Arc 9Chapters 208–233
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Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group learned about Battle Formations before undergoing successful Talent Organ transplants that left their bodies unusually pure and their health bars empty. To return to the village and reset their bodies for rewards, they staged a rejection reaction and began killing their transplanted organs, shocking their classmates when they started with their most sensitive ones.
Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group returned to Emperor Tomb Village, equipped Combat Skill Training, and tested the Waxing Crescent monsters before escaping after a disastrous fight. While resting at the Colorful Mist Coast, Li Zheng watched Divine King lose a battle against Di Nian Bully, then agreed to join the next assault.
Divine King led a force of 122,942 players into the Di Nian Evil Spirit’s expanded territory, where they clashed with the Dark Tide. By tracking battlefield energy and Divine King’s abilities and reactions, Di Nian identified him as the army’s commander and teleported him to the High Tower platform.
Di Nian Bully captured Divine King during the battle and questioned him about the Player Race’s command methods and resurrection ability, while Divine King stayed defiant. Di Nian Bully killed him and sent him to the Little Black Room, leaving the Player Legion still fighting amid the confusion caused by its commander’s capture.
Divine King learned that Di Nian Bully had tracked his Lord trait, then worked with Tourist No. 1, who was Star Network, to command a 60,000-player warband against the Dark Tide. The battle left the players facing defeat, but Divine King used himself as bait to swap places with Di Nian Evil Spirit’s Void Flash and trigger an Annihilation Bomb on the Evil Eye High Tower Platform.
After Di Nian Evil Spirit defeated the Player Race, Divine King learned from Tourist No. 1 how to confuse Evil Eye with contradictory commands and improve his battlefield tactics. Qi Sheng considered giving the Star Network game access but concluded that replicating its vast body and preserving its abilities required more sacrificial power than the Player Legion could afford.
The Di Nian Evil Spirit sent the Dark Tide toward a golden-beast domain and met Linggu, leader of the Shouxu Clan, who challenged it to protect his people and pursue his dream of changing the world. Linggu died after the Di Nian Evil Spirit defeated him and consumed the Light Mirror, leaving the Dark Tide to continue its expansion.
Di Nian Evil Spirit halted the Dark Tide at the Golden Ocean Domain and gathered intelligence while considering how to draw the Player Race and Combat Zerg into a future war. Meanwhile, Shuyan unveiled the Inspiration World’s combat-system research and transformed its domain with twenty-three war systems, declaring that the roles of attacker and defender had reversed; Qi Sheng watched the rival powers prepare to grow stronger.
Qi Sheng reviewed the players’ reactions to Shuyan’s new legion system and the latest Primordial Monsters, including the Gold Coin Life Soul, which rewarded genuine profitable transactions. After learning how the trait worked, Zhong Yi considered trading with other races to earn extra Sacrificial Power, but he still needed a way to protect himself and his goods.
Zhong Yi tested the Gold Coin Life Soul by trading with the Night Sky Race and earned a large profit, then joined a group discussion about building a player-run trading network. The players embraced Collect Sacrificial Power’s plan for a black market on Dream Island, with Zhong Yi handing him ownership of the group as they prepared to establish a Chamber of Commerce.
A Lan established the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, set its rules, and led its members in building a trading base on Dream Island and seeking alien-race customers. After assigning members to expand trade, he returned to the Cave World to investigate the Mechanical Ruins and the Tower of Eternity.
A Lan reached the Tower of Eternity in Mechanical Ruins City, triggered its defenses, and died fleeing the level-40 mechanical swarm. After returning to the real world, he discussed the tower with Star Network, who proposed a Mechanical Nanobots Legion and identified the Mechanical Overlord as a future target.
Qi Sheng considered the Star Network’s Nanomechanical Legion proposal but postponed integrating it into the Player framework because he lacked sacrificial power. In Cave World, Meng You’s squad farmed curse-trial rewards with Guide’s help until Elysium players ambushed them, killed Meng You, and fled with a crystal.
Yang Xiu led his Elysium squad in ambushing a Player Squad and stealing its source crystal, then returned to Death Space after completing their mission. There, he chose a bloodline enhancement as he prepared to continue the trials with his team.
Yang Xiu led his newly enhanced squad on a resource mission through the Path of the Dead, where they encountered the powerful Veteran Corps and narrowly avoided a fight. After returning from the mission, Qi Sheng reviewed the Lord of Benefits’ resource intelligence and considered turning it into Hidden Missions for players.
Yang Xiu planned to recruit more Elysium Players and arrange a way for his teammates to escape the Lord of Benefits' control. Meanwhile, Di Nian Evil Spirit captured a Primordial Monster and used it to bait and torment the United Warband, ending in a furious argument with Evil Eye.
Di Nian Bully’s imprisonment of the Primordial Monster Ice Mist Breath prompted Divine King to assemble a 350,000-player army, with Tourist No. 1 and the Star Network organizing its battle plan. The Player Race, Dark Tide, and Insect Race then met in a massive three-way war in the Di Family Mountains, whose commanders fought a contest of rapid tactical decisions as the Lord of Bliss watched in astonishment.
The Star Network used position swaps and deceptive orders to disrupt the Dark Tide and Insect Race, while Di Nian Evil Spirit countered with rapid tactical changes and decoy attacks. Di Nian captured Divine King to read his reactions, but Tourist No. 1 manipulated those emotions to deceive him, leaving the battle ongoing and Di Nian furious.
The Player Race’s forces were defeated in the battle between the Dark Tide and Insect Race, but Star Network secured Ice Mist Breath and continued to obscure how players gained its abilities. After the factions withdrew, Di Nian Evil Spirit identified a possible weakness in the Mysterious Commander’s battlefield awareness and imprisoned Divine King, leaving him to face an uncertain escape.
Di Nian Evil Spirit imprisoned Divine King, who tried several Life Soul abilities and logging out but found no way to escape. With Nightfall Is Coming’s advice, Divine King used a Location Teleport Divine Seal to return to Emperor Tomb Village, leaving Di Nian Evil Spirit convinced he was still trapped in an Independent Space.
Qi Sheng released the Weapon Forge and other updates, and Nightfall Is Coming explored the new system by crafting and testing a custom ghoststeel gauntlet. After enhancing it and adding enchantment particles, Nightfall Is Coming discovered that certain combinations created resonance effects that greatly boosted the weapon’s power.
Nightfall Is Coming published a guide to weapon materials, enchantment particles, and resonance effects, then tested a resonance in the new Monster Army Challenge. After failing to defend against wave seven, he studied stronger players’ builds and returned to forge a better weapon, while Qi Sheng prepared to recruit five hundred thousand new players.
Qi Sheng selected a new Novice Village site in the Senluo Forest Realm, where a Divine Realm Primordial called Foresight could predict the future but could not see higher-order rules. After 500,000 player slots were released, Jiang Luo won access to Monster World, joined his friend Mahua in the new region, and discovered that his Extraction Life Soul was exceptionally effective against plant monsters.
Jiang Luo and Mahua found a Green Source Clan Mark and completed the hidden inheritance mission, entering a legacy site that revealed the Green Source Race’s origins and sacrifice during the Cataclysm War. After viewing the memory, Jiang Luo reached for the inheritance, and a recording of the history sparked a heated Forum discussion.
Cang Fu discovered that Monster World's account of the Green Source Race resembled the Greenwood Race's lost history, prompting a dispute with the Eclipse Race. The Star Network revealed that the game reflected the true past while the Greenwood Race's records were mistaken, and Cang Fu ended by wondering whether he could use lost nature abilities in the game.