Arc 20Chapters 509–535
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The Velvet Spirit Tribe rebuilt its civilization, reclaimed Star Valley from the Stone Armor Tribe, and established twin cities that joined its homeland with its new center of progress. With Tu Hu watching over a rapidly advancing civilization, the story of Rongling entered a new chapter.
After a thousand years of progress, the Rongling civilization faced an unexplained force that drained the properties from resources and attacked patrols. Xingtong discovered that the world itself might have awakened a nascent will, leaving Tu Hu and the civilization facing the entire world as their enemy.
As the World Will’s evolving Corrupting Spirits overwhelmed the Rongling Civilization, Tu Hu led the Velvet Spirit Tribe’s survivors into a final battle. Watching his people fall awakened the Sword of Civilization within him, and he reached the Demigod Realm, leaving the World Will wounded and the battlefield transformed.
Tu Hu severed the world's channels and destroyed its conscious core, ending the calamity and securing the Velvet Spirit Tribe's future, but his body dissolved after he entrusted that future to Xingtong. After the tribe commemorated him and rebuilt, Tu Hu entered a resurrection countdown as his emotional memories began to fade, until a familiar voice interrupted the process.
After awakening from more than a thousand years as the Rongling Civilization’s guardian, Tu Hu chose to seal rather than erase the emotions tied to those memories, preserving the chance to develop his self-created rules. He returned to his teammates as the first Demigod Realm player with a self-created Life Soul and found himself at the top of the Life Soul rankings.
After returning from the Minor World, Tu Hu reunited with his old friends and explained how he had created the Sword of Civilization by guiding the Rongling civilization for over a thousand years. He planned to share the rewards from the Ancient God Arena with his teammates, but Guide revealed that the Rongling civilization had launched a Star Leap Plan and would soon arrive in Monster World at a dangerous location.
Tu Hu learned that the Rongling Civilization would descend into the dangerous Black Swiftness Region and rushed to arrange a teleportation array so he could protect it. After discovering that one person could not defend the entire civilization, he asked A Lan to recruit guild reinforcements, and A Lan offered to contact a friend who might provide a large interdimensional teleportation array.
Xingtong led the Velvet Spirit Tribe’s first migration to the Dream World, where the fleet was overwhelmed by the Diyuan Tribe’s biological weapons. As the invasion threatened to destroy the migrants, Tu Hu appeared and held the monster legions back, and Xingtong recognized him as her ancestor.
Tu Hu returned to protect the Rongling fleet from the Diyuan Tribe, but the enemy’s attacks overwhelmed his ability to defend everyone. As the fleet struggled to hold on, Divine King and a vast player army arrived through a Spatial Passage and turned the battle into a counterattack.
The Player Legion overwhelmed the Diyuan Tribe across the Black Swiftness Region, destroying its Hatcheries and pursuing its retreating forces while Xingtong watched in disbelief. After the battle, Xingtong reunited with Tu Hu, who greeted her as an old acquaintance before sternly reprimanding her.
After the Velvet Spirit Tribe’s defeat, Tu Hu heard Xingtong explain why she had risked their civilization’s future by coming to Monster World. He chose to stay and help the tribe establish itself, then discovered that his return had left him with nearly 45 million in debt.
Tu Hu gained his brothers’ support for shifting their team toward building up the Velvet Spirit Tribe, but learned the tribe’s resources were nearly exhausted. He decided to auction his Sword of Slaughter and Sword of Destruction within the Player Faction, while A Lan pledged the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s full support for the tribe.
A Lan’s post revealed the history behind Tu Hu’s Sword of Civilization and announced the auction of the Sword of Slaughter and Sword of Destruction, igniting intense competition among players and major factions. The auctions ended with the Mist Legion Commander and Little Mage winning for a combined 127.22 million Sacrificial Power, leaving Tu Hu with funds to repay his debts and support the Rongling Civilization.
Di Nian and the Evil Spirit Alliance killed the Great Stele Priest and used its Civilization Rule and memories to create Wan Ji, a demigod troop type. Di Nian expected Wan Ji to crush the Player Legion and Insect Race, but Tu Hu’s golden sword strike shattered Wan Ji’s attack, leaving Di Nian and Divine King furious at their opponents’ rapid growth.
Di Nian Bully’s Wan Ji clashed with Divine King’s Tu Hu as the Insect Race launched a massive assault, forcing both armies to turn their strength against the swarm. After the allied forces drove into Phantom Marsh, the Zerg Master Brain produced a new demigod, leaving Divine King and Di Nian Bully furious and accusing the game of unfairness.
Ji Lie emerged as a Demigod, joining Tu Hu and Wan Ji in a battle that elevated the Village Entrance War into a catastrophe across both sky and ground. As the three factions fought, players on the Forum treated the latest outrageous advances by Di Nian Bully and the Zerg Master Brain as perfectly normal for the village entrance.
Tu Hu, Wan Ji, and Ji Lie killed one another in a clash that left the village entrance battlefield devastated, after which Qi Sheng assessed how the three factions would use demigod power in future wars. He completed the Four Gods' Retainer System and announced an upcoming update that would let Players seek the Four Gods' blessings.
The Four Gods' Retainer System launched, and players debated which blessing was strongest, with Nightfall Is Coming ranking Nine Yin first and Guide last. As forum arguments turned into rival factions, Qi Sheng welcomed the controversy because it would drive players to test the blessings and spend Sacrificial Power.
Fate Throat activated all four divine blessings at the God Sacrificial Altar, then focused his investment on Yan Ming's Space Comprehension and won a powerful teleportation card. He was preparing to improve Guide's blessing when a clansperson urgently called him back because a major wager threatened the Gambling City's reserves.
Fate Throat accepted Gu Qi’s high-stakes wager of the Deathly Silence Rule and opened the gamble to player investors, spreading both the potential profits and the risk of loss. After raising more than 34 billion Sacrificial Power, he prepared to face Gu Qi at the gambling table.
Fate Throat delayed his rule-level gamble against Gu Qi to publicize it across the sea regions, drawing crowds and wealth to Dream Island. The Equivalent Gamble began with Gu Qi wagering the Deathly Silence Rule Inscription against Fate Throat’s offering, and Fate Throat won as the scales tipped in his favor.
Fate Throat won the Deathly Silence Rule, and Guide converted its energy into Sacrificial Power that he distributed among the Players who had backed the gamble. When A Lan warned that several unknown powers were preparing to attack Dream Island, the Players rallied to defend the island and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
A Lan watched five powerful factions launch a probing assault on Dream Island while players fought to hold the island’s eastern defenses. Realizing the armies were only the first wave and demigods could follow, he arranged for Fate Throat to build a large teleportation array so he could recruit the two Bullies at the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.
Dream Island’s defenses collapsed under the five overlords and a growing host of invading forces, while Shuyan abandoned its alliance and joined the assault. Just as the island seemed lost, Di Nian Bully’s Dark Tide and the Combat Zerg poured through a vast rift, spared the players, and turned on the invaders.
Di Nian Bully and the Zerg Master Brain joined the battle for Dream Island, turning the five factions’ attack into a rout as the players regrouped and fought alongside them. After the invaders escaped through their Spatial Passages, Di Nian Bully opened new rifts to their territories, and the players prepared to pursue them.