Chapter Summaries

Luo Fan and the Maitreya Convoy reached Holy City, a vast settlement built along a mountain, and learned that residents were assigned to one of its three rings based on their abilities. The registrar recognized Luo Fan and discovered his group included several high-level Sequence Users, while Ai Si challenged her after she handed out Upper Ring plaques only to the three Fourth-Tier members.

• Zhang Jie told Luo Fan that the Maitreya Convoy hoped to settle in Holy City, and both convoys traveled toward the mountain together.
• Luo Fan and the others arrived at Holy City and saw its crowded, orderly rings, farmland, shops, and guarded entrance.
• A young guard explained that the Lower, Middle, and Upper Rings housed residents according to their level, with people who had rule-type skills allowed into the Upper Ring.
• Luo Fan's group registered, and the registrar recognized him as the hero of the Hong City battle and identified the group's levels.
• The registrar gave Upper Ring residence plaques to Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, and Mo Yuling, and Ai Si questioned why his rule-type skill did not qualify him for one.

Ai Si proved that his Immunity to All Fire Damage was a rule-type skill and received an Upper Ring Residence Plaque, while Luo Fan and his companions entered the Upper Ring and considered who ruled the Holy City. After they settled into their assigned residence, the City Lord sent a messenger to invite Luo Fan to meet him.

• Ai Si passed a test in which he remained unharmed by increasingly intense flames, and the registrar gave him an Upper Ring Residence Plaque.
• Niu Dagang chose to stay in the Middle Ring with Zhao Chunfeng and the others while Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, Mo Yuling, and Ai Si continued upward.
• Luo Fan and his companions passed the Upper Ring checkpoint and saw how the Holy City's three rings separated people by status.
• Luo Fan compared the Holy City's order to the Qipao Weird's rule in Jiangkou Town and wondered who had established the city and its rules.
• After the group settled into their Upper Ring residence, a messenger arrived and invited Luo Fan to meet the City Lord.

Luo Fan met the Lv55 lord of Holy City, who asked her Lv45 guard to spar with him and test his abilities. Luo Fan effortlessly dodged the guard’s first attacks, then stopped his stronger charge with Sealing Trap, leaving the city lord visibly surprised.

• The city lord summoned Luo Fan alone and received him in the Upper Ring’s orderly palace.
• Luo Fan discovered that the city lord was Lv55, the highest-level human Sequence User he had encountered.
• The city lord’s guard questioned Luo Fan’s reputation, and she proposed a spar so she could see his abilities.
• Luo Fan accepted the guard’s challenge and dodged his opening sword strikes without moving from his spot.
• The guard launched a stronger attack, but Luo Fan caught his leg in a Sealing Trap before the sword could reach him.

Luo Fan defeated the City Lord’s guard, Zhi Zhou, then claimed he had come to the Holy City for refuge from powerful Weird while secretly seeking the Innate Yang Steel. After discussing the City Lord’s supposed ability to repel Weird with his teammates, Luo Fan concluded that she was the prime suspect for possessing the steel.

• Luo Fan used the Sealing Trap to immobilize Zhi Zhou and put his sword to the guard’s throat, winning their match.
• The City Lord questioned Luo Fan about why he wanted to settle in the Holy City, and he said powerful Weird were hunting him after the battle in Hong City.
• Luo Fan asked why Weird avoided the Holy City, and Zhi Zhou credited the City Lord with a divine skill that repelled them.
• After Luo Fan left, the City Lord told Zhi Zhou that his account of being targeted by Weird was true and welcomed the arrival of his talented teammates.
• Luo Fan told An Xiaoran, Mo Yuling, and Ai Si that the City Lord only partly believed his refuge story, and they agreed to wait while they investigated.
• Luo Fan decided the City Lord was the prime suspect for possessing the Innate Yang Steel and resolved to find it as soon as possible.

Luo Fan sent the Money Rat to search for Innate Yang Steel, but a girl’s white cat attacked it in the Upper Ring. When the girl insulted Luo Fan and fired a Missile at him, he dodged and prepared to retaliate.

• Luo Fan asked the Money Rat to find the Innate Yang Steel, and it led him out while Mo Yuling and the others stayed behind.
• A white, rabbit-sized feline Fierce Beast attacked the Money Rat, which phased through a wall to escape.
• Luo Fan caught the level-43 white cat, and its level-43 owner demanded that he put it down.
• The girl insulted Luo Fan and argued that he was wrong to grab her pet, so Luo Fan challenged her reasoning.
• The girl fired a Missile at Luo Fan, who dodged it with Spirit Void Step as the blast struck the building behind him.

Luo Fan petrified a woman who attacked him and knocked out her white cat before Han Xiangdong intervened and ended the fight. Han Xiangdong invited Luo Fan to his home, where Luo Fan began asking about the Holy City's City Lord, leaving Han poised to answer.

