Chapter Summaries

Ding Qi devised a tactic for entering the Against the Tide Battlefield by stealing enemy buffs and sustaining them through linked guild formations. His first successful test stole Soul Power Boiling from a fused Soul Beast and boosted the Blood God Guild’s battle formation to combat power level 298, leaving the live combat test poised to begin.

• Ding Qi studied the Three Factions and concluded that players could not survive the Against the Tide Battlefield without joining a force or finding another way to overcome its power.
• Ding Qi built a plan around the Steal Life Soul, using armored Gargoyle players as projectiles to trigger steals and Taotie players linked by Life Connection to sustain the resulting buffs.
• Ding Qi persuaded the six guilds in the Bully Buster united warband to restructure their formations and test the tactic, despite its cost and uncertain chances of success.
• The guilds assembled near the teleportation array, and their initial Gargoyle launches hit scorched ground or allied Against the Tide formations without triggering Steal.
• A Gargoyle player struck a fused Soul Beast, allowing Ding Qi’s formation to steal its Soul Power Boiling buff and generate a buff orb.
• Two thousand Taotie players and two thousand support players sustained the stolen buff while Ding Qi transferred it to the Blood God Guild’s Mage battle formation, raising its combat power to level 298.

Ding Qi’s United Guild tested its Steal build on the Against the Tide battlefield, stealing kills and valuable buffs before powerful enemies destroyed their battle formations. After returning to Emperor Tomb Village to sell Soul Beast accessories, Ding Qi considered shifting the guild from risking battlefield raids to selling buff orbs to other top guilds.

• Ding Qi’s livestream drew a huge audience as the Blood God Dharma Form entered the battlefield’s outskirts, survived the aftershocks, and stole a killing blow from a wounded Fusion Soul Beast with a mental tsunami.
• The Blood God Dharma Form stole another kill but was instantly destroyed by a crimson spear from the Against the Tide Legion; Ding Qi then resumed the operation by sending players out as stone statues to steal buffs.
• Guild No. 1 stole Soul-Rending Fury, and Guild No. 4’s Dharma Form reached level 302 before killing two wounded Fusion Soul Beasts and being destroyed by a Multi-Armed Fusion Beast.
• Over the next two days, Ding Qi’s guild repeatedly raided the battlefield’s edge and accumulated sacrificial power and loot, establishing that the Steal build could profit despite frequent deaths.
• At Emperor Tomb Village, Ding Qi listed three Soul Beast-exclusive accessories for auction, while players with Soul Beasts bid on them and major guild leaders privately asked him to sell buff orbs.
• Ding Qi considered turning the United Guild into a supplier of buff orbs for top guilds seeking access to the battlefield, and decided to contact the other guild leaders about the idea.

Ding Qi’s United Guild made huge profits selling stolen buff orbs before rival guilds ended its monopoly and drove down prices. Meanwhile, Fate Throat opened Fate Gambling City with an elaborate feast and free casino tokens for alien guests, launching his plan to attract them through entertainment and gambling.

• Ding Qi reorganized most of the United Guild into Taotie Path energy suppliers and sold buff orbs stolen by the No. 1 Battle Formation Dharma Form to top guilds.
• Competing guilds copied the United Guild’s business, sparking a price war that reduced its sales and the returns from battlefield loot.
• Qi Sheng watched the players’ battlefield enterprise, then turned his attention to Fate Throat’s expanding entertainment complex on Dream Island.
• Fate Throat announced Fate Gambling City’s opening and hosted players and alien guests with food, drinks, and performances designed to make them feel relaxed and welcome.
• At midnight, Fate Throat gave every guest a Casino Token that could be used to gamble for free and exchange winnings for resources, inviting alien visitors into his casino’s business model.

Fate Throat opened Fate Gambling City with an elaborate casino designed to draw visitors into gambling, and Wowen of the Snail Shell Race risked his people’s last resources there in hopes of saving his clan from the Bitter Demon Race. After a scripted run of ruin and recovery made Wowen a conspicuous winner, Fate Throat watched him become a living advertisement and praised Emperor Zhao.

• Fate Throat’s casino opened, while a Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce pawnshop offered visitors convenient, full-value exchanges between resources and chips.
• Wowen entered the casino seeking resources for his war-stricken people, won two chips with his complimentary token, then lost them after continuing to gamble.
• Desperate to save the Snail Shell Race, Wowen exchanged its final 2,838 Coral Beads for 1,028 chips and gambled until a losing streak left him nearly ruined.
• Wowen staked his remaining chips on big and won, recovering his losses and leaving with an even larger pile of chips.
• Fate Throat revealed that he had secretly guided Wowen’s luck and losses to create a success story that would attract more visitors to the casino.
• Fate Throat credited Emperor Zhao’s favor for the Fate Race’s future and said, “Praise Emperor Zhao.”

