Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi reached Mount Tianzhu, killed a Wraith Controller guarding the secret realm entrance, and entered the realm while Zhang Baichuan stayed behind. Inside, Niu Jianjun and the Official staff remained trapped at a resource point as the Wraith Controller Alliance demanded their supplies.

• Lin Yi and Zhang Baichuan arrived at Mount Tianzhu and learned that Captain Zhao Tao and his team had gone missing in the secret realm.
• Lin Yi and Zhang Baichuan crossed a destroyed bridge, fought off a Night Black Panther, and located a Wraith Controller hiding nearby.
• The Wraith Controller attacked Lin Yi with a poisoned dagger and a Black-faced Wraith, but Lin Yi killed him and devoured the escaping spirit.
• Lin Yi told Zhang Baichuan to guard the entrance and kill the Night Black Panther, then entered the secret realm through the locust tree.
• The Wraith Controllers learned Zhou Ran had lost contact and decided to abandon their stolen resources and join the attackers confronting Niu Jianjun.
• Niu Jianjun defended the resource point against frenzied Monsters while the Wraith Controller Alliance's lame man demanded the supplies in the warehouse.

Lin Yi arrived at the Official's Resource Point, killed Brother Long, and forced the White Mask Man to flee, though the Broken-leg Wraith escaped. After Niu Jianjun gave Lin Yi a secret-realm map as compensation, Lin Yi set off to find Lu Hai and investigate the Green Quality Ore Resource Point.

• Brother Long activated his Ghost Domain, numbed Niu Jianjun's right leg, and attacked the Resource Point with help from a possessed soldier who shot Niu Jianjun.
• Lin Yi's arrow struck Brother Long, but the White Mask Man abandoned him and fled after recognizing Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi rejected Brother Long's offer, killed him with the Blazing Sun Saber Technique, and failed to stop the Broken-leg Wraith from escaping.
• Lin Yi learned that Lu Hai was under attack and set out to find him after Niu Jianjun gave him a map marking secret-realm areas and Resource Points.
• Lin Yi transformed into a Spirit Deer and leaped through the forest toward the Green Quality Ore Resource Point.

Lin Yi rescued Zhu Wen after Zhao Tao’s betrayal and pursued a Wraith Controller who revealed himself as Fu Yuan. Fu Yuan traded information about a coming merger between Blue Star and Apocalypse World for his life, but Lin Yi had already known the news.

• Lin Yi found the wounded Zhu Wen, who reported that Zhao Tao had betrayed the Supernatural Center and ambushed his squad with the Wraith Controllers.
• Lu Hai recognized Zhao Tao’s suspicious behavior and opened fire, triggering a shootout between their groups.
• Lin Yi chased down the black-robed Wraith Controller and uncovered that he was Fu Yuan, who claimed Li Qianjie had killed Gu Zhong.
• Fu Yuan begged Lin Yi to spare him and offered information about the Wraith Controller Alliance, but refused to surrender his Ghost Spirit because their contract bound their lives together.
• Fu Yuan revealed that Blue Star would soon merge with Apocalypse World and that the alliance was stockpiling supplies, but Lin Yi said he already knew and the information could not save Fu Yuan.

Lin Yi spared Fu Yuan in exchange for blood and information about the Wraith Controller Alliance, then rescued Lu Hai and his soldiers from the secret realm. After they were safe, Lin Yi returned to exploring and defeated a Flower Tiger Ox Demon, harvesting its meat before its Yao power could contaminate it.

• Lin Yi spared Fu Yuan after learning that the Wraith Controller Alliance's leader might possess a Talent Stone, and took his blood so he could track him.
• Lin Yi found Lu Hai and his wounded soldiers, learned Zhao Tao had ambushed them, and told them Zhu Wen had also been attacked.
• Lin Yi escorted Lu Hai's group until Official reinforcements arrived, then slipped away to explore an unexplored dangerous area.
• Lin Yi defeated the Flower Tiger Ox Demon with his Fuzhu Spirit Deer abilities and Tang Blade Spirit Artifact.
• Lin Yi used his Spiritual Power to slow the spread of Yao power while carving up the demon, harvesting over two hundred pounds of tiger meat, half a hide, and its heart.

