Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng traded roasted meat for level 2 ferocious beast corpses and novice short sabers, then extracted attributes from the corpses he received. After one hour of booming trade, he had acquired twenty-one beast corpses and four sabers and began extracting from the corpses in bulk.

• Qin Feng extracted 2 agility points from Liu Xuan’s Fierce-Fanged Lynx corpse, then extracted 2 constitution points and 2 energy points from corpses traded by Long Shan and Wu Yong.
• Qin Feng ignored Liu Yuan’s request for roasted meat, while Lei Jue traded a Wild Savage Bull corpse for a portion.
• Wu Yong praised Qin Feng’s roasted meat in the chat, prompting others to seek level 2 beast corpses to trade.
• Qin Feng announced that roasted meat was limited and offered six jin of it for each novice short saber.
• Qin Feng traded for twenty-one level 2 ferocious beast corpses and four novice short sabers in one hour, then began extracting attributes from the corpses.

After reaching a 9-star combat power assessment, Qin Feng stopped buying level 2 beast corpses and traded a lighter for a tier 1 spirit fruit. He gained nine spirit points from the fruit and began selling his newly refurbished Fine Steel Blades.

• Qin Feng finished extracting the level 2 beast corpses, raised his combat power assessment to 9 stars, and changed his offer to ten pounds of roasted meat for one level 3 beast corpse.
• Qin Feng announced that he would no longer buy level 2 beast corpses, then offered a lighter in exchange for tier 1 spirit herbs, a spirit fruit, or tier 1 equipment.
• Qin Feng refurbished beginner daggers into tier 1 Fine Steel Blades while waiting for a trade.
• Liu Yuan traded a tier 1 Essence Condensation Fruit for Qin Feng's lighter, and Qin Feng ate it to gain nine spirit attribute points.
• Qin Feng announced that he was selling Fine Steel Blades and buying beginner daggers for roasted meat.

Qin Feng traded steel blades for powerful beast corpses and equipment, then prepared to leave for the level-6 beast area. A forced resource wager between Novice Village No. 137 and Novice Village No. 911 began, leaving Village No. 911 anxious and pinning its hopes on Liu Xuan.

• Qin Feng offered steel blades in exchange for level-4 or level-5 ferocious beast corpses and listed thirteen blades for trade.
• Liu Xuan traded a tier-1 Strength Bracelet for one of Qin Feng's steel blades, and Qin Feng equipped it, raising his strength by seven.
• Qin Feng prepared to head out with his Blood Wolf War Blade when the Heavenly Dao announced that Novice Village No. 137 had forced a resource wager with Novice Village No. 911.
• The Heavenly Dao set the wager's stakes: the losing village would lose half its resources and 20 stat points per person, while the winning village would double its resources and gain 20 stat points per person.
• The Heavenly Dao declared that the first village to produce a level-5 powerhouse would win, with an additional reward for the first person to reach level 5.
• Villagers in Novice Village No. 911 panicked and looked to Liu Xuan, whom they believed was closest to level 5.

Qin Feng entered Novice Village No. 137’s chat after the Heavenly Dao linked the villages’ channels ahead of the resource wager. Edward revealed that he was a Blood Clan baron who expected nightfall to help him win, while Novice Village No. 137’s villagers celebrated his confidence.

• The Heavenly Dao disabled both villages’ ranking channels and linked their chats as it began the ten-minute countdown to the wager.
• Qin Feng entered Novice Village No. 137’s chat and learned its villagers were from Lighthouse Country, while Novice Village No. 911’s were from Dragon Nation.
• Edward appeared in the channel, called himself a noble member of the Blood Clan, and said he was level 4 at 370/1200 experience.
• Edward said he expected to reach level 5 quickly by hunting at night, when he could fight level 4 ferocious beasts alone.
• Edward explained that he had chosen Novice Village No. 911 because its number held special significance for Lighthouse Country, and promised to share his leveling progress.
• Most villagers in Novice Village No. 137 praised Edward and cheered for victory, despite one villager objecting to his challenge as undemocratic.

As the resource wager began, Qin Feng raced through the darkness toward stronger beasts while Liu Xuan rallied Novice Village No. 911 to help him catch up with Edward. Qin Feng killed a level 4 Lightning Marten, reached level 4, and continued toward the level 5 beast zone.