Qi Sheng assessed how Fate Gambling City complemented the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce and reviewed the shifting war among the Mingwu Race, the Ascension Race, and Shuyan. He foresaw the Ascension Race’s defeat and a coming struggle between Shuyan and the Mingwu Race, then turned his attention to the Illusory Flower Plains.

• Fate Throat publicized the Snail Shell Race’s gambling winnings to attract desperate factions, while Qi Sheng judged Fate Gambling City and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to be complementary sources of revenue and resources.
• Qi Sheng reviewed the war in the Ascension Sea, where the Mingwu Race held the advantage and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce profited from supplying both sides.
• Shuyan expanded its warfare systems and increased its Reading Power by distributing stories through short videos in a Minor World called Instant Scenery.
• Shuyan prepared a new story legion to counter the Mingwu Race, while treating the Ascension Race as a means to delay its stronger rival.
• Qi Sheng predicted that the Ascension Race would soon fall and that the Azure Star Sea’s balance of power would turn toward a contest between Shuyan and the Mingwu Race.
• After compiling intelligence on the Azure Star Sea and the Ascension Sea, Qi Sheng shifted his gaze to the Illusory Flower Plains.

Little Mage oversaw the Spirit Breath Race’s Spirit Beast Breeding Farm, sold its first mature Howling Wind Beast harvest, and reinvested the proceeds in the city’s development. The chapter ended when he learned an unidentified alien race had killed most of an exploration squad west of Spirit Breath City, prompting him to seek intelligence before war could threaten his people.

• Little Mage inspected the Breeding Farm and ordered the first batch of five hundred mature Howling Wind Beasts slaughtered.
• The Spirit Breath Race processed the beasts, and Little Mage listed their ingredients at prices five percent below market value.
• Players bought the goods within minutes, and Little Mage used the sacrificial power to purchase supplies for the Spirit Breath Race’s construction and development.
• Little Mage reviewed Spirit Breath City’s live map and focused on its northwestern spirit ore mining area.
• The War Sacrificer reported that an unidentified alien race had killed twenty-seven members of an exploration squad west of the city, and Little Mage recognized the need to gather intelligence.

Little Mage learned that the Gegong Race could overwhelm the Spirit Breath Race and searched for a way to survive the looming war. Meanwhile, the seven Spirit Breath Thrones chose to sacrifice themselves in battle to unite their people under Blood King, and they launched an attack on the Gegong Race’s territory.

• Little Mage learned from Guide that the Gegong Race’s stone-condensation ability had devastated a Spirit Breath squad, and he concluded that the Spirit Breath Race could not defeat them without outside help.
• Little Mage rejected seeking help from other players, who might instead attack him, and turned to the Player Forum for ideas.
• Snake Mother reviewed a scout’s recording, ordered a full investigation of the Spirit Breath Race, and told her warriors to prepare to attack if the race proved weak.
• Soul King persuaded the other six Spirit Breath Thrones to relinquish power to Blood King by fighting the Gegong Race together, even if it cost them their lives.
• The seven Thrones summoned their bonded Super Beasts and flew toward the Gegong Race’s city, vowing to meet again at the Spirit Breath Heroes’ Mausoleum.

After the Seven Thrones died to clear the way for the Spirit Breath Race, Little Mage became its sole ruler, the Blood Emperor. He prepared a strike against the Gegong Race and arrived at Stone Nest in a strengthened Super Beast form, ready to make them pay.

• The Spirit Breath Race mourned the Seven Thrones, whose coffins sank into the Heroic Spirit Pool as their final decree named Little Mage the Blood Emperor.
• Little Mage received the Soul King's message, which revealed the Seven Thrones had suspected he might be an impostor but trusted him to protect their people and pleaded that he leave the race a chance to survive.
• Little Mage hired Omni Errand Runner to obtain a suitable Soulforging Buff Ball, then traveled to the Senluo Forest Realm to collect it.
• Little Mage activated Myriad Forms, merged with a Super Beast, and used the Soulforging Buff Ball to amplify his strength.
• Little Mage reached Stone Nest, the Gegong Race's main city, and terrorized its inhabitants as he prepared to repay their blood debt.

Little Mage used the Soul Return Race’s buffs and Myriad Forms to devastate Stone Nest City, kill Snake Mother, and cripple the Gegong Race before returning to Spirit Breath City. Qi Sheng observed that the Spirit Breath Race survived through its dependence on the Player Faction’s economic ecosystem, then turned his attention to a brutal war in the Ascension Sea.