After the secret realm attack, Lin Yi mined Darkblood Ore before rushing toward a Monster King’s roar and witnessing Bai Xuan kill Zhao Tao for his stolen resources. Lin Yi claimed half of the Crimson Fire Dragon Ganoderma, while Bai Xuan revealed his distrust of the entity speaking from his Parchment Scroll.

• Niu Jianjun learned that the Professional-level Ghost Controllers behind the secret realm riot had escaped and ordered a search for the missing Bai Xuan.
• Lin Yi dug up the exposed Darkblood Ore, then abandoned the mine when he sensed a Professional-level Monster King nearby.
• A fire dragon attacked Zhao Tao’s group, and Zhao Tao escaped with a Crimson Fire Dragon Ganoderma while the dragon returned to its cave.
• Bai Xuan approached Zhao Tao, used Time Freeze to kill him, and took his backpack of secret realm resources.
• Lin Yi revealed he had witnessed Zhao Tao’s death and persuaded Bai Xuan to give him half the ganoderma.
• Bai Xuan refused the entity in his Parchment Scroll’s suggestion to kill Lin Yi, saying he did not trust it and feared Lin Yi’s power.

Lin Yi infiltrated the Fire Dragon’s lair, stole a Crimson Fire Dragon Ganoderma, and was chased into a lake where he used his water-controlling ability to overpower the Professional Three-star Monster King. Niu Jianjun’s team arrived to find the dragon fleeing and realized Lin Yi had fought it himself.

• Lin Yi used the Phantom Talisman to enter the Fire Dragon’s lair, collect rare plants growing in its dung, and find a Crimson Fire Dragon Ganoderma in an underground volcanic cave.
• Lin Yi stole the Ganoderma, awakening the Fire Dragon, and escaped its pursuit by transforming into White Mist and blocking its flames with water vapor.
• Bai Xuan recognized Lin Yi as the White Mist fleeing the Fire Dragon, while Lin Yi plunged into a lake to escape.
• Lin Yi used the lake’s water to seize the Fire Dragon’s tail, strike its wings, and repeatedly drag it underwater until it fled.
• Niu Jianjun and Lu Hai arrived at the lake and found Lin Yi exhausted; they realized he had been the one fighting the Professional Three-star Fire Dragon.

Lin Yi learned that he had been nominated to administer the Newborn Alliance Association and mined the remaining Darkblood ore while official leaders prepared to distribute the secret realm’s resources. In Ancient Pool Village, he arranged for the upcoming Tianshui City expedition and brought the village’s Newborns to the Spring Surge Ceremony, where everyone received a blessing.

• Lin Yi recovered at the Official camp, learned that Meng Yilan and Chen Chu had gone to Jingcheng Headquarters, and asked Niu Jianjun to find Meng Yilan’s contact information.
• Bai Xuan returned to camp and reported that Zhao Tao had betrayed him, while Lin Yi later learned that he had been nominated for one of the Newborn Alliance Association’s five administrator seats alongside Zhao Yilong and Meng Yilan.
• Zhao Yilong arrived at the secret realm, and Lin Yi returned from mining the Darkblood ore to meet him.
• Lin Yi logged into Ancient Pool Village and agreed to attend the Spring Surge Ceremony before leading a group to Tianshui City; Gu He said the expedition would depart the day after the ceremony.
• Over the next two days, Lin Yi brought the village’s Newborns to the Spring Surge Ceremony, where everyone received a blessing.

Lin Yi led a nearly fifty-person group from Ancient Pool Village and Hexian Village east toward Tianshui City, managing their supplies and travel. After he killed a Mirage Crow threatening the livestock, Old Fourth Gu joined the group with Gu Yuan’s approval, leaving the journey underway.

• Gu Tianci appointed Lin Yi to lead the journey and saw off the group as they prepared to depart for Tianshui City.
• Lin Yi checked the travelers’ supplies, brought Dummy and Fatty Twelve along, and led the group east from Ancient Pool Village.
• Lin Yi set a travel schedule and sent Gu Liehai’s team ahead to scout and clear Monsters near a mountain range.
• A Mirage Crow flew toward the group and frightened the livestock, so Lin Yi killed it with his Wolf Bow from a thousand meters away.
• Old Fourth Gu revealed that he had been hiding ahead, and Gu Yuan accepted his supposedly official letter and allowed him to join the team.

