Recaps

Shen Xing broke the first seal in the Dragon Tomb, awakening thousands of guardians and the level 29 Dragonblood Burrower boss. He assigned his commanders to hold off the guardians and attack the boss as the first battle began.

• Shen Xing's army defeated eight waves of Dragon Tomb Guardians and reached the southwestern edge of the Dragon Tomb.
• Shen Xing broke the tombstone beside the giant skeleton, activating the hidden quest to break five seals and defeat the beasts' souls within them.
• Thousands of Dragon Tomb Guardians emerged, and the giant skeleton transformed into the Dragonblood Burrower.
• A beam from the central monument revealed the boss's level, abilities, and other details to Shen Xing.
• Shen Xing assigned his commanders and troops to contain the guardians, support the front, and attack the Dragonblood Burrower.
• Hellscream opened the battle by launching two black Flame Tornadoes at the boss.

Shen Xing’s forces fought the Dragon Tomb Guardians while Hellscream and Xiao Hei battled the Dragonblood Burrower. After surviving the monster’s ground spikes, they faced its Soul-Piercing Shriek as Black Arrow fired a Deep Freeze Arrow to interrupt it.

• Xiao Hei wounded the Dragonblood Burrower, and Shen Xing coordinated the heroes and imps to dodge its sweeping attack and bombard its hardened armor.
• Da Hou and the orc horde broke into the Dragon Tomb Guardians’ ranks while Gorehowl’s wolf riders flanked them and sowed chaos among the enemy.
• At Xia Wanyin’s request, the Light Knight joined the battle and unleashed the Arsenal of Light, helping Shen Xing’s forces gain the upper hand.
• After two imp volleys cracked the burrower’s shell, Shen Xing recognized its ground spike attack and ordered Xiao Hei to shield himself and Hellscream.
• The burrower began gathering its Soul-Piercing Shriek, and Black Arrow fired a Deep Freeze Arrow at it on Shen Xing’s command.

Shen Xing’s forces killed the Dragonblood Burrower after exposing its underground ambushes, and the boss dropped valuable rewards. After the troops cleared the remaining Dragon Tomb Guardians, Shen Xing’s forces collected a large haul of souls and Black Dragon Scales.

• The Dragonblood Burrower burrowed underground and began dragging lesser demons away to recover its strength.
• Xia Wanyin sensed the worm’s position, and Xiao Hei’s chain struck it while it attacked; Hellscream dragged it out of the ground.
• Leina and the lesser demon legion killed the Dragonblood Burrower, which dropped a gold scythe, a Tier Three Boss Soul, a Giant Worm Core, and Greater Soul Stones.
• Shen Xing sent his commanders and the lesser demon legion to help Gorehowl clear the remaining Dragon Tomb Guardians.
• Gorehowl killed the last Dragon Tomb Guardian Priest, and the troops gathered thousands of Soul Stones, soul fragments, and Black Dragon Scales.

Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin continued through the Dragon Tomb after defeating the Dragonblood Burrower, collecting valuable loot and assigning its great scythe to Xiao Hei. At the second giant skeleton, they faced a Silver-Winged White-Armored Serpent, and Shen Xing organized his forces as the new battle began.

• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin counted their rewards and losses, then led their troops toward the next target.
• Shen Xing inspected the Dragonblood Burrower’s soul and advancement material, then gave its Reaper’s Great Scythe to Xiao Hei.
• The second giant skeleton awakened as a Silver-Winged White-Armored Serpent while Dragon Tomb Guardians emerged around the army.
• Shen Xing ordered Xiao Guang and Xiao Hei to engage the serpent, sent Gorehowl to support them, and assigned Hellscream to fight the Guardians.
• Xiao Guang blocked the serpent’s venom with a shield of light, and Xiao Hei met its sweeping tail with a Black Moon Death Shield.