• Luo Fan used bait to make the woman crawl and eat it, then petrified her in a humiliating pose.
• When the white cat attacked Luo Fan, he struck it with the Wraith Short Sword and knocked it unconscious.
• Han Xiangdong stopped Luo Fan from striking the petrified woman, removed the ice armor he had placed over her, and let the Petrification effect wear off.
• Han Xiangdong introduced himself as an Ice Crystal Sorcerer and invited Luo Fan to share a meal after recognizing him as the Sequence User who slew the Sixth-Tier Flame Demon.
• Han Xiangdong took Luo Fan to his home, where Luo Fan asked what kind of person the Holy City's City Lord was.

Luo Fan questioned Han Xiangdong about Ding Wanning and learned how the Holy City had grown into a safe, orderly settlement. Though Han Xiangdong believed in the City Lord’s efforts, Luo Fan distrusted her promise to build a divine kingdom and planned to investigate with Money Rat that night.

• Han Xiangdong told Luo Fan that Ding Wanning had expanded a village of a few dozen people into a self-sufficient city, organizing its residents by role and ability.
• Han Xiangdong explained that Weirds never approached the Holy City, while Fierce Beasts attacked regularly and were fought off by Sequence Users.
• Han Xiangdong said Ding Wanning was twenty-seven, LV55, and had the Saintess Sequence, whose ability was to build a divine kingdom.
• Han Xiangdong defended Ding Wanning’s dream, citing her work and the city’s growth; Luo Fan compared her promise to the false paradise in Jiangkou Town.
• Luo Fan learned that Ding Yuening was Ding Wanning’s younger cousin and exchanged questions with Han Xiangdong about their Rule-Type Skills.
• After leaving, Luo Fan decided the divine kingdom pitch smelled deceptive and planned to investigate with Money Rat that night.

Five eighth-tier Rule-Type Weirds learned that Luo Fan had returned and was in the Western Regions, where a mountain weakened all Weirds. They agreed to watch him from afar, while the Black-Robed Weird privately suspected he had gone there to obtain Innate Yang Steel.

• The burly Weird told the others that Luo Fan had returned from Fallen Sea Island, and the Black-Robed Weird revealed that its subordinate, the Noble Young Master, had died there.
• The Black-Robed Weird refused to pursue Luo Fan, and the other Weirds mocked it before the burly Weird located him in the Western Regions.
• The burly Weird explained that a mountain in the Uninhabited Zone weakened every Weird, and the figure in the mist identified Innate Yang Steel as the likely cause.
• The Weirds debated whether Luo Fan had gone to the mountain for safety or to seek Innate Yang Steel, then agreed to wait and monitor him until he left.
• The Black-Robed Weird privately concluded that Luo Fan was no ordinary human and wondered whether a top-tier Weird valued him because of his own exceptional nature.

Luo Fan followed the Money Rat at night and discovered that the Innate Yang Steel was inside the City Lord's Manor. While sneaking through the manor, he overheard Ding Wanning tell Ding Yuening to apologize to him, but the white cat spotted the Money Rat and pounced at it.

• After dinner, Luo Fan used the Invisibility Cloak and followed the Money Rat through the Upper Ring toward the City Lord's Manor.
• The Money Rat slipped through the manor wall, and Luo Fan climbed over and entered the grounds, convinced the Innate Yang Steel was inside.
• Luo Fan overheard Ding Yuening complain about him and Ding Wanning insist that Yuening had started the fight and should apologize.
• The white cat jumped through an open window, spotted the Money Rat, and pounced at it.

Luo Fan was caught sneaking into Ding Wanning’s residence after following his Money Rat, and claimed the rat had sensed treasure. To prove it, he used his Godhead Authority to make Void Spirit Jade appear in the courtyard, leaving Ding Yuening questioning whether the single piece proved anything.

• Luo Fan distracted Ding Yuening’s white cat with Petrification Bait when it attacked the Money Rat, turning it to stone temporarily.
• Ding Yuening and Ding Wanning came outside, and Ding Yuening angrily demanded to know why Luo Fan had entered their home at night.
• Luo Fan blamed his Money Rat’s treasure-sensing ability and claimed it had led him into the residence.
• Luo Fan used his Godhead Authority to create Void Spirit Jade in the courtyard after Ding Wanning partially believed his claim.
• Ding Wanning confirmed the jade was genuine, while Luo Fan insisted there was more than one piece and Ding Yuening remained skeptical.

Luo Fan used Godhead Authority to make more Void Spirit Jade appear in Ding Wanning's courtyard, then dug up thirty-seven pieces and split them with her. Ding Wanning and Ding Yuening were left wondering whether he had truly uncovered a buried vein or was hiding something.