• Liu Xuan asked Novice Village No. 911 residents to help him find beasts, and Long Shan and Wu Yong later agreed to take him into the level 3 beast zone.
• Qin Feng left the cave after the wager began and used the unlocked maps to set a route toward the level 6 beast territory.
• Edward welcomed the maps that would help him find level 4 beasts, while Liu Xuan sent level 2 players to scout the level 3 zone in groups of ten.
• Qin Feng crossed the level 2 and level 3 beast zones and killed a level 4 Lightning Marten, gaining enough energy to reach level 4.
• Qin Feng extracted the Lightning Marten's corpse for 2 agility points and hurried toward the level 5 beast zone.

Qin Feng reached the level 6 ferocious beast zone, raised his combat power rating to 10 stars, and discovered a tier 2 Dragon Blood Fruit. The fruit was guarded by three terrifying giant beasts, leaving him to face them before he could claim it.

• Qin Feng killed a Golden-Eyed Biao, extracted strength from its corpse, and received a Fire Cloud Leopard corpse from Liu Xuan in a trade, which gave him agility.
• Qin Feng checked his attributes and found his combat power rating had reached 10 stars.
• Qin Feng read the No. 911 chat and learned that Liu Xuan's allies were helping him hunt level 3 beasts while they heard little from Edward.
• Qin Feng entered the level 6 zone and followed a fresh fragrance to a mountain hollow.
• Qin Feng used Eye of True Sight to identify a tier 2 Dragon Blood Fruit that could boost attributes and might grant dragon blood, but saw three giant beasts guarding it.

Qin Feng discovered that the level 6 bears in the mountain hollow possessed talents and confronted a king-tier Violent Bear King. After killing its two Mountain-Splitting Bear subordinates, he faced the enraged king as it went berserk and attacked.

• Qin Feng used Eye of True Sight to learn that the two level 6 Mountain-Splitting Bears had F-rank talents and the king-tier Violent Bear King had two E-rank talents and a skill.
• Qin Feng left his hiding place, and the two Mountain-Splitting Bears charged him while the Violent Bear King initially dismissed him.
• Qin Feng dodged the bears’ attacks and killed both Mountain-Splitting Bears, gaining 420 energy points.
• The Violent Bear King rose in fury, activated Bloodthirsty Berserk, and increased its combat power from 12 stars to 13 stars.
• The berserk Violent Bear King charged Qin Feng and brought its enormous paw down toward him.

Qin Feng used Flame Manipulation to break through the Violent Bear King's defenses and wore it down until its berserk state ended. He killed the weakened king beast and obtained energy, reputation, and a Bronze Treasure Chest.

• Qin Feng found that his blade could not pierce the berserk Bear King's steel-hard hide, so he imbued the Blood Wolf War Blade with fire.
• Qin Feng used the flaming blade to wound the Bear King repeatedly, while the blade's rending attribute kept its wounds bleeding.
• After ten minutes of fighting, the Bear King's berserk state ended, and it fled with its combat power greatly reduced.
• Qin Feng dodged the Bear King's turn-back swipe and killed it with a strike to the skull.
• Qin Feng gained 500 energy points and 2 reputation points, then picked up the Bronze Treasure Chest dropped by the Violent Bear King.

Qin Feng collected powerful rewards from the Bear King, consumed the Dragon Blood Fruit, and gained a trace of True Blood of the Dragon. After extracting attributes from a traded Ironhide Rhinoceros corpse, he was just 10 energy points from leveling up and checked on Edward and Liu Xuan.

• Qin Feng opened the bronze treasure chest and obtained the Bear King Battle Armor, then extracted the E-rank Bloodline Enhancement talent from the Bear King and 4 strength points from two other bears.
• Qin Feng ate the Dragon Blood Fruit and gained 5 points each in strength, agility, and constitution, then awakened a trace of dragon blood and gained another 21 attribute points.
• Qin Feng checked his stats and saw that his combat power assessment had reached the 11-star limit and that he had 5 unallocated attribute points.
• Liu Xuan traded Qin Feng an Ironhide Rhinoceros corpse for roast meat, and Qin Feng extracted 2 constitution points from it.
• Qin Feng realized he needed only 10 more energy points to level up and opened the Heavenly Dao chat channel to check on Edward and Liu Xuan.

Qin Feng ignored Edward’s boast that he would reach level 5 before dawn and hunted alone, while Liu Xuan admitted he could not reach level 5 until the following afternoon. Qin Feng reached level 5 first, winning the Resource Wager for Novice Village No. 911 and earning rewards for himself and the village.

• Wu Yong reported that Liu Xuan was close to level 4, while Edward announced he had reached level 4 and would reach level 5 before dawn.
• Qin Feng left the chat and tracked a level 6 Green-Eyed Giant Tiger through the forest, charging at it to fight.
• Liu Xuan told Novice Village No. 911 that he could not reach level 5 before the following afternoon, prompting Liu Yuan to give up and sell grilled meat.
• Qin Feng’s level 5 achievement was announced, making Novice Village No. 911 the winner of the Resource Wager.
• Novice Village No. 911 received 20 free attribute points per member and doubled resource rewards, while Qin Feng earned 3 reputation points, 50 attribute points, and a Silver Treasure Chest.