Lin Yi joined the team in the Mount Tianzhu Secret Realm, then attended a meeting to establish the Descender Alliance Association and negotiate its members’ roles. The meeting ended with the Official asking the three Stewards to help eliminate the Secret Realm’s Monster Kings, while Lin Yi noticed the briefing omitted the Three-Star Fire Dragon.

• Lin Yi allowed Old Fourth Gu to join the team on the condition that he obey Lin Yi’s commands, then led the group onward after the Descenders logged in.
• Niu Jianjun summoned Lin Yi to a meeting with Elder Chen, Meng Yilan, Zhao Yilong, and Chen Chu to discuss forming the Descender Alliance Association.
• Elder Chen assigned Lin Yi, Meng Yilan, and Zhao Yilong Steward roles, and Lin Yi agreed to refine Spiritual Artifacts for the Official in exchange for materials and compensation.
• Lin Yi secured Elder Chen’s agreement to have Zhang Baichuan help him build a private base, while Meng Yilan asked to recruit willing soldiers as Wraith Controllers.
• Elder Chen explained that Meng Yilan could provide low-corrosiveness Ghost Spirits for ordinary people to contract, though the contracts could shorten their lifespans.
• Niu Jianjun revealed that the Secret Realm held four one-star Monster Kings and asked each Steward to deal with one; Lin Yi noticed the briefing omitted the Three-Star Fire Dragon.

Lin Yi helped plan the hunt for four one-star Monster Kings, while the Officials avoided confronting a Three-Star Fire Dragon they could not reliably kill. In Apocalypse World, he drew and equipped the Golden Talent Hundred Martial Mastery, then decided he needed to obtain Meng Yilan’s Talent Stone before his luck bonus expired.

• Zhao Yilong agreed to hunt the Monster Kings with Official support and asked Lin Yi which target would be easiest to kill.
• Lin Yi recommended using traps, explosives, and kiting tactics against the Rock Turtle Demon King, while Niu Jianjun explained why the Three-Star Fire Dragon was being left alone.
• Lin Yi inspected the Wilderness camp’s defenses and found Gu Liehai, Gu Man, Gu Chenghu, Old Fourth Gu, and He Tianlong playing cards.
• Lin Yi drew the Golden Talent Hundred Martial Mastery, replaced Innate Swordsman with it, and discovered that its Microscopic Martial Arts Perception could help him advance as a Warrior.
• Lin Yi resolved to obtain Meng Yilan’s Talent Stone while his Good Luck Doubled effect remained active.

Lin Yi used his Hundred Martial Arts Mastery talent to learn numerous External Skills while traveling with the villagers toward Tianshui City. After logging off, he joined the teams preparing to hunt the Secret Realm’s Monster Kings and asked Meng Yilan to trade him her Talent Stone.

• Lin Yi picked three External Technique Manuals from Gu Yuan and mastered the Spirit-Embedding Technique, Vajra Art, and Wind-Treading Sea-Crossing Steps by reading them.
• Lin Yi studied the remaining manuals from Gu Yuan, then mastered the Soaring Dragon Finger and Ape Monkey Movement Technique from Zhang Family Village manuals.
• Gu Chenghu called time for the Newborns to log off, and Lin Yi ordered the group to camp before leaving the game.
• Lin Yi entered the Secret Realm with Jiang Hanxue and Lu Hai, where Zhao Yilong’s team prepared traps for the rock turtle Monster King as Official personnel recorded them.
• Lin Yi approached Meng Yilan and asked whether she would trade him her Talent Stone.

Lin Yi watched Zhao Yilong’s group kill the Rock Turtle Demon King, then logged into Apocalypse World and continued leading his caravan toward Tianshui City. At their evening camp, a powerful Professional-level Ghost Spirit descended on the Wilderness, leaving Lin Yi and the villagers preparing to face it.

• Lin Yi failed to persuade Chen Chu to trade away Meng Yilan’s Talent Stone, and Niu Jianjun advised him to consider Chen Chu’s feelings toward Meng Yilan.
• Zhao Yilong led the Rock Turtle Demon King into a reinforced pit, where the Black Card Alliance bombarded it until it died.
• Meng Yilan told Lin Yi that the Wraith Controller Alliance planned to hunt the Eagle Falcon Poison Demon, but Lin Yi declined to observe because he had plans in Apocalypse World.
• Lin Yi’s caravan continued toward Tianshui City, and he decided to slaughter the cattle and mules to reduce the group’s livestock and travel burden.
• A Professional-level Ghost Spirit brought darkness and cold to the caravan’s evening camp, and Lin Yi warned that it was among the strongest Professional Ghost Spirits.