Shen Xing’s forces defeated the Silver-Winged White-Armored Giant Snake and cleared the remaining Dragon Tomb Guardians, gaining valuable souls, advancement materials, and equipment. He gave the silver scale armor to Xia Wanyin for Xiao Guang as the army continued toward the northeast bones.

• Shen Xing coordinated his troops as they dodged and interrupted the giant snake’s attacks, then restrained it while Leina’s Meteor Spell and the fireballs killed it.
• The snake’s death advanced the tomb’s unsealing progress to 2/5 and yielded a Tier Three boss soul, a venom sac, and silver scale armor.
• Shen Xing’s army wiped out the remaining Dragon Tomb Guardians, and Shen Xing counted the casualties and collected the battlefield spoils.
• Shen Xing inspected the boss’s loot and decided to consign its poison-type advancement material because his territory had no troops suited to it.
• Shen Xing gave the Silver-Winged Scale Armor to Xia Wanyin for Xiao Guang, and the army resumed its march toward the northeast bones.

Shen Xing’s forces fought through the Dragon Tomb, claimed equipment from two bosses, and approached the final sealed enemy. After Shen Xing awakened the last grave, a fifteen-meter stone giant emerged in golden light.

• Xiao Hei and Black Arrow slowed the Earth-Splitting Savage Bull, and Leina killed it with a Meteor Spell.
• Shen Xing used the Holy Chalice of Rain to extinguish the Heavenly Cloud Flamingo’s fire zone, though nearly five hundred troops fell across the two battles.
• Shen Xing gave the Bull Horn Helm to Da Hou and the Crimson Plume Robe to Leina.
• The troops reached a massive pile of boulders as the final gravestone’s seal neared breaking, and Shen Xing destroyed it with Hand of the Void.
• Dragon Tomb Guardians emerged in greater numbers, and the boulders assembled into a stone giant whose stone exterior peeled away to reveal golden light.

Shen Xing’s orcs fought the Golden Stone Giant, using its attacks to grow stronger until Hellscream transformed into a Doomsday Judicator and launched a counterattack. Hellscream brought his flaming battle axe down toward the giant’s head.

• The Golden Stone Giant killed hundreds of charging orcs with devastating punches and stomps while Desperate Brawl increased the survivors’ power.
• Hellscream’s Agility rose above twelve thousand as the cannon-fodder orcs were wiped out.
• Hellscream activated Avatar: Doomsday Judicator form, growing larger and boosting his Agility to fourteen thousand.
• Shen Xing ordered Hellscream to destroy the Golden Stone Giant, and Hellscream rushed in and swung his flaming axe at its head.

Shen Xing’s forces cleared the Dragon Tomb Guardians while Hellscream fought the golden stone giant, but the giant launched a devastating skill that threatened the whole army. As the golden giant began descending from the cavern ceiling, Hellscream raced upward to intercept him.

• Hellscream battled the golden stone giant while Shen Xing sent the troops to attack the Dragon Tomb Guardians.
• Gorehowl, Da Hou, and the empowered orcs routed the Guardians, while Leina and the Dretch Legion supported Hellscream from range.
• After the main battlefield was cleared, the ranged troops joined the assault on the stone giant, and Leina summoned a flaming Heavenly Cloud Flamingo to strike him.
• Hellscream severed the giant’s arm, but the giant launched into the air and prepared to use the Leader Rank skill Destroy Heaven and Earth.
• Shen Xing recognized the danger as the giant descended, and Hellscream flew upward to meet him.

Hellscream destroyed the Golden Stone Giant, completing the Dragon Tomb’s unsealing and freeing the Black Dragon Lord Kazdoreth. As Kazdoreth offered Shen Xing a reward, the Blue Dragon Lord Maragus emerged and was revealed as the traitor who had sealed him away.

