaki Ichigo and the Kawasaki Guild players who had been insulting him.
• Wu Shaozhen summoned Old Teng, who killed several hundred Kawasaki Guild members in a few attacks.
• Wu Shaozhen took the equipment of Kawasaki Ichigo and the others he had intercepted, then collected the Gold Equipment dropped by the slain players.
• Wu Shaozhen listed the Gold Equipment at the Auction House as Japan's players and the City Defense Squad rushed toward Wild Hope Valley.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng fought their way across Japan, killing players and City Defense Squad members and spreading terror.

Wu Shaozhen returned from Japan to Huaxia after earning a fortune selling looted equipment, and reunited with his allies in Jinling City. After hearing that the Gate of Hell was suspected of helping the Three Great Guilds but no evidence had been found, he questioned whether evidence was needed before making a move.

• Wu Shaozhen sold his Gold Equipment for more than five hundred thousand gold coins, then used a Cross-Server Teleportation Stone to return to Huaxia.
• Dream City prospered after its Teleportation Array opened, while Hell Messenger learned that the Gate of Hell was suspected but that no evidence linked it to the attack.
• News of Wu Shaozhen's return spread across Huaxia, and he invited Young Master Huang, Dreamlight Dance, Leng Yue, Jun Lin's Team, Yu Fei, Wu Ziyin, and the others to gather at his home in Jinling City.
• Guardian asked to meet Wu Shaozhen after becoming a fan of his rampage in Japan, and Wu Shaozhen agreed to welcome him.
• Dreamlight Dance told Wu Shaozhen that the Gate of Hell had been implicated but they lacked evidence, and Wu Shaozhen asked whether they needed evidence to make a move.

Wu Shaozhen welcomed Guardian as a follower, arranged a secluded farmhouse resort as a new home, and traveled to Northern Desert City to confront the Gate of Hell. Hell Messenger challenged him to settle the conflict, and Wu Shaozhen accepted on his own terms.

• Guardian pledged to follow Wu Shaozhen, who gave him and the others Platinum equipment before they left.
• Yu Fei warned Wu Shaozhen that Dark Veil might send many assassins, so he arranged to move the group to Young Master Huang's farmhouse resort in exchange for 100,000 gold coins.
• Wu Shaozhen told Yu Fei to keep leveling and traveled to Northern Desert City to face the Gate of Hell.
• Hell Messenger decided to shoulder responsibility for the guild's conflict with Wu Shaozhen and challenged him to a duel, offering any compensation if he lost.
• Wu Shaozhen accepted Hell Messenger's challenge in the wilderness for ten rounds and warned him not to flee before they were over.

Wu Shaozhen faced Hell Messenger in a duel and proved he could outskill him even without equipment or skills. After losing ten times, Hell Messenger continued to return to the arena, leaving the crowd and his guildmates bewildered.

• Wu Shaozhen removed his equipment, equipped his Wooden Sword, and agreed to fight Hell Messenger without using skills.
• Hell Messenger attacked with Stealth and assassin skills, but Wu Shaozhen dodged and outmaneuvered him despite their similar speed.
• Wu Shaozhen struck Hell Messenger down, and Divine King and God's Left Hand recognized how much Dustseal's combat skill had improved.
• Hell Messenger returned and was killed repeatedly by Wu Shaozhen, while Gate of Hell members urged their boss to stop.
• Hell Messenger insisted the duel was between him and Wu Shaozhen alone, then returned to fight him ten times despite losing every round.

After punishing Hell Messenger, Wu Shaozhen visited Dream City and spoke privately with Dreamlight Dance about his safety in real life. He revealed that game abilities could be used in reality, while Dreamlight Dance admitted she had already suspected it and ended their conversation with a teasing confession.

• Wu Shaozhen accepted Hell Messenger’s defeat, directed him to discuss compensation with Dreamlight Dance, and warned the gathered guild leaders against targeting his people.
• Wu Shaozhen explored Dream City, inspected its defenses, and met Dreamlight Dance in the main hall.
• Dreamlight Dance explained that she had investigated Wu Shaozhen and worried that his enemies might pursue him in real life, revealing that she had traced him through Weiwei and Little Ziyin.
• Wu Shaozhen told Dreamlight Dance that people could bring their game abilities into reality, but she said she had already suspected it.
• Dreamlight Dance teased Wu Shaozhen by saying she only needed the man she liked to be unable to live without her.

Dreamlight Dance decided to hide the warning about monsters invading reality until she could prove it to her father, while Wu Shaozhen took Yu Fei and Wu Ziyin to level up. Meanwhile, a rift widened in an abandoned Novice Village until the village collapsed and vanished from Oracle’s map.

• Dreamlight Dance resolved to reach Diamond as soon as possible and demonstrate her strength to her father before the monsters invaded reality.
• Wu Shaozhen learned that Yu Fei still could not clear the Diamond trial, and he reassured her that Feya might become strong enough at level 60.
• Wu Ziyin criticized Soaring Serpent’s name, then summoned Silver Big Bad Wolf, whose presence frightened the boastful Saint Pet.
• Soaring Serpent showed off its powers against a monster pack as Wu Shaozhen, Yu Fei, and Wu Ziyin leveled up.
• A rift in an empty Novice Village expanded over a week, and the unstable space eventually collapsed, erasing the village and scattering or destroying its monsters.

Reconnaissance squads in the mountains encountered powerful monsters that matched creatures from Oracle's Novice Village, suffering severe casualties. After confirming the resemblance, Tang Zhezhong ordered the danger reported and nearby villages evacuated.

