Recaps

Shen Xing killed Grayson Hughes and collected the spoils from the battlefield and cargo crates in Flowing Oil Valley. He opened Grayson's backpack and uncovered more valuable resources, including Ancient Spirit Wood.

• Shen Xing killed Grayson Hughes with a single blow, while the injured woman escaped using a teleportation skill.
• Shen Xing let the woman escape and ordered his forces to clear the battlefield and collect the equipment and materials.
• Shen Xing stored the recovered knight armor, weapons, and Blood Origin Cult supplies, including 4,000 Greater Soul Stones and 100 kilograms of Mithril.
• Shen Xing looted Grayson's Mad Demon Battle Axe, armor, Tier Four soul, advancement material, and Kodo Beast backpack.
• Shen Xing opened the backpack and obtained Soul Stones, Vinar coins, and three pieces of Ancient Spirit Wood.

After defeating the Blood Origin Cult and the Lion Knights, Shen Xing returned to his territory with a vast haul and began sorting through the spoils. He chose to bring the badly injured Xiao Zuanfeng back for treatment and was examining the captured horse armor when the chapter ended.

• Shen Xing ordered Leina to burn the corpses and his troops to erase their own traces while preserving the enemies’.
• Shen Xing learned that Xiao Zuanfeng was gravely injured, then ordered Fordring to take him back and try to save him.
• Shen Xing returned to the territory on Fried Chicken and counted thousands of Greater Soul Stones, tens of thousands of Soul Stones, and other loot.
• Shen Xing examined the Lion Knights’ armor and decided to give the purple sets to the Black Moon Knights and the gold set to Fordring.
• Shen Xing took out a set of Lion Knights Full Barding and began inspecting it.

Shen Xing examined powerful equipment and blueprints from his spoils, including a Mad Demon Battle Axe for Hellscream and plans for siege weapons and stronger walls. He decided to upgrade all 470 sections of the territory’s city wall, but the required materials made him hesitate.

• Shen Xing stored adaptive horse armor and Tungsten Steel Spears, planning to equip the Black Moon Knights with them.
• Shen Xing examined the Mad Demon Battle Axe and decided it would give Hellscream a major combat boost by resetting his skill cooldowns.
• Shen Xing evaluated blueprints for a Large Storm War Crossbow and specialized bolts, then planned to have Logan and the others produce several crossbows.
• Shen Xing learned the Level 3 Alloy City Wall blueprint and chose to upgrade the territory’s 470 wall sections.
• Shen Xing saw the enormous material cost of the wall upgrade and reacted with dismay.

Shen Xing examined the blood essences and other loot he had obtained, discovering that one could help experts reach Grandmaster Rank. He fitted an Unknown Fragment into his seven-petaled lotus lamp, triggering a dazzling transformation that left its full effects unknown.

• Shen Xing upgraded his territory walls at a cost of 700,000 Soul Stones.
• Shen Xing examined Pure Black Blood and Purple Abyss Holy Blood, learning that they could advance experts but that both carried risks.
• Shen Xing decided to keep his identity secret if he sold the blood essences, since Weideng Royal City and the Blood Origin Cult might hunt him.
• Shen Xing inspected the Voice of the Hundred Beasts skill book and decided to trade it for a mental skill.
• Shen Xing matched the Unknown Fragment to a missing petal on his seven-petaled lotus lamp and fitted it into place.
• The lotus lamp erupted in green light, dispelled fog within ten thousand meters, and appeared to transform into a sacred object.

Shen Xing repaired the Unknown Lotus Lantern with its first fragment, unlocking a group teleport and starting a quest to collect all seven fragments. After beginning a bonfire upgrade and giving Yu Feifei a valuable skill book, he prepared to go to the Anomaly Handling Bureau, while Yu Feifei stayed at his house to study.

• Shen Xing restored part of the Unknown Lotus Lantern, gaining a five-second invincibility barrier and a teleport for up to 100 allies, and triggered the Lost Lotus Flame quest at 1/7 fragments.
• Shen Xing began upgrading the Great Bonfire to a Sacred Flame Platform and assigned Logan and Aqi to reforge equipment and make Storm Crossbow Bolts.
• Shen Xing prepared to visit the Anomaly Handling Bureau to sell a Tier Four soul and trade Knight's Broken Blade materials.
• Yu Feifei brought Shen Xing seafood congee, and he gave her the Voice of the Hundred Beasts skill book she had been seeking.
• Yu Feifei accepted the skill book and decided to study it at Shen Xing's house while he was away.

Shen Xing visited the association to exchange a Leader Rank soul and other materials, and learned that Elder Wang had broken through to Master Rank. After Shen Xing sold the soul, Jiang Rong began arranging materials for him.