• Hellscream focused his flames into the Blackwater Greataxe and shattered the Golden Stone Giant with a mighty blow.
• Shen Xing collected the giant’s valuable loot as its remains fell and the fifth unsealing crack appeared on the tombstone.
• The Dragon Tomb grounds split open, and the enormous Black Dragon Lord Kazdoreth emerged after ten thousand years in captivity.
• Kazdoreth recognized Shen Xing as his benefactor and promised him ample compensation for helping him escape.
• A Dragon Tomb Guardian corpse transformed into the Blue Dragon Lord Maragus, whom Kazdoreth identified as the traitor who had sealed him away.

Blue Dragon Lord Maragus revealed that he had waited thousands of years to take over Black Dragon Lord Kazdoreth’s body, then trapped him with a forbidden magic array and began extracting his origin. Shen Xing and his companions remained helpless as Kazdoreth’s power drained away.

• Kazdoreth and Maragus explained how Maragus had waited in the Dragon Tomb to seize Kazdoreth’s body and use it to regain power.
• Kazdoreth and Maragus clashed, but Maragus stopped Kazdoreth’s attacks with his magic.
• Kazdoreth tried to self-destruct and offered Shen Xing a way into his hidden treasure space, but Maragus activated a forbidden array that suppressed everyone’s energy.
• Maragus pinned Kazdoreth down and began absorbing the Black Dragon Lord’s origin and life force.

The Blue Dragon Lord's soul began draining the attributes of Shen Xing and everyone on the battlefield, but the Flower of Mist turned the ritual around and started returning the stolen energy. The chapter ended with Shen Xing reaching his current tier's attribute limit and being prompted to choose whether to stop draining or strengthen other units.

• The Blue Dragon Lord activated a Soul-Draining Ritual that weakened Shen Xing, Xia Wanyin, the heroes, and their troops.
• Xia Wanyin offered Shen Xing teleportation scrolls so they could escape, but the Flower of Mist began absorbing the energy around them.
• The Blue Dragon Lord focused the ritual on Shen Xing, only to discover that the human's energy seemed endless and that he could no longer control the flow.
• The Flower of Mist reversed its spin, sending the Blue Dragon Lord's energy into Shen Xing and restoring his attributes.
• Shen Xing reached his attribute limit for his current tier and received a choice to stop draining or strengthen other units.

Shen Xing used the Blue Dragon Lord’s draining power to strengthen his troops and the Black Dragon Lord before Maragus was absorbed by the Flower of Mist. As Maragus’s immense origin threatened to make Shen Xing explode, the Black Dragon Lord intervened, and Shen Xing unexpectedly fused the origins of two dragon lords.

• Shen Xing directed the energy draining Maragus into Xia Wanyin, Leina, and his commanders and troops, enhancing them to their limits.
• Shen Xing offered the excess power to Old Black, who regained his strength and refused Maragus’s plea for rescue.
• Maragus’s body vanished as the Flower of Mist absorbed his origin, which flowed into Shen Xing and began overwhelming his body.
• The Black Dragon Lord injected his own power of origin into Shen Xing to strengthen him and prevent him from exploding.
• Shen Xing fused Maragus’s origin with the Black Dragon Lord’s power, manifesting a two-colored dragon phantom and astonishing Old Black.

Shen Xing fused Maragus’s soul with Kazdoreth’s origin power and awakened the legendary Dragon Lord class. After gaining powerful dragon abilities, he transformed into a blue dragon form, stood on his own feet, and thanked Kazdoreth, who warned him that the world held dangers beyond his understanding.

• Kazdoreth let the Flower of Mist continue draining his origin power until his aura weakened below the level he had after breaking the seal.
• Shen Xing fused Maragus’s soul with Kazdoreth’s physical origin power, triggering the awakening of the legendary Dragon Lord class.
• Shen Xing completed the awakening and gained Dragon Lord Authority, two dragon avatars, Dragon Lord Majesty, and permanent attribute boosts.
• Shen Xing transformed into his blue dragon form, stood up from his wheelchair, and demonstrated his power by summoning a storm of magical stars.
• Shen Xing thanked Kazdoreth, who dismissed his attempt at familiarity and warned him to keep working hard because the world was more dangerous than he imagined.