• Guo Feng's squad encountered a level-six wild boar, which killed Huzi and shrugged off their bullets.
• Guo Feng drew the boar away while the surviving squad members fled with Huzi and sent an emergency distress call.
• Multiple reconnaissance squads suffered casualties or lost contact after encountering monsters including boars, toads, wolves, crabs, and turtles.
• Qingqing told Tang Zhezhong that the monsters resembled creatures from Oracle's Novice Village, and he ordered the game images compared with the investigation photographs.
• After the images matched, Tang Zhezhong ordered Qingqing to report the discovery and directed officials to evacuate villages near the mountains.

A team of Dark Veil assassins broke into Wu Shaozhen’s home to capture Flying Feather and kill him, but Wu Ziyin’s new powers stopped their attack. Wu Shaozhen and Yu Fei emerged to face the surviving intruders, leaving Jesse and Old Black trapped in the living room.

• Jesse arrived at the abandoned factory and ordered the assassins to attack Wu Shaozhen’s villa at midnight.
• After Yu Fei reached level 60, Wu Shaozhen took her to the Demon-Sealing Tower while Wu Ziyin logged off and tidied the house.
• Jesse and two accomplices broke into the villa, but Wu Ziyin’s Holy Light Shield stopped Jesse’s dagger and Madman’s bullets.
• Wu Ziyin cast Holy Light Judgment on Madman as he tried to reach the second floor, reducing him to nothing.
• Jesse fired at Wu Shaozhen when he emerged, but Wu Shaozhen caught the bullets, threw Jesse back into the living room, and blocked his escape.
• Yu Fei pointed a gun at Old Black and kicked him to the floor.

Wu Shaozhen interrogated Jesse and learned that the Dark Veil had secretly implanted tracking and explosive chips in its assassins. After locating the chip in Yu Fei's shoulder, he summoned Zi You, who removed it with extraordinary skill.

• Wu Shaozhen reassured Wu Ziyin that she had to adapt to killing in the changed world, then confronted the captured assassins.
• Jesse tried to attack Wu Shaozhen, but Wu Shaozhen disarmed and subdued him before using Soul-Piercing Bees to force him to talk.
• Jesse revealed that the Dark Veil had secretly implanted chips in its assassins for tracking and detonation, and said the organization was tracking Wu Shaozhen through Yu Fei.
• Wu Shaozhen used the Eye of True Sight to find Yu Fei's chip in her shoulder, then summoned Zi You to remove it safely.
• Yu Fei was astonished by Zi You's speed and skill, and Wu Shaozhen introduced her as his companion from the game.

Zi You forced Wu Ziyin to confront the aftermath of killing, while Wu Shaozhen eliminated the four snipers watching his villa. Dark Veil learned that its assassins had failed and decided to investigate before risking another operative.

• Zi You exploded Jesse and Old Black in front of Wu Ziyin, who fled to the bathroom to vomit.
• Zi You insisted Wu Ziyin clean up the remains, then used a psychological suggestion to help her face them.
• Wu Shaozhen and Yu Fei went outside, and Wu Shaozhen caught a sniper’s bullet before flying to kill all four assassins targeting the villa.
• Wu Ziyin swept up the remains, and Zi You praised her before making the flesh disappear; Yu Fei agreed to stay with Wu Ziyin overnight.
• Dark Veil learned that its assassins were dead and Flying Feather’s chip was missing, then chose to investigate and delay its clients rather than send Jones.

Wu Shaozhen moved with Wu Ziyin and Yu Fei, then set out by car toward a larger home. Meanwhile, soldiers entered the evacuated mountain village to investigate monsters, and a pack of silver wolves wiped out the Second Battalion before Chu Yun ordered a retreat.

• Wu Shaozhen noticed a forum post about an evacuated mountain village in GZ and decided to investigate later.
• Wu Shaozhen reassured Wu Ziyin, packed their belongings and Gaming Pods into the Heaven and Earth Ring, and bought a BMW for the drive with Wu Ziyin and Yu Fei.
• Regiment Commander Chu Yun led soldiers into the mountains while attack helicopters provided cover.
• Soldiers encountered a giant crab and a wild boar, suffering casualties as they fought the monsters.
• A pack of silver wolves overran and killed the Second Battalion, so Chu Yun ordered the remaining units to retreat.

Wu Shaozhen moved Wu Ziyin and Yu Fei into the Farmhouse Resort and told Young Master Huang that game abilities could carry over into reality, making the resort their planned real-world base. Back in the game, Yu Fei cleared the Diamond-tier War God Secret Realm, while Wu Ziyin tried to prompt her to show Wu Shaozhen her gratitude.

• Wu Shaozhen arrived at the Farmhouse Resort with Wu Ziyin and Yu Fei, and Young Master Huang showed them around.
• Wu Shaozhen gave Young Master Huang a Damage Immunity Scroll and a Meteor Firestorm scroll, then demonstrated that his game abilities worked in reality.
• Wu Shaozhen said he planned to make the resort a secure base, and Young Master Huang agreed to move there after selling his businesses.
• Wu Shaozhen, Wu Ziyin, and Yu Fei settled into a house at the resort, bought supplies, and logged into the game.
• Wu Shaozhen lent Yu Fei his equipment, and Wu Ziyin accompanied her to challenge the Diamond-tier War God Secret Realm.
• Yu Fei succeeded, returned Wu Shaozhen's equipment, and blushed when Wu Ziyin suggested a way to thank him; Wu Shaozhen then called them back to leveling.