• Little Mage attacked Stone Nest City, resisted the Gegong Race’s stone-condensation power, and devoured warriors to record and optimize their life traits.
• Little Mage copied and strengthened the Gegong Race’s petrification power, turning tens of thousands of warriors into statues as Snake Mother summoned a giant formation serpent.
• Little Mage defeated Snake Mother and three formation serpents, then destroyed the city’s underground spirit-vein array bases and flew back toward Spirit Breath City.
• Qi Sheng assessed Little Mage’s contributions to the Player Faction through taxes, low-tier goods, and affordable resources supplied by the Spirit Breath Race.
• Qi Sheng concluded that the Spirit Breath Race depended on the Player Faction’s ecosystem, then watched a brutal maritime war unfold in the Ascension Sea.

The Mingwu Race overwhelmed the Ascension Race despite Shuyan’s intervention, and the players watched as the Ascension civilization fought its final battle. Chiyan entrusted the Spirit Root Rule and a seed of hope to Shuyan, but Shuyan crushed the seed, leaving the Ascension civilization extinguished.

• Players gathered near the Ascension Sea to profit from the intensifying three-way war, while forum analysts explained why General Ye Ming had shifted to an all-out assault.
• Ye Ming gathered the Mingwu army’s strength into a devastating palm, and Chiyan rallied the Ascension Race to hold it back with the Spirit Root formation.
• Shuyan sent heroic spirits to bolster Ascension warriors and mental attackers to disrupt the Mingwu formation, briefly easing the pressure on Chiyan.
• Ye Ming unleashed the Deathwhisper Rule brand as the Ascension Race mounted its final defense, but the Mingwu assault broke through and destroyed the island defenses.
• As the Ascension civilization fell, Chiyan sent its Spirit Root Rule and a seed representing its future into Shuyan’s domain before disintegrating.
• Shuyan recognized the seed as the Ascension civilization’s last hope, then crushed it and ended the civilization’s final chance to continue.

Shuyan transformed its domain into a cultivation world, forged a legion trained to fight the Mingwu Race, and sent it into battle as the Mingwu advanced. As the armies clashed and players scavenged the Ascension Sea wreckage, the Ascension Race’s fall began draining the Cultivation Minor Worlds of the resources that had sustained their golden age.

• Shuyan used the Spirit Root Rule to create a cultivation world and a legion whose heroes had rehearsed for centuries against Mingwu-like fog demons.
• Shuyan’s cultivation legion advanced against the Mingwu army, and the fighting drove both forces away from the waters where the Ascension Race had fallen.
• Mingwu cleanup crews salvaged the Ascension Race’s wreckage while players swarmed in to loot it, enduring attacks and deaths rather than abandoning their haul.
• The chapter noted that Chiyan’s death and the Ascension Race’s destruction ended its rise in the Monster World.
• The Cultivation Minor Worlds lost the Ascension Race’s support, beginning a decline in spiritual energy, resources, and cultivation that would impoverish later generations.

Shuyan defeated the Mingwu Race after integrating the spirit root rule into its armies and overcoming the Mingwu Deathwhisper Grand Formation. Ye Ming sacrificed himself, but an invisible power gathered the fallen Mingwu consciousnesses and carried them to Earth, where a teenage boy awoke at a funeral home believing he was Ye Ming.

• Shuyan used the spirit root rule to strengthen its armies and adapt its story systems while the Mingwu Race advanced across the Ascension Sea.
• Ye Ming persuaded the Mingwu Emperor to authorize the Mingwu Deathwhisper Grand Formation, though the emperor reserved thirty percent of the race's resources.
• Shuyan endured the formation's assault for five days, then unleashed the Silent Abyssal Ones Legion, which countered the Mingwu forces and turned the battle around.
• Ye Ming fought Wu Zhan, burned away his strength, and tried to sacrifice himself so the Mingwu people could escape, but Shuyan froze him and the Silent Abyssal Ones Legion slaughtered the retreating army.
• Shuyan's domain contained Ye Ming's self-detonation and engulfed the Mingwu homeland, while players mourned Ye Ming's defeat and blamed the Mingwu leadership's caution.
• An invisible power gathered scattered Mingwu consciousnesses and carried them to Earth, where a teenage boy awoke before cremation and said he was Ye Ming.

After discovering that Earth was the Player Race’s home and that players could wield immense power and resurrect, Ye Ming sought a way to join them so he could revive the Mingwu Race. The Game Pod denied him access, but a hidden mission revealed that becoming a player would unlock a way to resurrect designated Mingwu members as initial players.

