Chapter Summaries

Xia Sheng explained the pain life soul’s combat effects on the Forum, then continued training with Jiang Cheng under Kuxing at the Colorful Mist Coast. The chapter ended with Xia Sheng anticipating more training rewards before Kuxing caught him daydreaming and slapped him.

• Xia Sheng posted combat tests showing that the pain life soul added true pain damage to mage attacks and to melee attacks that dealt mental impact damage, prompting players to debate builds and guild recruitment.
• Qi Sheng kept the pain life soul unavailable to other players because it grew by enduring pain and each pain brand was too costly to create.
• Kuxing guided Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng into the meditation world, where they learned to absorb light points to slowly increase mental strength and saw their mind seas.
• Kuxing explained how elemental seeds gathered natural elements and how mental energy powered their use, while Xia Sheng judged the native cultivation method much slower than player growth.
• Xia Sheng thought about guild offers and the rewards of training, but Kuxing slapped the back of his head and scolded him for slacking off.

Star Network warned the Eclipse Race High Command that a spatial rift on Earth likely signaled the dark tide’s return, and rejected their proposed escape and genetic-enhancement plans. As the consuls despaired over their inability to defeat the threat, a mysterious crimson flame appeared in the council chamber and offered help.

• Star Network showed the consuls a spatial rift on Earth and judged there was an 87.82% chance it had been created by the dark tide.
• Star Network recounted how the Eclipse Race had built the Alien Races Alliance and explained that the dark tide had overwhelmed their ancestors before they fled to Earth.
• A consul proposed finding a safe world to escape to, but Star Network said 13,293 Shuttlecraft had failed to find a world untouched by the dark tide.
• A consul proposed genetic enhancement, but Star Network explained that advanced genetic modification could cause it to stop recognizing warriors as Eclipse Race members and refused to release the technology’s core content.
• Star Network rejected the consuls’ other defense plans, leaving the High Command in despair over the approaching catastrophe.
• A crimson flame appeared above Star Network’s projection, and a mysterious figure told the consuls they needed help.

Qi Sheng and Guide revealed the Dark Tide’s true scale to the Eclipse Race High Command and made the pirated Monster World game an official Eclipse Race release. The High Command accepted access under the mysterious being’s terms, and the Star Network urged them to obtain player slots while keeping the truth secret.

• Guide showed Qi Sheng the Eclipse Race’s evacuation and war plans and explained that the Star Network favored escape because it considered victory against the Dark Tide nearly impossible.
• Qi Sheng entered the Supreme Conference and showed the High Command visions of the Dark Tide devastating countless worlds, revealing that the threat was far greater than their records suggested.
• Qi Sheng and Guide presented Monster World as a game that could give its players limitless growth and transfer their abilities and resources into reality if the Dark Tide arrived.
• Administrator No. 1 accepted the game, while Guide clarified that the Eclipse Race had no choice and could not receive extra player slots.
• After Qi Sheng and Guide departed, the Star Network reassured the High Command that the game gave their race hope and advised them to compete for access without revealing its secrets.

Qi Sheng monitored player research and activity while the Eclipse Race secretly negotiated with humanity over game access, cracked downloads, and currency exchange. Wu Gui received 500 additional Darklands slots and an unprecedented offer from the Eclipse Race to exchange currency for human credits, leaving him suspicious and eager to report it.

• Qi Sheng reviewed Nightfall Is Coming's poll ranking individual life souls and considered the players' work on combinations valuable to strengthening his army.
• Qi Sheng observed how guild teams, independent groups, and casual players divided their activity between the Di Family Mountains and the Colorful Mist Coast.
• Wu Gui received the Eclipse Race's approval for 500 additional Darklands slots and learned they wanted information about downloads of a cracked game version.
• A Star Network Security Center supervisor told Wu Gui that the cracked link appeared to originate within the Eclipse Race and might indicate internal trouble; Wu Gui replied that 74 humans had downloaded the game.
• The Eclipse Race offered to exchange Eclipse Coins or Earth Coins for human credits, and Wu Gui wondered why before deciding to report the offer.