Lin Yi and the two village militias encountered the Ghost Spirit from the Heritage Cave, whose Ghost Domain drove people into terror and madness. When it demanded livestock and frightened Hexian Village militia members as tribute, Lin Yi refused and fought back, but the Ghost Spirit’s Black Qi overwhelmed his White Mist.

• The Ghost Spirit’s fear-based Ghost Domain disrupted the Hexian Village militia, while Lin Yi’s Spiritual Artifacts helped calm the Ancient Pool Village militia and later the Hexian Village members.
• Lin Yi recognized the Ghost Spirit as the one from the Heritage Cave that had signed a non-aggression contract with the Old Village Chief, and it argued that the travelers had entered its territory.
• The Ghost Spirit demanded their livestock and the people who had fled toward it, but Lin Yi refused to abandon anyone.
• The Ghost Spirit attacked with Black Qi, and Lin Yi, Gu Yuan, and He Huan fought to protect the group.
• Lin Yi used White Mist to shield everyone, but it was being devoured by the Ghost Spirit’s Black Qi, forcing him to consider using the Old Village Chief’s Divine Talismans.

Lin Yi drove back a Black Qi Ghost Spirit, steadied the militia team, and entered a secret realm with Niu Jianjun to hunt the Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon. After silently incapacitating the nearby Black Fur Monkey Monsters, Lin Yi reached the demon’s ravine and caught the scent of wine.

• Lin Yi used Divine Talismans and his saber to drive off the Black Qi Ghost Spirit, then used Spiritual Power to restore the villagers affected by its fear.
• Gu Liehai and the other militia members recognized their weakness, while Lin Yi resolved to stay cautious and grow stronger beyond the village.
• Lin Yi told Chang Kongkuo and Zhou Jiwa to log in regularly, then joined Niu Jianjun to hunt the Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon and discussed Meng Yilan’s successful hunt of another Monster King.
• Lin Yi and Niu Jianjun traveled to the Official’s observation post, where they learned that the Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon rested with at least thirty Level 7 Black Fur Monkey Monsters nearby.
• Lin Yi moved through the forest, knocked out the Black Fur Monkey Monsters without killing them, and reached the demon’s ravine, where he smelled a strong scent of wine.

Lin Yi defeated the Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon and spared it after learning it had not harmed anyone itself, deciding to consider keeping it as a sparring partner. He followed the demon to its cave, where he and Niu Jianjun discovered a pool of Monkey Wine, and Lin Yi tasted it.

• Lin Yi fought the Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon barehanded, using the battle to practice his external martial arts and dodge its attacks.
• After Niu Jianjun agreed the demon should be killed, Lin Yi chased it down, but spared it when it claimed it had never killed anyone and promised to stay in its fruit grove.
• Lin Yi decided the demon could remain if it did not eat people, and made it lead him and Niu Jianjun to its lair.
• The Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon ordered its Black Fur Monkey Monsters to retreat, then guided Lin Yi and Niu Jianjun up a steep cliff to its cave.
• Lin Yi and Niu Jianjun found a pool of fragrant Monkey Wine in the cave, and Lin Yi tasted it.

Lin Yi helped the Observation Post secure the Monkey Wine and persuaded Chen Chu to trade him the Talent Stone by warning that Meng Yilan could face dangers from Wraith Spirits and offering to protect her. Chen Chu gave Lin Yi the stone, and Meng Yilan accepted his choice as the two shared a quiet moment.

• Lin Yi secretly stored much of the Monkey Wine in his Mirror Space, refilled the pool with water, and warned the Vajra Yellow Monkey Demon to keep quiet.
• Dr. Zhao confirmed the wine’s extraordinary effects, and Elder Chen agreed to spare the monkey demons that had not harmed people, partly because Lin Yi had promised the Monster King protection.
• Lin Yi returned to camp before dawn and told Chen Chu that rebel Wraith Controllers and Zhao Yilong might threaten Meng Yilan.
• Lin Yi warned that Ghost Spirits could gradually alter Wraith Controllers’ temperaments and offered to cleanse Meng Yilan’s negative emotions and provide protective Spiritual Artifacts.
• Chen Chu agreed to give Lin Yi the Talent Stone in exchange for his promises and for Lin Yi not to oppose Meng Yilan.
• After Lin Yi left with the Talent Stone, Meng Yilan reassured Chen Chu, who told her he considered her more important than the stone.

