Chapter Summaries

Ning Shu controlled the gravely wounded Six-Armed Profound Ice and used it to hunt powerful monsters, earning sacrificial power while trying to secure treatment for his mother. After Collect Sacrificial Power arranged emergency care in Eclipse City, Ning Shu learned that Emperor had already paid for Ning Qing’s treatment, and Emperor mistakenly thought Ning Shu had discovered his real identity.

• Ning Shu weakened the Six-Armed Profound Ice’s Mind Sea with Frenzy potions, then spent Mental Recovery Potions to establish a control mark and take control of it.
• Ning Shu nursed the Six-Armed Profound Ice back from the brink of death, then used it to slaughter monsters and rapidly increase its combat strength.
• Ning Shu reached seventh place in the event rankings and hunted in the Storm Eye, but remained 37,000 sacrificial power short of his goal.
• Ning Shu borrowed 37,000 sacrificial power from Collect Sacrificial Power and sent his mother’s hospital information so she could receive emergency treatment in Eclipse City.
• Collect Sacrificial Power told Ning Shu that Emperor had already paid for Ning Qing’s treatment, and Ning Shu learned that Emperor was the payer.
• Ning Shu asked Emperor why he had helped Ning Qing, but Emperor said he had paid for his own treatment and accused Ning Shu of uncovering his real-life identity.

Ning Shu discovered that Emperor was his mother, Ning Qing, who had entered Monster World while receiving life support and had obtained a powerful Divine Artifact. After they reunited and hunted together, footage of their strength drew attention from veteran players and Divine King, who planned to recruit them to help capture a resource node.

• Ning Shu video-called Emperor and recognized her as his mother, Ning Qing, who explained how she entered Monster World during treatment and won first place in the event.
• Ning Qing revealed that she had found the level-428 Divine Artifact Frost Dome Starfall, and she and Ning Shu argued over whether her success came from skill or luck.
• Ning Shu joined Ning Qing, who showed off her Critical Hit Life Soul and helped him hunt while he sought Sacrificial Power to purify Six-Armed Profound Ice.
• Two days later, a Forum post showed Ning Qing and Ning Shu slaughtering monsters, prompting veteran players and guild leaders to take notice of the newcomers and their powerful equipment and pet.
• Divine King saw the post and decided Emperor and Chen Xiang could help the Divine Hall Guild capture Kongyuan Peak, then sent them both friend requests, which they accepted.

Ning Shu and Ning Qing accepted Divine King's invitation to help contain Kongyuan Peak, using his sacrificial power to purify Six-Armed Profound Ice before returning to Rimewinter Snowfield. Divine King assembled a massive united warband and led it to Kongyuan Peak, where Snow Ridge Great Desolation appeared as the battle began.

• Divine King transferred Ning Shu 100,000 sacrificial power and invited him and Ning Qing to join the operation against Kongyuan Peak; Ning Qing declined his guild offer but agreed to participate.
• Ning Qing and Ning Shu decided to repay Divine King later, and the Guide purified Six-Armed Profound Ice, allowing Ning Shu to return to Emperor Tomb Village.
• Divine King organized the united warband, invited Ning Shu and Ning Qing, and led the assembled players toward Kongyuan Peak.
• The united warband crossed the snowy wilderness and climbed toward Kongyuan Peak, ignoring low-level Snow Velvet Balls along the way.
• Snow Ridge Great Desolation rose from beneath a cliff and confronted the united warband, and Divine King ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

Divine King led the United Warband in a battle to contain Kongyuan Peak, where players defeated the Snow Ridge Great Desolations and all seven King Beasts. After the node was secured, Explorer privately invited Ning Qing to help hunt an enemy with her long-range sniping.

• Divine King ordered the United Warband to attack the Snow Ridge Great Desolations, and the Monster Beast Style players led the charge while the other groups supplied support and damage.
• Seven King Beasts entered the battle and attacked the United Warband’s rear ranks, prompting Divine King to mark them as targets for the single-target attackers.
• Ning Qing disrupted the King Beasts with precise ice arrows, Principal restrained one with Divine Punishment, and Li Tie’s Tyrant Dharma Form struck all six King Beasts in the air and sent them crashing into the mountains.
• The United Warband wore down the Snow Ridge Great Desolations and defeated the final King Beast, after which an Assassin Build player touched the Node Crystal and Divine King’s warband contained Kongyuan Peak.
• Explorer privately invited Ning Qing to use her ultra-long-range sniping to hunt an enemy, and she recalled the widely circulated videos of Explorer being beaten by a butterfly.