Shen Xing pressured Kazdoreth into handing over the promised rewards and condensing the black dragon soul’s true spirit before the Black Dragon Lord departed. With the Dragon Tomb battle over, Shen Xing and his forces prepared to return to the territory and sort through their spoils.

• Shen Xing appealed to Kazdoreth’s sympathy for his fallen soldiers until the Black Dragon Lord gave him the Blood of the Black Dragon King, a scale, the Shadow Dragon Nest, and a secret treasure.
• Shen Xing reminded Kazdoreth of his promise to revive the black dragon soul, and Kazdoreth condensed her true spirit so Shen Xing could later merge it with a suitable living body.
• Kazdoreth promised to answer Shen Xing’s call once against a powerful enemy, then flew away to recover.
• Xia Wanyin told Shen Xing to stop acting after Kazdoreth left, and Shen Xing directed his commanders to bury the dead and bring the troops and chariots back.
• Shen Xing returned to his wheelchair, changed back to his usual appearance, and left with Xia Wanyin and Leina to return to the territory and sort through their haul.

After returning to the city, Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin divided the immense loot from their battle and quest. Xia Wanyin left with the souls and Golden Eyes she needed, while Shen Xing kept the rarest remaining treasures.

• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin counted the haul, including nearly 200,000 Soul Stones, Elite souls, and thousands of dragon scales, then gave Xia Wanyin a fifth of the basic materials.
• They examined the boss loot and quest rewards, which included an Overlord Rank soul, four Leader Rank souls, advancement materials, the Blood of the Black Dragon King, and a Shadow Dragon Nest.
• Xia Wanyin proposed dividing the special loot according to their contributions and asked to buy three Leader Rank souls for 120,000 contribution points each; Shen Xing gave her all four souls and an advancement material.
• Shen Xing offered Xia Wanyin the Overlord Rank soul, but she declined because she could not use it yet.
• Xia Wanyin asked to buy the two Golden Eyes, and Shen Xing gave them to her for free; she became tearful, thanked him and Leina, then left to transfer the resources and send the contribution points.

Shen Xing examined the Golden Stone Giant’s loot, deciding to trade its Overlord soul while saving its heart for Xu Jiayi. He used a Guardian Recruitment Scroll and summoned Tirion Fordring, whose impressive defensive and support abilities left Shen Xing stunned.

• Shen Xing counted his rewards and inspected the Golden Stone Giant’s Overlord Rank soul, deciding not to give it to Xu Jiayi because she could not use it yet.
• Shen Xing examined the Heart of Gold and Stone and decided to give it to Xu Jiayi to strengthen her stone giant.
• Shen Xing used the Guardian Recruitment Scroll and summoned an aged knight who introduced himself as Tirion Fordring of the Silver Hand.
• Shen Xing and Tirion Fordring shook hands and formed a contract, with Tirion promising to protect Shen Xing with the Holy Light.
• Shen Xing inspected Tirion Fordring’s attributes and skills, discovering his powerful defensive, healing, and support abilities.

Shen Xing examined the Black Dragon Lord’s gifts, recruited Fordring as a guardian, and established a Shadow Dragon Nest. After starting its first egg hatching, he opened the dragon’s secret treasure and discovered coins, a robe, a skill book, and gems.

• Shen Xing sent Fordring to rest, and Leina explained that the Holy Light had preserved his memories and true spirit.
• Shen Xing inspected the Black Dragon Lord’s essence blood and scale, deciding to save the blood for a dragon hero and give the scale to Fordring as a shield.
• Shen Xing placed the Shadow Dragon Nest in the territory and spent resources to begin hatching a Shadow Dragon egg.
• Shen Xing opened the Giant Dragon’s Secret Treasure and collected coins, a Dragon Priest Robe, a Sacrifice Contract skill book, and three gems.