Qin Kong explored the Colorful Mist Coast for ingredients, discovered Silvertail Fish, and cooked a dish that became the first spirit food in the game. His discovery prompted Qi Sheng to activate the Spirit Chef secondary profession for all players, unlocking a recipe library of more than 23,000 dishes.

• Qin Kong recorded Flameflower as his fifteenth seasoning and explained why he had chosen to pursue cooking and compile a spiritual food compendium.
• Qin Kong learned from his younger sister about an Undersea Cave, found it, and caught three Silvertail Fish after a difficult fight.
• Qin Kong grilled Silvertail Fish with seasonings and accidentally created a level 3 spirit food that granted Body Tempering experience and permanent water resistance.
• Qi Sheng rewarded Qin Kong, added his dish and recipe to the Recipe Library, and activated the Spirit Chef secondary profession server-wide.
• Players discussed the new profession and its recipes on the Forum while Qi Sheng explained that the library would expand with recipes players created.

Qi Sheng watched the Heavenly Fire Clan invade the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, where its warriors clashed with the Dark Tide as the Insect Race advanced. After learning the newcomers carried 108 Energy Core Crystals, Qi Sheng sent a mission to the players to move in before the Dark Tide and Insect Tide could seize them.

• Qi Sheng reviewed the new spirit food trade and player statistics, then considered recruiting aquatic Alien Race players to explore the Colorful Mist Coast.
• The Heavenly Fire Dharma King used a spatial formation to lead his clan from their exhausted world into the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, where they began building Flame City.
• The Zerg Master Brain sensed the Heavenly Fire Clan’s arrival and sent the Insect Race army toward the Di Family Mountains, while the Di Nian Evil Spirit directed the Dark Tide toward the newcomers.
• The Heavenly Fire Clan defeated Dark Tide Evil troops in their first clash, but the Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Zerg Master Brain both saw the newcomers as vulnerable targets.
• Qi Sheng learned that the Insect Tide had entered the range and ordered the players to act before the Dark Tide or Insect Tide could take the 108 Energy Core Crystals.

Players, the Dark Tide, and the Insect Tide launched repeated assaults on Flame City, where the Heavenly Fire Clan used devastating formations but faced endless reinforcements. After three days of battle, the exhausted Heavenly Fire Dharma King prepared to meet another wave and remained determined not to lose.

• The global mission "Skyfire Descent" drew players back to Di Family Village, where they assembled to attack the Heavenly Fire Clan and collect its valuable drops.
• Qi Sheng observed that the Dark Tide was growing stronger by consuming fallen flame giants, while players joined the fighting outside Flame City.
• The Heavenly Fire Dharma King unleashed a massive Heavenly Fire Formation that devastated all three attacking forces, but players and the other armies soon returned to battle.
• The Heavenly Fire Clan repeatedly used its fire formations against the attackers, while the Insect Tide developed more warriors with flame spirit runes that resisted fire.
• After three days of fighting and heavy losses, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King confronted another massive assault and resolved that he would not lose.

Qi Sheng watched the players, the Insect Tide, and the Dark Tide wear down the Heavenly Fire Clan while players used chaotic tactics to claim kills and rewards. The Heavenly Fire Dharma King joined the battle and briefly turned the northern front, but Di Nian Evil Spirit grew furious when players stole Heavenly Fire kills from the Dark Tide.

• Qi Sheng identified the Dark Tide’s new Cloudstorm and Ferocious Battle units as its Death Calamity and Natural Disaster types.
• Guide explained that the Heavenly Fire Clan had misjudged the Monster World, while Qi Sheng anticipated the rewards from Flame City’s 108 energy crystals.
• Players used a giant-serpent train, clone self-detonation gambling, chained Taunt Life Souls, and coordinated formations to attack the Heavenly Fire Clan.
• The exhausted Heavenly Fire Dharma King transformed into a towering Fire Demon and attacked the Dark Tide, killing many abominations and rallying his warriors.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit dismissed the Dharma King as a threat but resented players for stealing Heavenly Fire kills and preventing the Dark Tide from consuming them.
• A player killed an exhausted Heavenly Fire warrior surrounded by Malice units, collected the dropped items, and escaped in Shadow Form, leaving Di Nian Evil Spirit to shout, “Shameless!”