Qi Sheng introduced guild node-revenue rights, battle formation mode, and a limited-time formation challenge, prompting heated discussion among players. At the new Battle Formation Plaza, Nightfall Is Coming tested a ten-player formation in combat and prepared to try captain mode himself to learn how players would control it.

• Qi Sheng decided to launch battle formations and reward guilds that helped contain domain nodes with permanent shares of their revenue.
• Guide announced the update, including guild revenue rights, Battle Formation Plaza, and a 72-hour battle formation challenge.
• Players debated the new benefits and formations as the Battle Formation Plaza appeared in Emperor Tomb Village.
• Nightfall Is Coming entered the Battle Formation Space, configured a ten-player Asura Assault Formation, and activated its Rakshasa and demonflame attributes.
• Nightfall Is Coming watched the formation defeat a 30,000-strong enemy force and recorded details for a guide.
• Nightfall Is Coming questioned how players would share control of a formation and chose to test captain mode next.

Nightfall Is Coming analyzed the new battle formation system and tested its first challenge stage, while Qi Sheng planned future player features. At the Heavenly Abyss Domain Node, Qi Sheng discovered that the Di Nian Evil Spirit had created a self-aware troop type bearing the Power of Rules and began investigating how it was made.

• Nightfall Is Coming explained battle formations, their attributes, shared consciousness, and limitations, then entered the Beacon Fires at Changban Slope challenge with nine dummy units.
• Players discussed battle formations, including their costs, endurance demands, and the effects of teammates’ personalities on a formation.
• Qi Sheng planned to develop a template-based Momentum system after expanding the battle formation system’s scale and attribute options.
• Guide shifted Qi Sheng’s consciousness to the Heavenly Abyss Domain Node, where he saw the Di Nian Evil Spirit manifest a new armored troop type.
• Qi Sheng used Analysis and learned the troop type had independent self-awareness and the Power of Rules, so he asked Guide to replay how the Di Nian Evil Spirit created it.

Through Guide's playback, Qi Sheng saw how A Luo was driven to despair in Blackrock City, accepted a destructive bargain from the Demon God, and transformed into a demon. A Luo began destroying the city and slaughtering its defenders, while the terrified city lord realized he had to flee.

• Qi Sheng followed the Di Nian Evil Spirit's investigation through a Teleportation Array into the unusual Demon Seed World.
• A Luo endured imprisonment and brutal labor in Blackrock City, holding on to hope that he could reunite with his sister, A Rou.
• The priests and guards executed A Rou, then forced A Luo to carry her body and other remains to the Demon Cave.
• After pushing the basket into the abyss, A Luo jumped in himself and accepted the Demon God's offer of power in exchange for his existence.
• A Luo transformed into a demon, shattered the Demon Cave Furnace, and summoned Evil Abominations to attack Blackrock City and its defenders.
• A Luo's forces overwhelmed the city guards and tortured a priest, while the city lord saw darkness consume the sky and prepared to flee.

Qi Sheng learned that the Di Nian Evil Spirit had created the Demon Seed to harvest a Minor World and was now feeding it Dark Tide energy to accelerate its growth. Two days later, Divine King’s United Warband tested its new battle formations against Di Nian Bully, and the Demon Seed met the Yama Dharma Aspect in a clash that left both commanders calling the other shameless.

• Qi Sheng learned that the Di Nian Evil Spirit had chosen A Luo as a convenient vessel, turning him into a Demon Seed loyal to the Evil Spirit after the real A Luo had died.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit used Dark Tide energy to raise the Demon Seed’s strength beyond hunting level 120, then Qi Sheng returned to Di Family Village with Guide.
• Divine King led a 9,999-player United Warband toward the Heavenly Abyss domain node to test the Battle Formation System against Di Nian Bully’s forces.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit deployed Doomsday type troops and sent the Demon Seed to the front, while Divine King activated the Battle Formation Dharma Aspect and charged toward the exposed path to the Evil Eye High Tower.
• The Demon Seed transformed into a towering form and struck the Yama Dharma Aspect, prompting Di Nian Bully and Divine King to accuse each other of cheating.