• Luo Fan asked Ding Wanning whether she trusted him, gained enough Faith Points, and dug up a second piece of Void Spirit Jade.
• Luo Fan made a larger piece appear and dug up an egg-sized piece, shocking Ding Wanning and Ding Yuening.
• Luo Fan continued digging for over an hour and uncovered thirty-seven pieces of Void Spirit Jade as Ding Wanning's Faith Points increased.
• Ding Wanning agreed to split the jade with Luo Fan, who took eighteen pieces and suggested the Money Rat had been attracted by the jade.
• After Luo Fan left, Ding Yuening questioned whether Ding Wanning believed him, and the sisters struggled to explain how the jade had appeared.

Luo Fan transformed into a Nightmare Nekomata to sense the Innate Yang Steel, but its suppressive force dulled his mind and strength. Ai Si carried him through the Upper Ring, and Luo Fan realized the Steel was likely inside the City Lord's Manor, where the pressure grew stronger.

• Luo Fan told Mo Yuling and Ai Si that he had bluffed his way out of the City Lord's Manor after being caught, using the Void Spirit Jade as an excuse.
• Luo Fan transformed into a Nightmare Nekomata to see whether becoming a Weird would help him locate the Innate Yang Steel.
• The Innate Yang Steel's pressure heavily suppressed Luo Fan, leaving him unable to speak or identify its direction.
• Ai Si carried Luo Fan around the Upper Ring and found that the pressure grew noticeably stronger near the City Lord's Manor.
• Luo Fan remembered that the Money Rat had already led him to the manor and realized the Innate Yang Steel was likely inside it.

Luo Fan confirmed that the Innate Yang Steel was inside the City Lord's Manor, but he and his companions decided to wait for a safer opportunity. As they settled into the Holy City, Ding Wanning and Ding Yuening searched the manor's courtyard for the Void Spirit Jade Luo Fan had reportedly found there and came up empty.

• Ai Si carried Luo Fan away from the City Lord's Manor, explaining that another attempt to sneak in could get them caught.
• Luo Fan told Mo Yuling and Ai Si that the Innate Yang Steel was in the manor, and they agreed to wait for an opening.
• Luo Fan and his companions enjoyed several peaceful days in the Holy City, and Zhao Chunfeng admitted he was reluctant to leave.
• Luo Fan told Zhao Chunfeng to stay until he finished his business, then decide what to do next.
• Ding Wanning had workers turn over the manor courtyard while Ding Yuening searched for anything Luo Fan might have buried, but they found nothing.

Luo Fan noticed that Zhu Lanjun, whom he would meet in the Void Temple months later, had bought a large order of produce, but he chose not to tell her about their future meeting. In the Holy City, Grandpa Chuanxi warned Ding Wanning that a Beast Tide would arrive in three days, and the city began preparing its defenses.

• Luo Fan saw Zhu Lanjun's purchase of over a thousand jin of fruit and vegetables and offered to fulfill any further requests, but he kept their future Void Temple meeting secret.
• Grandpa Chuanxi warned Ding Wanning that a large Beast Tide would reach the Holy City in three days.
• Ding Wanning ordered Zhi Zhou to summon every Upper Ring resident to a meeting at the City Lord's Manor.
• Ding Wanning told the gathered residents about the Beast Tide, and the guard commander and healer left to organize fortifications and medical supplies.
• Ding Wanning asked Han Xiangdong and Luo Fan to help defend the Holy City, and both agreed.

With the Beast Tide approaching in three days, Luo Fan and his allies planned to steal the Innate Yang Steel while the City Lord's Manor was poorly guarded. Since Luo Fan had to fight in the coming battle, he asked Lian Ziqiong to help, and she agreed in exchange for two sixth-tier weird crystals.

• Ding Wanning warned everyone that the Beast Tide would arrive in three days and urged them to prepare for battle.
• Luo Fan told Zhao Chunfeng and the others that the City Lord's Manor would be vulnerable during the Beast Tide, creating a chance to retrieve the Innate Yang Steel.
• Luo Fan explained that he could not leave the battlefield without arousing suspicion, and the group found no suitable substitute among those present.
• Luo Fan thought of Lian Ziqiong, a skilled Shadow Assassin, and contacted her to request help stealing the Innate Yang Steel.
• Lian Ziqiong said she had reached Lv41 and agreed to come after Luo Fan offered her two sixth-tier weird crystals.

Luo Fan asked Lian Ziqiong to come to the Holy City to help with the approaching Beast Tide, while a Black-Robed Weird paid the Winged Queen to attack the city in three days. Later, Luo Fan took An Xiaoran for ice cream and ran into Ding Wanning, who asked where it came from.