• Qi Sheng admired Ye Ming’s sacrifice and recruited him, then Ye Ming awakened in Bai Xing’s body on Earth after the Mingwu Race’s defeat.
• Ye Ming studied Earth’s history and learned that the Eclipse Race had made Earth a refuge for displaced civilizations, bringing spiritual resources to the otherwise barren world.
• Ye Ming discovered online that Earth’s inhabitants were the immortal Player Race, learned how they could purchase rule powers, and recognized that Chairman A Lan had vastly overcharged the Mingwu Race for potions.
• Ye Ming concluded that joining the players might let him revive his people, though their powers came from Emperor Zhao, the Higher-Dimensional God who created Monster World.
• Ye Ming entered an unused Game Pod and tried to download Monster World, but the site reported that Bai Xing lacked player access.
• A hidden mission appeared, promising to unlock the Ye Ming Legion function after Ye Ming gained player qualification; it would let him spend 5,000 Sacrificial Power to resurrect one Mingwu member as an initial player with their memories intact.

After learning that sacrificial power could revive his people, Ye Ming focused on obtaining Monster World player qualification while keeping Bai Xing’s frail body alive and earning money for better equipment. After a week of preparation and a bloodied prayer to Emperor Zhao, he entered the qualification draw and won, with 24 hours to enter Monster World and activate his qualification.

• Ye Ming was forced offline when his weak body could not get enough nutrients, so he ate at the orphanage before researching player qualification and Game Pod supplies.
• Ye Ming learned that qualification draws happened irregularly, found that high-performance equipment was expensive, and registered for painful mental-induction tests to earn money.
• After three tests raised his balance to six figures, Ye Ming saw that a new qualification draw would begin in 24 hours.
• Ye Ming visited a Cyber Temple and repeatedly kowtowed before Emperor Zhao’s projection until his forehead bled, ignoring visitors who tried to stop him.
• Ye Ming entered the qualification draw at the deadline and waited 30 minutes before receiving confirmation that he had obtained player qualification and had 24 hours to enter Monster World.

Ye Ming entered Monster World as Mist Legion Commander, chose Duskshadow and the Fallen Star Sea, and began building strength while planning to resurrect the Mingwu Race. After reaching first place on the Newbie Rush leaderboard, he found a meteor’s blood-red crystal guarded by powerful monsters and tried to access his people’s deposited reserves, but the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce demanded proof of his identity.

• Ye Ming selected Duskshadow as his initial life soul, named his character Mist Legion Commander, and received a hidden mission to resurrect Mingwu warriors and claim a rule territory.
• Ye Ming chose the Fallen Star Sea, arrived among the new players, and headed inland to hunt and search for fallen-star resources.
• Ye Ming hunted monsters for three days, leveled his life souls, and took first place on the Newbie Rush leaderboard while pursuing a plan to strengthen himself before funding mass resurrections.
• Ye Ming raced toward a fallen meteor but found a blood-red crystal surrounded by a huge battle involving monsters far stronger than he was.
• Ye Ming searched the Trading House for burst potions, remembered the Mingwu Race’s deposited war reserves, and sent the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce a request to withdraw them.
• A Lan’s representative accepted Ye Ming’s friend request but asked him to prove he belonged to the Mingwu Race, leaving Ye Ming unable to verify his identity.

A Lan recognized Ye Ming after the former Mingwu general contacted him to claim his race’s deposited reserves, but paid him 3,463,939 points of Sacrificial Power while warning him not to use them during the Newbie Level-Up Event. Ye Ming stole a blood-red crystal from the Fallen Star Sea crater, became famous through a spectacular escape and a viral kowtowing video, and continued hunting as his contest with Fate Made Me a Simp intensified.

• A Lan accepted the Mist Legion Commander’s friend request, heard his claim to be Ye Ming reborn in Bai Xing’s body, and refused to treat the livestream details as proof of his identity.
• A Lan transferred Ye Ming 3,463,939 points of Sacrificial Power, honoring the Mingwu Race’s remaining deposit, and warned him not to spend it on enhancements before the event ended.
• Ye Ming used his Extreme Speed and Star Shift traits to snatch a blood-red crystal from the fighting monsters in the Fallen Star Sea crater, then escaped into the jungle.
• Players posted footage of Ye Ming’s crystal theft and his earlier devout kowtowing to Emperor Zhao, making the kowtow clip a popular forum meme.
• Ye Ming saw Fate Made Me a Simp climbing the leaderboard, hunted stronger monsters, and killed a level-70-plus Lava Giant Lizard Lord without being hit.
• With fewer than 72 hours remaining and Fate Made Me a Simp only five levels behind, Ye Ming headed toward a more dangerous Monster Nest as their race for first place drew attention on the Forum.