After the players adopted a combined power system, Di Nian Evil Spirit created five pain-focused troop types for his new Pain Tide legion. He sent the Dark Tide east to test them, only to find a bizarre battle between Player Race Members, Combat Zerg, and purple-skinned imitations of the Dark Tide System.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit learned that the Demon Seed Rule could not harvest energy from players, then decided to develop unique troop types with Evil Eye's help.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit analyzed the Demon Seed Rule and designed the Pain Tide around amplifying individual painful emotions.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit created the Wailing Daughter, Raging Skeleton, Death Knell Acolyte, Regret Spider Mother, and Throat of Terror, then confirmed their performance in simulated battles.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit sent the Dark Tide east to test the Pain Tide against other factions, but it crushed the groups it encountered without a challenging fight.
• Evil Eye detected a group on the Snowfield Battlefield, where Di Nian Evil Spirit saw Player Race Members and Combat Zerg fighting strange purple-skinned troops that imitated the Dark Tide System.

At the Rimewinter Snowfield, Di Nian Evil Spirit prepared to battle the Purple-Winged Evil Demon Xie Mu, but the Lord of Bliss ordered the Elysium Legion to evacuate before the fight could begin. The Dark Tide kept advancing, leaving Di Nian frustrated and players returning to find their training base gone.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit watched the players and the Elysium Legion fight clumsily, then shared the battlefield view with Gui Ya, Iron Spine, Blood Vein, and Rotting Heart, who urged him to wipe out the forces there.
• Di Nian summoned a Demon Seed warrior with support from his allies, while Xie Mu raised a snowstorm to meet the Dark Tide; Xie Mu avoided the Demon Seed's attacks rather than fight head-on.
• After Xie Mu warned the Lord of Bliss that the Dark Tide was attacking, the Lord of Bliss ordered the Elysium Legion to dismantle its base and retreat, and the legion dissolved into energy and withdrew.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit was left frustrated when Xie Mu and the Elysium forces vanished, and he continued advancing against the players who remained on the battlefield.
• A post appeared on the Player Forum from a player who had logged back in to find the Novice Village, Rookie Training Base, Elysium Evil Spirits, and Elysium Insect Tide gone.

After Di Nian Bully’s arrival drove A Le from the Rimewinter Snowfield, a million newbie players searched for a replacement training ground. The Lord of Bliss assessed new locations for the Elysium Legion’s testing ground and reflected on his long-term ambition to contend for the summit of Monster World.

• Di Nian Bully’s Dark Tide entered the Rimewinter Snowfield, and A Le evacuated his training camp, Elysium High Tower, and Elysium Mother Nest without fighting.
• Displaced newbie players debated on the Forum where to develop, but found no substitute for A Le’s training camp’s steady, repeatable battles.
• The Lord of Bliss planned a new Elysium Legion testing ground that offered abundant, manageable opponents and a controllable combat environment.
• The Lord of Bliss surveyed several regions, rejected them as unsuitable, and saw how Monster World’s territories and rulers had changed over time.
• The Lord of Bliss reaffirmed his plan to complete the new legion system and eventually stake everything on a bid for the summit of Monster World.

The Lord of Bliss found and claimed the Reflection rule beneath the Reflection Race ruins, then rebuilt the Elysium Legion in the Phantom Spirit Wasteland. Players followed through a newly opened spatial node, and the Lord of Bliss began using them to test the rule by showing them images.

• The Lord of Bliss investigated the Reflection Race ruins, discovered a complete Reflection rule core, and used a clone to test it before claiming it.
• The Lord of Bliss ordered Xie Yu to garrison the region and rebuilt the Elysium High Tower and Elysium Mother Nest for the Elysium Legion.
• A Lan announced that the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce would build a free teleportation array for new players, but Qi Sheng opened a new spatial node to the Phantom Spirit Wasteland instead.
• New players arrived in the Phantom Spirit Wasteland and resumed fighting the Elysium Legion, while the Lord of Bliss realized they could help generate energy for the Reflection rule.
• Xie Yu stopped the battle and ordered players to look at the sky, where the Lord of Bliss displayed strange images that one player recognized as advertisements.