After returning from the Dragon Tomb, Shen Xing equipped a powerful robe, gained a hidden class that let him transform into formidable arcane and dragon forms, and prepared to handle a demonic dragon soul. A warning that another lord had occupied his Soul Stone Mine and killed his workers prompted him to set out with Leina and Fordring to confront the offender.

• Shen Xing examined the Dragon Tomb loot, equipped the Dragon Priest Robe, and saved a Sacrifice Pact skill book for Qin Lang.
• Shen Xing demonstrated his newly awakened hidden class, reaching Tier Three strength in his arcane form and displaying destructive power in his dragon form.
• Shen Xing considered how to revive the demonic dragon soul in the ring, then planned to visit the Player Association and deal with the Overlord soul.
• Shen Xing received a warning that a medium-sized Soul Stone Mine had been occupied and several workers and troops had been killed.
• Shen Xing summoned Leina and Fordring, gave Fordring the Black Dragon Reverse Scale, and set off with them on Fried Chicken to confront the other lord.

Shen Xing investigated the attack on his Soul Stone Mine and learned that a fast-moving woman had killed its guards and workers. The assassin, Demon Blade, ambushed him for a bounty, but Fordring blocked her first strike and Shen Xing revealed his strength by stopping her second attack and standing up.

• Shen Xing, Leina, and Fordring reached the Soul Stone Mine and found the orc guards and several laborers dead.
• Fordring performed a rite over the corpses, and Leina sensed that one attacker had likely killed them all.
• The surviving laborers told Shen Xing that a swift woman with long hair, blue eyes, and black clothes had attacked and vanished into the mist.
• Demon Blade revealed that she had identified Shen Xing, lured him out by occupying the mine, and attacked him to claim the bounty on his head.
• Fordring shielded Shen Xing from Demon Blade's first strike, but her second attack shattered Shen Xing's wheelchair.
• Shen Xing caught Demon Blade's wrist, stopped her blade, and stood up, leaving her stunned by his strength and apparent lack of disability.

Shen Xing captured Demon Blade after she attacked his territory and learned that Gideon had placed a bounty on him. He pretended to accept her oath and release her, then used her for an experiment that began transforming her with a powerful soul.

• Shen Xing broke Demon Blade’s wrist as she attacked, and Mr. Fordring knocked her unconscious with a hammer of holy light when she fled.
• Shen Xing questioned the bound Demon Blade and learned that Gideon’s bounty had led her to his territory; she warned that major factions were also hunting him.
• Demon Blade offered to compensate him and swore not to reveal his location, so Shen Xing pretended to agree to let her go.
• Shen Xing said he wanted to test merging a soul into a player’s body, and Demon Blade agreed to cooperate after confirming she would be released.
• Shen Xing put a black soul into Demon Blade, whose body began changing as dragon scales appeared and her eyes became vertical pupils; she realized the soul was devouring her.

Shen Xing successfully resurrected Onyxia, a Shadow Dragon who had been possessing Demon Blade, and recruited her into his territory. After inspecting her powerful abilities, he rewarded the mine workers and prepared to leave with Onyxia and his companions.

• Demon Blade's consciousness faded, and Onyxia awakened in her body with memories of both her past as a dragon and Demon Blade's life.
• Onyxia told Shen Xing that she was a female Tier Four dragon whose soul had been sealed in a ring, and she pledged loyalty to him.
• Shen Xing recruited Onyxia as a level 24, two-star Boss Shadow Dragon and learned that she could switch between an assassin's human form and a destructive dragon form.
• Shen Xing inspected Onyxia's abilities and considered using the Black Dragon Lord's blood to evolve her into a hero after they returned.
• Shen Xing promised the mine workers rewards, gave them food, and arranged for more troops to guard the mine.
• Shen Xing mourned his destroyed wheelchair, briefly considered Onyxia as a replacement mount, and then rode Fried Chicken away.