The Heavenly Fire Clan fell to the Player Race, the Dark Tide, and the Insect Tide, while the attackers divided the clan’s energy crystals and resources. The players stole the final kill on the exhausted Heavenly Fire Dharma King, and the Di Nian Evil Spirit raged when the Dark Tide lost its prey.

• The Heavenly Fire Clan’s flames grew less effective as the Insect Tide adapted, and the Heavenly Fire Dharma King realized his warriors could not withstand the three forces.
• The attackers breached Flame City, overwhelmed the Priest Group, and scrambled to claim the 108 energy crystals; Qi Sheng’s forces secured 34 while the Insect Tide gained the least.
• Qi Sheng considered establishing a separate district at Colorful Mist Coast for recruited Gill Fishfolk and Abyssal Fishfolk.
• The three forces cornered the wounded Heavenly Fire Dharma King, but Divine King ordered the players to hold their attacks until they could focus fire and steal the last hit.
• A 45-player party named Gaming Is All About Having Fun---- killed the Heavenly Fire Dharma King and received 13,723 Sacrificial Power.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit cursed Evil Eye after the Dark Tide lost the Heavenly Fire Dharma King’s remains, while Evil Eye calmly tried to soothe him.

Qi Sheng completed the update, establishing Colorful Mist Coast as a Novice Village branch and adding new player options and party features. He then arranged for 5,000 Gillfish and Abyssal Fishfolk to receive Darklands access through an anonymous forum link, leaving everyone else waiting for an unknown next release.

• Qi Sheng linked Colorful Mist Coast to Di Family Village as a branch node, spending 6.39 million sacrificial power and enabling players to respawn there.
• The update unlocked all first-generation Life Souls for new players, added Warband Party Mode, and introduced combat statistics.
• Qi Sheng sent Guide to post an anonymous Darklands download link on Fishing Harbor City's forum, where Gillfish and Abyssal Fishfolk had been discussing their declining fortunes and lack of access.
• Forum members initially doubted the link, but Fishing Harbor's Number One Racer confirmed it worked and users rushed to download the game.
• All 5,000 access slots were claimed, and forum administrators found no registration record for Perks Officer, leaving the remaining users unsure when another round would begin.

Qi Sheng watched as 5,000 Gillfish and Abyssal Fish players joined the game and overwhelmed Colorful Mist Coast, while Jiao Chen explored the sea and discovered the Crystal Hall. The newly revealed Rule node triggered a mission for all players, drawing the races and guilds toward the occupied domain.

• Five thousand Gillfish and Abyssal Fish players entered Colorful Mist Coast, crowding the coast and flooding the Trading House with crabs as Qi Sheng monitored them.
• Five thousand human newbies arrived at Emperor Tomb Village and headed to Di Family Village to mine Spirit Ore while Qi Sheng counted the cost of recruiting and rewarding players.
• Jiao Chen hunted underwater creatures, raised his Eagle-Headed Demon Life Soul to level 3, and spent an exploration reward to improve his Body Tempering Level.
• Jiao Chen chased a level 6 Extreme Speed Fish but lost it, then discovered the Crystal Hall surrounded by Shadow-Scaled Shrimp Guards.
• The Challenger system identified the Crystal Hall as an occupied Rule node with the Gathering trait and launched a mission for all players to purify it.
• Players and guild leaders studied the mission and set out toward the Crystal Hall.

While players continued their grueling assault on the Crystal Palace Node, Gu Chen went fishing off Colorful Mist Coast and accidentally killed the Second-Generation Primordial Monster Extreme Speed. His discovery sparked new Life Soul builds across the player community, though he was left stranded far out at sea.

• Qi Sheng learned from Guide that the Crystal Palace Node’s Gathering rule strengthened Life Souls according to how many players used them, and he made capturing it a high priority.
• Gu Chen went fishing on a homemade raft, hooked a powerful creature, and killed the Second-Generation Primordial Monster Extreme Speed, earning 20,000 Sacrificial Power and a Star Meridian Slot level.
• Gu Chen shared 3,000 Sacrificial Power with his guild friends, then discovered his raft had drifted away and that he was stranded 27 kilometers from shore.
• Nightfall Is Coming posted tests and build suggestions for the Extreme Speed Life Soul, and players discussed its potential combinations on the Forum.
• Players developed and adopted Extreme Speed builds for burst damage, melee combat, and utility, improving their performance against the Insect Tide and Dark Tide.