• Luo Fan sent Lian Ziqiong his location and urged her to reach the Holy City within three days because of the Beast Tide.
• The Black-Robed Weird offered the Winged Queen ten Evil Blood Fruits and an eighth-tier Weird Crystal to launch a Beast Tide against the Holy City in three days.
• The Winged Queen accepted the offer and summoned flying Fierce Beasts from across the mountain range.
• Luo Fan gave An Xiaoran ice cream as they walked through the Upper Ring and admired the Holy City.
• Ding Wanning spotted An Xiaoran's ice cream and asked Luo Fan where he had gotten it.

Luo Fan and Ding Wanning discussed the approaching Beast Tide and the possibility that someone was manipulating it. The conversation ended with Ding Wanning and Zhi Zhou stunned to learn that An Xiaoran was a fourth-tier Sequence User with a rule-type skill.

• Ding Wanning accepted ice cream from Luo Fan and walked with him, Zhi Zhou, and An Xiaoran through the Upper Ring.
• Luo Fan asked whether the Holy City had faced a Beast Tide before, and Ding Wanning said it had faced attacks before the city was built but never since.
• Luo Fan questioned why intelligent Fierce Beasts would launch a costly attack and suggested someone might be driving the Beast Tide from behind the scenes.
• Ding Wanning agreed that they should investigate the Beast Tide’s source and leader, and offered to cover the Weird Crystals needed to consult a prophecy-type Sequence User.
• Ding Wanning asked about An Xiaoran, and Luo Fan introduced her as his companion and family.
• After Zhi Zhou questioned whether An Xiaoran qualified to live in the Upper Ring, Luo Fan revealed that she was a fourth-tier Sequence User with a rule-type skill, surprising Ding Wanning and Zhi Zhou.

Luo Fan and An Xiaoran discussed taking the Innate Yang Steel and possibly moving the Holy City to Lin City, while Ding Wanning and Zhi Zhou reflected on their unusual fondness for An Xiaoran. Lian Ziqiong arrived at the Holy City and joined Luo Fan for dinner, where she asked what he wanted her to steal.

• Luo Fan told An Xiaoran that taking the Innate Yang Steel might let him move the Holy City to Lin City, and she supported his plan.
• Ding Wanning admitted that she found An Xiaoran adorable, while Zhi Zhou privately wondered why she was making an exception for the girl.
• Lian Ziqiong messaged Luo Fan from the mountain's foot and asked him to come get her rather than wait to register.
• Luo Fan met Lian Ziqiong, who was a Level 41 fourth-tier Shadow Assassin, and brought her to the Upper Ring.
• Lian Ziqiong ate dinner with Luo Fan and his companions, then asked what he wanted her to steal.

As the city prepared for a massive beast tide, Luo Fan arranged for Lian Ziqiong to retrieve a hidden item from the lightly guarded City Lord’s Manor. Later, he asked the Golden Weird Mirror what forces made up the tide and paid six fifth-tier weird crystals for an answer.

• Lian Ziqiong teased Luo Fan about recruiting Mo Yuling, and the three shared a laugh with Ai Si.
• Luo Fan told Lian Ziqiong that a beast tide would strike in three days and asked her to use the Money Rat to find and retrieve an item inside the City Lord’s Manor.
• Lian Ziqiong agreed, reminding Luo Fan to pay the agreed number of crystals.
• After dinner, Luo Fan stayed awake and asked the Golden Weird Mirror what caused the beast tide; it demanded two sixth-tier weird crystals.
• Luo Fan instead asked what forces made up the beast tide, and the mirror demanded six fifth-tier weird crystals.
• Luo Fan placed the six crystals beside the mirror, which swallowed them before new writing appeared.

Luo Fan visited Ding Wanning at the City Lord's Manor to report the beast tide's overwhelming force and ask about its cause. Ding Wanning agreed to pay for the information he had already obtained, but fell silent when he said learning why the eighth-tier Fierce Beast was attacking would cost two more sixth-tier weird crystals.

• Luo Fan learned that the beast tide included one eighth-tier Fierce Beast, two seventh-tier Fierce Beasts, five sixth-tier Fierce Beasts, five hundred Fierce Beasts below the fifth tier, and eighteen thousand below the third tier.
• Luo Fan decided to report the information to Ding Wanning and set out for the City Lord's Manor.
• Lian Ziqiong emerged after secretly following Luo Fan and joined him to test her Stealth and learn the manor's layout.
• Ding Wanning received Luo Fan in her study, and he told her the beast tide's strength.
• Ding Wanning agreed that the Holy City would pay for the sixth-tier weird crystal Luo Fan spent to learn the lineup.
• Luo Fan said discovering why the eighth-tier Fierce Beast was attacking would cost two more sixth-tier weird crystals, and Ding Wanning fell silent.