Shen Xing prepared to sell an Overlord Rank soul and trade for resources at the Player Association, bringing Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi along. After they arrived, he revealed that the Anomaly Handling Bureau had granted him access to a VIP room.

• Shen Xing returned to the real world, invited Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi to the Player Association, and packed six treasures from the Flower of Mist.
• Shen Xing cared for Duoduo and learned from Yu Feifei that she was exploring a palace in the Void Realm and had captured several Transcendent Rank puppets.
• Shen Xing summoned Fried Chicken and flew to the Player Association, where Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi arrived on their new flying mounts.
• Qin Lang introduced his Foul Gas Hippopotamus, Dabao, whose foul breath disgusted Shen Xing and Xu Jiayi.
• Shen Xing led Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi to a VIP room and explained that the Anomaly Handling Bureau had upgraded his access for free.

Shen Xing exchanged valuable treasures with Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang before meeting Trading Association manager Ding Han to sell items and trade for advancement materials. The chapter ended with Ding Han, Qin Lang, and Xu Jiayi stunned by the Overlord Rank soul Shen Xing revealed.

• Shen Xing explained the golden stone heart and Sacrifice Pact skill book to Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang, who worried they could not repay his generosity.
• Xu Jiayi gave Shen Xing a mysterious advanced training ground, and Qin Lang offered him an epic-grade demonic vine seed he had obtained from a crippled demonic tree.
• Shen Xing accepted both gifts, then told Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang he planned to sell more items and buy resources before they went out together.
• Ding Han arrived, and Shen Xing asked him to consign three Tier Three advancement materials in exchange for materials suited to fire mages, orcs, or skeleton archers.
• Shen Xing opened his bag to show Ding Han another item, and the manager recognized it as an Overlord Rank soul, shocking everyone in the room.

Shen Xing offered an earth-element Overlord Rank soul for trade, prompting Zhang Yu to meet him and offer two rare items in exchange. The chapter ended as Zhang Yu explained a six-realm path for cultivating mental power.

• Shen Xing told Ding Han that he wanted to trade his Overlord Rank soul, and Ding Han contacted his superiors because such souls were strategic resources.
• Jiang Rong informed Zhang Yu that Shen Xing was offering an earth-element Overlord Rank soul, and Zhang Yu recognized that Shen Xing must have killed an Overlord Rank creature.
• Zhang Yu arrived at the Player Association's VIP room with Jiang Rong and Elder Wang, then offered to exchange the soul for items Shen Xing needed.
• Zhang Yu presented the Goddess of Evolution Temple, which granted daily evolution slots that could advance troops from Tier One to Tier Two without breakthrough materials.
• Zhang Yu offered a mental power cultivation manual and explained that mental power developed through six realms: initiation, control, manifestation, empowerment, resonance, and domain.

Zhang Yu demonstrated the third realm of mental power and traded Shen Xing a complete set of cultivation manuals for an Overlord Rank soul. Jiang Rong tried to heal Shen Xing’s legs with her blood-based abilities, failed, and summoned Cordelia to try a Divine Grace Spell.

• Zhang Yu demonstrated Manifestation by forming a huge mental fist that dispersed a dark cloud, then explained human cultivation systems and their manuals.
• Shen Xing agreed to trade the pale golden Overlord Rank soul for Zhang Yu’s complete set of mental power cultivation manuals.
• Zhang Yu suggested that Jiang Rong use her Holy Blood Priest abilities to heal Shen Xing’s legs.
• Jiang Rong repeatedly wounded her palms and cast Holy Blood Healing, but Shen Xing’s legs did not change and she collapsed from blood loss.
• Jiang Rong summoned Cordelia, her Oracle Priest, and asked her to cast Divine Grace Spell on Shen Xing’s legs.