Ye Ming narrowly defeated Ming An to win the newcomer leveling event, then used his sacrificial power to resurrect the dead Mingwu Emperor. The chapter ended with the Emperor appearing beside Ye Ming as a bewildered, powerless newbie Player.

• Ming An pushed into the mist-covered Phantom Sound Ruins, hoping to overtake Ye Ming on the leaderboard.
• Ye Ming socketed Flowing Shadow (Clone) and used three clones to hunt monsters with him, sharply increasing his efficiency.
• Ye Ming and Ming An livestreamed their final-day sprint as players argued over which build was stronger.
• Ye Ming killed a high-level monster as the countdown ended, securing first place by a narrow margin and earning 1,000,000 Sacrificial Power, while Ming An took second place and earned 500,000.
• After the event, Ye Ming let a monster kill him and respawned at Emperor Tomb Village, where he paid 5,000 Sacrificial Power to resurrect the dead Mingwu Emperor.
• Ye Ming summoned Mingwu Emperor from the Mingwu Legion, and the former ruler's crown, robes, and powers vanished as he appeared like a confused newbie Player.

The Mingwu Emperor was reborn as a Player through Ye Ming and learned how the Player systems could give the Mingwu Race a new future. After helping him choose a mage build and forge weapons, the Mingwu Emperor handed leadership of the race to Ye Ming.

• The Mingwu Emperor awoke in a new body and was stunned to find that Ye Ming had also returned to life.
• Ye Ming explained that a Higher-Dimensional God had made them Players, and the Mingwu Emperor embraced the possibilities of their new status.
• Ye Ming introduced the Mingwu Emperor to Player systems and helped him choose a mage build with the Eagle-Headed Demon, Qi Eater, and Dissolve life souls.
• Ye Ming forged twin daggers while the Mingwu Emperor created a weapon suited to his mage path.
• The Mingwu Emperor declared that Ye Ming was better suited to lead the Mingwu Race and asked him to take responsibility for its future.
• Ye Ming accepted the role, marking a transfer of authority and the beginning of a new era for the Mingwu Race.

Ye Ming and Ye Xie revived 110 Mingwu elders and began rebuilding their strength in the Fallen Star Sea, while Ye Ming planned to enter the Void Wreckage Battlefield and eventually challenge Shuyan. At the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, Di Nian Evil Spirit expanded its alliance and prepared for the blood moon’s phase change, as the three armies shouted their predictions.

• Ye Ming persuaded the Mingwu Emperor to stop arguing on the forum, and Ye Xie agreed to revive 110 core clansmen with their remaining Sacrificial Power.
• Three days later, Ye Xie weakened monsters with Mist of Decay while the revived Mingwu elders hunted efficiently, and Ye Ming considered a future expedition to the Void Wreckage Battlefield.
• Ye Ming identified defeating Shuyan and reclaiming Mingwu and the Deathwhisper Rule as his first major goal.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit countered Players’ tactics, developed a Mental Taunt Tactic, and expanded the Evil Spirit Alliance to 28 members.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit sensed the blood moon beginning to change, and the Player, Evil Spirit, and Insect Race armies shouted their predictions for the coming lunar phase.

Di Nian Evil Spirit gained a power boost when the moon settled into a Waxing Crescent and planned an invasion of the Bei Yuan Tribe, using the players and Insect Race as his vanguard. As the three factions gathered at the Phantom Marsh Teleportation Array, Di Nian summoned all twenty-eight Evil Spirit Alliance members and prepared to launch the attack.

• The Waxing Crescent appeared, strengthening Di Nian Evil Spirit and his legion while the players regrouped and fought back against the derived evil spirits.
• Di Nian reviewed his alliance's intelligence, chose the Bei Yuan Tribe as his target, and built a concealed Teleportation Array at Phantom Marsh with shifting coordinates and a one-way cutoff.
• Players discovered the array and streamed into the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, while the Insect Race also gathered at Phantom Marsh, ready to follow Di Nian into battle.
• Di Nian opened the route to war, and the players, Insect Race, and Evil Spirit Legion formed a tense three-way gathering around the array.
• Di Nian summoned the twenty-eight members of the Evil Spirit Alliance, gave them orders to invade the Bei Yuan Tribe, and combined their power to transform the Evil Eye High Tower for battle.