Players discussed the profit-making rules behind A Le’s Training Camp ads while Explorer spotted a clue to ancient ruins in an ad and identified their likely location in the Azure Star Sea. He left his meal behind as he prepared to lead a treasure hunt.

• A Forum post explained that A Le used the reflection rules to collect beings’ desires to show off, broadcast ads to players, and earn fees paid by advertisers.
• Players accepted the ad breaks as an extra intermission, since they lacked the strength to bargain with A Le.
• Explorer ate thousand-wave silver scale while livestreaming, then browsed Forum discussions and reflected on his Poem of Scenery plugin.
• Explorer recognized Blood Poison Grass in an alien’s ad and, with Guide’s confirmation, concluded that the alien’s ruins were likely on an island in the Azure Star Sea.
• Explorer announced a treasure hunt to his viewers, who urged him to stop eating and get to work.

Explorer searched Mistveil Island for the ruins shown in an advertisement and uncovered the tomb of a Mingwu emperor, where opening a coffin awakened a resurrection rule and revived the emperor and general. The Mingwu overlords returned with the Deathspeaker Legion, drawing the attention of powerful factions across the seas.

• Explorer compared records of three islands with the advertisement and chose Mistveil Island as the likeliest location of the Blood Poison Flower and ruins.
• Explorer crossed the sea, followed a viewer's analysis to a dense forest beneath a crystal cliff, and found a Blood Poison Flower beside a concealed tomb entrance.
• Explorer entered the tomb, deciphered its crystal door, and used Guide's Reversal to witness the Mingwu emperor's death and the general's failed return.
• Explorer opened the emperor's coffin, awakening the Deathspeaker Rule; the general revived and blasted Explorer away as the Mistveil mist gathered into a force of revived Mingwu dead.
• The Mingwu emperor revived and joined the general, while powerful figures and factions in the Ascension Sea sensed the surge of energy from the Azure Star Sea.

General Ye Ming revived the Mingwu Race and reclaimed its fallen warriors, then faced a Champion Fighter from the Ancient God Race in a probing battle. After a giant arm rescued the defeated fighter, Ye Ming and the emperor recognized a greater threat ahead, while A Lan feared the Mingwu Race’s return would force the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to close.

• Qi Sheng’s analysis revealed how the Deathwhisper Race had nearly destroyed the Mingwu Race, and how General Ye Ming later defeated them and prepared Mistveil Island for his people’s revival.
• The Deathwhisperer Rule revived the Mingwu emperor, Ye Ming, and the fallen Mingwu warriors on Mistveil Island and in the Death Sea, and the emperor ordered them to investigate their new surroundings.
• Cang Hai, Frost Prison, Mist Princess, and other Mingwu leaders reunited with Ye Ming and the emperor, who ordered the Mistfog Council rebuilt and called for reconnaissance.
• A Champion Fighter from the Ancient God Race attacked Ye Ming, who defeated it by entering its body as mist after probing its abilities.
• A colossal bronze arm rescued the Champion Fighter and withdrew, prompting Ye Ming and the emperor to prepare for a more dangerous conflict.
• A Lan realized the Mingwu Race’s return threatened Dream Island and began considering how to prevent the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce from closing.

A Lan traveled to Mistveil Island to negotiate with the Mingwu Race after uncovering that its pillaging-based growth could benefit from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s steady supplies. General Yeming agreed to trade with the Chamber, and A Lan then asked the Mingwu Race to stop plundering the Azure Star Sea.

• As the Mingwu Race began invading the Azure Star Sea, A Lan studied its history and concluded that its reliance on pillaging could make it a customer of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
• A Lan repeatedly teleported to Mistveil Island and was killed by Mingwu warriors until Shi Gu ordered them to stand down and brought him before General Yeming.
• A Lan offered Recovery Potions, weapons, and secure resource storage in exchange for the Mingwu Race purchasing from the Chamber and protecting its trading posts and personnel.
• After A Lan showed a recording of the Fate Race withdrawing from a contest with the Player Race, General Yeming accepted a trading relationship with the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
• A Lan asked the Mingwu Race to stop plundering and killing across the Azure Star Sea, and Shi Gu objected that the race needed plundered resources.