Lin Yi drew the rare Purple Talent Thunderous Charge and continued leading the villages’ journey toward Tianshui City before returning to Linhe City to arrange construction of his base. That night, he rejoined the group at the ruined post station and agreed to spar with He Huan.

• Lin Yi drew Thunderous Charge and decided to keep it only if the team encountered another Ghost Spirit before nightfall; he also brought Monkey Fruit Wine for Gu Yuan and He Huan.
• Lin Yi led the team onward, and after they lost grain supplies on the hurried march, the group ate the mules carrying them.
• Lin Yi’s team reached a Ruined Post Station and made camp, while Lin Yi later returned to Linhe City with Jiang Hanxue and Liu Yuxi.
• Liu Bo told Lin Yi that Zhou Jin’s construction company could build the base, and Lin Yi agreed to meet Zhou Jin the next day.
• Lin Yi trained Liu Bo, then logged into Apocalypse World and accepted He Huan’s offer to spar, picking up Gu Man’s Que heavy sword.

Lin Yi defeated He Huan in a sword spar, prompting Gu Yuan to plan to obtain Hexian Village’s Long Rainbow Sword Technique for him. Later, Zhou Jin asked Lin Yi to protect and teach his son Zhou Ren in Apocalypse World, but Lin Yi declined to take him as a disciple, leaving Liu Bo to suggest moving Zhou Ren to Ancient Pool Village.

• Lin Yi used the Ju Que Sword to fend off He Huan’s attacks and then forced him to concede with a powerful strike.
• He Yuan and Gu Yuan argued after He Huan tried to recruit Lin Yi to Hexian Village.
• Lin Yi guarded Apocalypse World that night, but no Ghost Spirit appeared, so he could not Solidify the Thunderous Charge talent.
• Gu Yuan asked Lin Yi how quickly he could learn an External Technique and offered to obtain the Long Rainbow Sword Technique using Monkey Fruit Wine.
• Zhou Jin offered to build Lin Yi a private base for free and asked him to take Zhou Ren, who had descended into Hexian Village, as a disciple.
• Lin Yi declined to take Zhou Ren as his disciple, and Liu Bo proposed discussing a move to Ancient Pool Village for the young man.

Lin Yi solidified the Purple Talent Qi Observation Art and led his team into a vast desert on the way to Tianshui City. After learning that the desert had swallowed land once marked as green, he prepared the camp for the night, where freezing temperatures and sandstorms threatened the militia.

• Lin Yi received thirty White Quality External Skill manuals from Niu Jianjun and logged into Apocalypse World with his team.
• Lin Yi drew and solidified the Purple Talent Qi Observation Art, then tested it and learned that colored qi indicated fortune, vitality, age, and deathly misfortune.
• Lin Yi led the team over a mountain ridge and into a desert, where the Village Elders insisted on keeping their horses for the journey to Tianshui City.
• Lin Yi carried Fat Twelve when the fish complained about drying out, and the team traveled through the desert without encountering Monsters.
• He Huan told Lin Yi that the team had not found the Sandstone Tablet marking the old desert boundary, showing that the sands had consumed more green land.
• Lin Yi inspected the camp at night and found militia members shivering in their tents as a sandstorm and freezing temperatures continued.

Lin Yi detected an impending attack and led the militia through a surprise assault by underground Desert Worm Fish. He killed two of the Monster Kings with his max-level Blazing Sun Saber Technique, while the remaining two fled into the sand.

• Lin Yi gave the militia fur coats, then used Qi Gazing Art to spot signs of imminent disaster and ordered everyone to arm themselves.
• After finding no attackers above ground, Lin Yi suspected the threat was beneath the sand and returned as the camp began to tremble.
• Four Desert Worm Fish erupted from underground, and Lin Yi killed one with a blazing saber strike while Gu Yuan and He Huan held off two others.
• Lin Yi let the Captains fight the fourth Desert Worm Fish to test their strength, then killed it with three saber slashes when Old Fourth Gu could no longer hold on.
• The remaining Desert Worm Fish fled when Lin Yi approached, and he revealed that his Blazing Sun Saber Technique had reached its maximum level and he had comprehended the Blazing Sun Will.