Qin Feng reached level 5 first, winning the resource wager for Novice Village No. 911 and earning a silver treasure chest. He opened it and obtained a tier 4 Wind Mark Blade.

• Qin Feng received 70 free attribute points as the level 5 achievement rewards arrived, while Novice Village No. 911 gained doubled resources.
• Novice Village No. 137 lost the wager, had its members lose 20 attribute points, and saw its resources halved.
• Novice Village No. 137's chat erupted into blame and threats against Edward, deepening the village's division.
• The wager ended, and the connection between the two novice areas' chat channels was severed.
• Qin Feng extracted 2 strength points from the Green-Eyed Giant Tiger, then opened the silver treasure chest and obtained the tier 4 Wind Mark Blade.

Qin Feng allocated his wager and level-up attribute points, increasing his combat power to 14 stars, then settled beside a mountain stream to eat and watch the channel. After a Bloodthirsty Horned Wolf attacked, he killed it effortlessly and prepared to use the scent of its blood and his cooking to attract more beasts.

• Qin Feng allocated 80 free attribute points evenly across strength, agility, constitution, and energy, raising his combat power assessment to 14 stars.
• Qin Feng roasted bear paws beside a stream and read channel members discuss leveling up and forming hunting teams.
• Liu Xuan traded Qin Feng a level 3 white fox corpse for 10 jin of roasted meat.
• A level 6 Bloodthirsty Horned Wolf lunged at Qin Feng, who killed it with one slash without leaving his seat.
• Qin Feng extracted energy and agility points from the white fox and wolf, kicked the wolf's corpse into the stream, and ate while waiting for more beasts to arrive.

Qin Feng finished hunting in the level 6 area, announced which beast corpses he still needed, and traded a refined steel saber for Gu Ming’s Resource Wager Token. He learned the token doubled the initiator’s rewards or penalties and ended the chapter receiving more beast corpses through trades.

• Qin Feng saw that he had nearly exhausted the beasts in the area and decided to move on before completing his level 6 extractions.
• Qin Feng announced in the chat that he would buy only level 3 white fox corpses, while continuing to buy level 4 and level 5 corpses.
• Gu Ming offered Qin Feng a Resource Wager Token, a novice short saber, and a mutated beast corpse in exchange for a tier 1 refined steel saber, and Qin Feng accepted.
• Qin Feng learned that the token could only be activated by the village’s highest-level person and doubled the initiator’s rewards or penalties.
• Qin Feng received notifications that Wu Yong and Hu Neng had traded beast corpses and a novice saber for his goods, then took out the corpses for extraction.

Qin Feng delayed the Resource Wager until daytime while preparing to enter the level 10 ferocious beast area, then discovered that hot tea restored mental energy and earned enough reputation to become a Novice Elite. After upgrading three novice short sabers, he prepared to travel through the night and begin the wager the next morning.

• Qin Feng finished extracting from four corpses and a mutated ferocious beast, gaining 11 attribute points, and announced that he would no longer buy level 3 corpses.
• Qin Feng told the village chat that the Resource Wager would wait until daytime, while secretly planning to reach the level 10 ferocious beast area first.
• Huang Longjing traded Qin Feng one jin of tea leaves for ten jin of roast meat, and Qin Feng used the Eye of True Sight to identify their effects.
• Qin Feng drank hot tea, restored his mental energy, and received a reputation point for discovering that hot tea relieved mental fatigue.
• Qin Feng reached 10 reputation, earned the Novice Elite title, and gained five points each in strength, agility, constitution, and mental energy.
• Qin Feng turned three novice short sabers into tier 1 fine steel sabers and set out to reach the level 10 area before dawn.

Qin Feng hunted his way from the level 6 area to the boundary of the level 10 area, leveling up and boosting his combat power. After completing trades and extractions, he reached the 17-star limit and set off toward the level 10 ferocious beast area.

• Qin Feng killed a Dark Night Owl with a thrown saber and extracted energy from it.
• Qin Feng killed a Sharp-Clawed Giant Ape, reached level 6, and gained attributes and free points.
• Qin Feng hunted through the higher-level areas, killing ferocious beasts and reaching the boundary of the level 9 and level 10 areas.
• Qin Feng received twelve level 4 ferocious beast corpses through trades and extracted attributes from them.
• Qin Feng told the chat channel he would only buy Lightning Marten corpses among level 4 beasts, then traded with Liu Yuan for a Lightning Marten corpse, a level 2 mutated beast corpse, and a beginner dagger.
• Qin Feng reached the 17-star combat power limit and headed toward the level 10 ferocious beast area.