A Lan persuaded Ye Ming to shift the Mingwu Race’s expansion in the Azure Star Sea toward collecting tribute from valuable races rather than plundering them outright, while the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce arranged protection and resource management. The agreement was finalized with a ten-percent commission, as players flocked to the sea to fight Mingwu warriors and A Lan invited Ye Ming to an upcoming auction.

• A Lan showed Ye Ming a map of the Azure Star Sea and argued that preserving races with valuable farms and techniques would provide the Mingwu Race with lasting resources; Ye Ming agreed to spare listed races in exchange for tribute.
• A Lan warned Ye Ming that other Player Race factions might attack the Mingwu Race, then shared intelligence about powers in the Death Sea and Ascension Sea; Ye Ming planned to investigate the Ascension Sea.
• A Lan organized Chamber members to negotiate protection agreements with races in the Azure Star Sea, while players gathered at the Colorful Mist Coast and began clashing with Mingwu warriors.
• Three days later, A Lan delivered a list of races willing to pay tribute, and Ye Ming agreed to keep the Cavern Race and Skyhold Race after A Lan explained their value.
• A Lan secured a ten-percent commission by promising to oversee tribute collection and protect stored resources from outside attacks, and he invited Ye Ming to an auction on Dream Island.

A Lan and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce held Dream Island’s first Cross-Sea Auction, drawing races eager to trade for rare goods. Ye Ming tried to claim a Rule Fragment, but another bidder outbid him, and he left after A Lan refused to bend the auction rules.

• Merchant ships from several races arrived at Dream Island, where A Lan’s Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce coordinated trade and prepared anonymous Bidding Devices for the auction.
• Liu Yi opened the auction and sold the Bone-Eroding War Spear for 620,000 gold coins, then sold ten Special Grade Life Recovery Potions to Ye Ming for 1.35 million gold coins.
• The auction continued through the night, with representatives bidding on goods including a Star Vortex Soul-Congealing Pearl.
• Liu Yi presented an empty Rule Fragment as the final lot, and the races rapidly raised its price into the tens of millions of gold coins.
• Ye Ming threatened the other bidders and raised his offer, but an anonymous bidder surpassed him; A Lan insisted that only resources already deposited with the chamber counted.
• Ye Ming warned A Lan that the Mingwu Race could take what it wanted, but A Lan challenged him to try seizing something from the Player Race, and Ye Ming flew away.

Ye Ming gathered resources to resume bidding on the Rule Fragment, which he ultimately won for 87 million gold coins. A Lan challenged him to test the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s strength by delivering the fragment safely to Mistveil Island within three days.

• A Lan held firm after Ye Ming’s departure, while Ye Ming returned to Mingwu Island and ordered elders to prepare resources for the auction.
• Ye Ming brought the resources to Dream Island, where a Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce player appraised them and credited his bidding device with gold coins.
• Ye Ming returned to the auction and raised his bids until he won the Rule Fragment for 87 million gold coins.
• A Lan proposed delivering the Rule Fragment to Mistveil Island within three days despite any efforts by the Mingwu Race to stop them, promising a full refund and the fragment for free if they failed.
• Ye Ming accepted A Lan’s wager and left Dream Island.

A Lan turned Ye Ming’s wager into a recruitment campaign, while players used an infiltration tactic to deliver the Rule Fragment to Mistveil Island. Ye Ming conceded the bet and agreed to cooperate with the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce after A Lan demonstrated that its abilities went beyond the defenses he had prepared.

• Ye Ming activated the Spatial Interference Array around Mistveil Island, expecting it to stop the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce from using Space Jumps.
• A Lan published a challenge offering 150,000 Sacrificial Power to the first player who delivered the Rule Fragment to Mistveil Island, attracting players and launching a wave of breakthrough attempts.
• Big Slacker used a Shadow Manipulation Body to disguise himself as a Mingwu warrior, followed a damaged patrol squad onto Mistveil Island, and received the Rule Fragment from his teammates.
• Ye Ming received the Rule Fragment and learned that a disguised player had infiltrated the island, then confronted A Lan when he arrived through rule-level teleportation.
• A Lan and Ye Ming acknowledged that both sides had tested each other, and Ye Ming conceded the wager and agreed to cooperate with the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
• A Lan vanished without detectable spatial disturbance, leaving Ye Ming to realize that the chamber’s capabilities exceeded what he had seen.