Gu Chen was captured by an Ancient God Race hunting ship and forced into the Death Arena, where he won his first duel and received a valuable Low Martial Soul Pearl. Qi Sheng learned that the arena’s battles generated power through the Ancient God Race’s Duel Soul world rule, while news of Gu Chen’s rewards spread among the players.

• After failing to drown himself, Gu Chen was captured at sea by an Ancient God Race hunting ship and transported to the Death Arena.
• Manu explained the arena’s rules, marked the fighters’ victories, and led Gu Chen to the first-level arena; Guide told Gu Chen that reaching fifteen wins would require 32,767 fighters to die.
• Qi Sheng learned from Guide that the Ancient God Race’s Duel Soul world rule generated destructive energy from life-and-death duels.
• Gu Chen defeated Iron Helm after a hard-fought battle and advanced to the second-floor arena with one victory.
• Gu Chen received a Low Martial Soul Pearl worth 2,134 points of Sacrificial Power, stored it, and drank a Healing Potion.
• Players watched Gu Chen’s livestream and spread news of the arena’s rewards across the Forum, eager to enter themselves.

Gu Chen won his second Death Arena match against Sanshe, then lost to the much stronger Shagugu after starting the third round early. Afterward, Qi Sheng arranged for Guide to mark Arena Aircraft on players’ maps, giving players a way to reach the arena and earn rewards through the newly announced hidden storyline.

• Gu Chen defeated Sanshe in a bloody fight and received two Low Martial Soul Pearls and 69 hours of rest.
• Gu Chen recovered, shared 888 sacrificial power with his guild, and persuaded Manu to begin his third round early.
• Shagugu overwhelmed Gu Chen in the Flame Arena, and Gu Chen returned to Emperor Tomb Village as a soul.
• Qi Sheng decided players could use the Ancient God Arena to improve their combat skills and earn sacrificial power, then asked Guide whether the arena would detect them.
• Guide explained how gladiators generated dueling soul power and why players’ arena battles could still benefit the Ancient God Race.
• Qi Sheng had Guide mark Arena Aircraft on players’ maps and announced the Ancient God Arena hidden storyline, prompting players to seek out aircraft and pursue arena rewards.

Cute Kid led the Kindergarten Squad into Weapon Spirit Valley to find and capture the primordial bow Scattershot. They killed it and earned a team reward, but Iron Hammer was left behind and defeated while the others escaped; afterward, the squad wondered what their absent director had been doing.

• Cute Kid guided the fifteen-member team through Weapon Spirit Valley, avoiding powerful Artifact Spirits as they searched for Blood Bow.
• The team found Scattershot, a first-generation primordial bow guarded by three stronger Artifact Spirits, and planned a two-sided ambush.
• Cute Kid ordered the attack, and Iron Hammer drew the guards’ attention while the others trapped and destroyed Scattershot.
• The Challenger notification awarded the team 10,000 Sacrificial Power, and Cute Kid warned everyone to flee as Artifact Spirits converged.
• The squad escaped without Iron Hammer, who was overwhelmed and respawned an hour later, then forgave his teammates and asked about their absent director.
• Drunken Milk said the director had lost his slot after falling asleep, then decided to earn money and buy the real version of the game.

Qi Sheng reviewed the new Scattershot Life Soul and the player army’s expanding combat systems. Meanwhile, Kuxing gave Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng his inheritance, rejuvenated himself for one final battle, and flew off to fight an Evil Spirit, leaving them to prepare a monument for him.

• Qi Sheng read Forum tests of Scattershot and its three popular Star Meridian combinations, noting how the new ranged physical school broadened the players’ options.
• Qi Sheng considered future systems such as automatic cultivation, but learned that the Sacrificial Power needed to develop them remained beyond the players’ means.
• Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng found Kuxing gravely weakened, and he gave them his remaining cultivation resources before revealing he had at most seven days left.
• Kuxing explained that he wanted to fight an Evil Spirit himself, then burned his vitality and restored his body to a young, powerful state.
• Kuxing flew away to battle, telling Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng to preserve his legacy and erect a monument for him.
• Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng kept Kuxing’s Spatial Bracelet as a keepsake and decided to wait before preparing his grave and headstone.