Qin Feng entered the Bone Burial Wasteland and encountered nine level 10 Two-Headed Hellhounds. After killing one in a single strike and earning energy, judgment points, reputation, and a Darkness Seal Fragment, he was surrounded by the remaining eight, whose darkness attack lowered his combat power as they charged.

• Qin Feng followed a corpse stench across the Bone Burial Wasteland and found a level 10 mutant Two-Headed Hellhound.
• Eight more Two-Headed Hellhounds arrived and surrounded Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng dodged the first hellhound's attack and killed it with one slash.
• Qin Feng gained energy, judgment points, reputation, and a Darkness Seal Fragment from the kill.
• The eight remaining hellhounds used Hellfire and Darkness Erosion, reducing Qin Feng's combat power to 16 stars.
• The eight hellhounds lunged at Qin Feng together.

Qin Feng fought off a pack of Two-Headed Hellhounds and discovered the Lost Village, whose barrier he could not pass without a Dark Seal. After collecting a Bronze Treasure Chest, he learned that the regional chat channel had opened and entered it.

• Qin Feng survived the Hellhounds' encirclement, killed one, and drove the pack into a retreat.
• Qin Feng killed three more Hellhounds as they fled toward a novice village behind a protective barrier.
• Qin Feng killed another Hellhound and tried to follow the remaining three, but the barrier repelled him.
• The Heavenly Dao identified the place as the Lost Village and said Qin Feng needed the Dark Seal to enter.
• Qin Feng collected a Bronze Treasure Chest and a black seal fragment, then received an announcement that the regional chat channel had opened.
• Qin Feng opened the Heavenly Dao screen and entered the regional chat channel.

Qin Feng watched Novice Village No. 911 enter the regional chat, where players from other nations mocked the Dragon Nation and announced that Amir would challenge the village to a wager. Qin Feng left the chat to prepare for the wager, which was expected to begin in ten minutes.

• Liu Xuan revealed that he had reached level 5 and praised Qin Feng, whose level 6 progress far surpassed his own.
• Novice Village No. 911 connected to the regional chat as the 47th village, and Qin Feng joined the conversation.
• Players from other villages insulted the Dragon Nation and boasted that they had already defeated another Dragon Nation village.
• Amir of Village No. 446 was announced as the challenger; his allies said he had reached level 7 and was heading to the level 8 beast area to wager against Village No. 911.
• Qin Feng left the regional chat and closed the Heavenly Dao screen to prepare for the coming wager.

Qin Feng collected the hound corpses, advanced his Darkness talent and Judge class, and forged a Dark Seal to return to the Lost Village. As he prepared to open a bronze chest, Novice Village No. 446 initiated a Resource Wager against No. 911, setting a race to produce a level 8 powerhouse.

• Qin Feng learned that the Lost Village appeared only at night, then extracted Darkness Enhancement from a hound corpse.
• After combining repeated Darkness Enhancement talents, Qin Feng gained D-rank Darkness Manipulation and awakened the tier 2 skill Hellfire.
• Qin Feng advanced to level 2 Judge, gaining 20 points in each of his four attributes.
• Qin Feng collected six Dark Seal Fragments, combined five into a Dark Seal, and stored it for his return to the Lost Village that night.
• As Qin Feng prepared to open a bronze treasure chest, Novice Village No. 446 activated a Wager Token against No. 911, starting a race to reach level 8.

Qin Feng opened a bronze treasure chest and obtained Shadow Boots, then watched Asan Country organize teams to help Amir hunt Level 8 beasts for the Resource Wager. The chapter left Qin Feng confident that Asan Country’s boastful preparations would not guarantee victory.

• Qin Feng opened the bronze treasure chest and obtained Tier 2 Shadow Boots that increased his agility, defense, and movement speed.
• The village chat channels linked, and Qin Feng entered Village 446’s channel as the Resource Wager countdown began.
• Salman urged Asan villagers above Level 3 to form teams and help Amir find Level 8 ferocious beasts.
• Asan villagers argued over caste, and Salman declared that untouchables could not lead teams, citing Amir’s authority.
• Arman reported that Amir was Level 7 and needed 18,000 energy points to reach Level 8, while Salman told teams to report beast locations for Amir to hunt.
• Asan villagers cheered their expected victory, while Qin Feng dismissed their confidence.