Heiyu led the Black Wind Race to Colorful Mist Coast, where his warriors slaughtered the relaxing players and seized the shore as a new homeland. After players learned of the invasion, the community organized a large-scale counterattack, while the Black Wind Race remained unaware of the gathering force.

• Heiyu brought the Black Wind Race fleet to Colorful Mist Coast, intending to assess the people there and take their land if they seemed weak.
• Players crowded around Heiyu, mistaking his arrival for a hidden mission, until he judged them weak and ordered his warriors to kill them all.
• The Black Wind Race drove the players from the coast, killed those who resisted, and began establishing a camp in the rainforest.
• Players shared news of the invasion on the forum and warned others not to enter Colorful Mist Coast.
• Divine Hall-Divine King and other players, including Gillfish Race and Abyssal Fish Race members, organized a joint operation to retake the coast.
• Heiyu and the Black Wind Race celebrated their easy victory without realizing the players were preparing to attack.

Qi Sheng enabled direct teleportation from the Colorful Mist Coast Novice Village, allowing Divine King to lead waves of players in a sustained assault on Heiyu and the Black Wind Race. As the exhausted Black Wind Race retreated toward the coast, Divine King ordered the players to pursue and cut off their escape.

• Qi Sheng activated the special crisis quest "Defend the Coast" and let players teleport directly into the Colorful Mist Coast at a cost of Sacrificial Power.
• Divine King organized the players into six rotating charge groups, and the first wave of domain damage players ambushed the Black Wind Race settlement.
• Heiyu rallied the Black Wind Race warriors, but successive waves of Gargoyle, mage, Monster Beast, and Custom Mode players inflicted heavy casualties.
• When the first attack cycle began again, Heiyu ordered his exhausted warriors to retreat toward the coast.
• Divine King ordered the players to pursue the Black Wind Race and told Assassin Build players to block their retreat or sabotage their ships.

The players defeated the Black Wind Race after destroying or capturing most of its fleet, and Divine King organized the loot and rewards. Hei Ying escaped with two ships and planned to seek revenge by alerting the Ancient God Servants to the players at the Colorful Mist Coast.

• Players planted Psionic Bombs and damaged the Black Wind Race's warships while Divine King used Binding Life Souls and coordinated attacks to slow the retreat.
• Heiyu reached White Sand Beach, learned several ships had been sunk, and offered half the clan's resources for peace, but the players refused.
• Divine King ordered the players to preserve the ships and their cargo as the Black Wind Race made a final stand with chained sea beasts.
• After three hours of fighting, Heiyu collapsed, the players won, and two warships escaped with Hei Ying and the surviving clansmen.
• Divine King directed the players to count and sacrifice the loot for contribution-based rewards, while the Glory Album recorded the battle.
• Hei Ying decided to let himself be captured and taken to the Ancient God Arena so he could inform the Ancient God Servants about the players and seek revenge.

After the battle with the Black Wind Race, Qi Sheng addressed overcrowding, limited Spatial Inventory capacity, and slow travel by launching the major 2.0 update with inventory expansion, new exits, and the Armored Vehicle Function. Players experimented with vehicle and armor designs, but scarce Sacrificial Power remained a major constraint as Qi Sheng considered how to increase its supply.

• Qi Sheng reviewed the players’ battle gains and identified overcrowded Novice Villages, full Spatial Inventories, and inconvenient travel as problems to solve.
• Qi Sheng launched the 2.0 update, adding the Armed Vehicles Factory, purchasable inventory slots, new spatial exits, and a seventy-two-hour vehicle competition.
• Pei Yun entered the factory, designed silver battle armor and an off-road vehicle, then abandoned the costly setup and began building a cheaper powered bicycle.
• Players shared imaginative vehicle templates and practical guides on the Forum, including an affordable unicycle design, while discussing the steep costs.
• Qi Sheng observed that the new feature encouraged players to earn Sacrificial Power, but he judged the players’ requests for increased output too modest and imagined raising returns ten thousandfold or more.