• Shen Xing left Yu Feifei at his home and flew to the association on Fried Chicken.
• Players in the lobby crowded around Shen Xing for photos and questions, so he messaged Ding Han for help.
• Ding Han and security guards escorted Shen Xing to the top floor, where Elder Wang and Jiang Rong were waiting.
• Elder Wang told Shen Xing that the Rain and Dew Essence and Shen Xing's lotus seed had helped him break through to Master Rank.
• Shen Xing showed Jiang Rong a Leader Rank soul and other materials, and she offered 856,000 contribution points for the soul.
• Shen Xing asked Jiang Rong to exchange the other materials for advancement materials, and the payment appeared in his account.

Shen Xing received an Exoskeleton Armor Blueprint as a reward and learned that Zhang Yu knew his territory’s location near the Blackwing Plains. He then spent nearly all his contribution points on materials and blueprints, including a Level 4 Lightning Tower Blueprint, before leaving the Pioneer Association.

• Zhang Yu gave Shen Xing the Exoskeleton Armor Blueprint and told him the Spiral Labyrinth would open in a week.
• Zhang Yu explained that the bounty Gideon had posted had helped reveal Shen Xing’s territory near the Blackwing Plains, though few people knew its location.
• Shen Xing asked how quickly Zhang Yu could reach the Blackwing Plains, considering whether he could seek help against Lord Haidesen.
• Shen Xing bought 45 Thunder Cores, 127 Pure Water Stones, an Advanced Blacksmith Shop Blueprint, and a Level 4 Lightning Tower Blueprint for nearly all his contribution points.
• Shen Xing left the Pioneer Association through the internal staff passage to avoid being surrounded.

Shen Xing returned home to find Yu Feifei had cleaned his house and cooked him shrimp congee, then traveled back to the Land of Mist with three blueprints. He built and upgraded blacksmith shops and examined a powerful Level 4 Lightning Tower blueprint, leaving the territory ready for further construction.

• Fried Chicken carried Shen Xing home, where he found Yu Feifei resting after cleaning and cooking; she asked to stay at his house with Duoduo while he was away, but he refused.
• Shen Xing ate Yu Feifei's shrimp congee, then sent materials and blueprints to the Land of Mist and returned there.
• Shen Xing examined the Exoskeleton Armor blueprint and learned it could greatly enhance troops, then considered the possibility of future mechas.
• Shen Xing built four blacksmith shops and began upgrading his original shop to an advanced blacksmith shop.
• Shen Xing examined the Level 4 Lightning Tower blueprint, which could upgrade a Level 3 arrow tower to attack multiple enemies with chain lightning, magic piercing, and paralysis.

Shen Xing expanded his territory’s defenses and food production plans, then used the Lotus Pond’s time acceleration to cultivate with his commanders ahead of the Spiral Labyrinth. At Flowing Oil Valley, a knight discovered the corpse horde, and a powerful order of knights arrived hours later.

• Shen Xing ordered Hellscream to build arrow towers and upgrade forty of them into lightning towers.
• Shen Xing inspected the fields and Finger Worm breeding area, noting the wheat harvest and the need to expand food supplies.
• Shen Xing activated double Time Acceleration in the Lotus Pond and discovered it did not let him use Life-Sacrifice Evolution more than once per day.
• Shen Xing and his commanders spent two days cultivating inside the Lotus Pond while only half a day passed outside.
• A silver-gray armored cavalryman encountered the corpse horde in Flowing Oil Valley and fled, and a heavily armed order of knights arrived several hours later.

A cavalry regiment investigated the massacre at Flowing Oil Valley and blamed the Blood Origin Cult, while a wounded woman approached the golden light surrounding Shen Xing’s territory. Shen Xing inspected newly reforged equipment and equipped his commanders and Black Moon Knights, leaving the territory’s forces substantially better armed.

• The greatsword knight’s cavalry regiment found Knight Commander Grayson and the Lion Knights dead, concluded that Grayson had provoked a battle with the Blood Origin Cult, and rode off to demand an explanation from the cult’s bishop.
• A severely wounded woman fled through the black mist toward a golden light and collapsed just before reaching it.
• Shen Xing and Leina visited Aqi’s blacksmith district, where Aqi showed them more than a hundred sets of reforged armor and weapons.
• Shen Xing gave Hellscream the Mad Demon Battle Axe and gave Fordring the Knight Commander’s Heavy Armor, upgrading both commanders’ equipment.
• Xiao Hei and Upper Rank One distributed the remaining gear to more than eighty Tier Two knights and over fifty peak Tier One knights, while Shen Xing set aside horse armor for the Kodo Beasts.

Shen Xing chose to rescue the unconscious Blood Origin Saintess and let her recover while his territory continued to grow. After she awoke, he visited her and asked where she thought she was.

• Shen Xing ordered the wounded Blood Origin Saintess to be brought inside and treated, wary of the sealed power Fordring sensed within her.
• Shen Xing spent the next two and a half days cultivating as his arrow towers repelled increasingly powerful monsters.
• The territory's advanced blacksmith shop finished upgrading, while Shen Xing improved his control over two metal spheres.
• Onyxia reported that the Saintess had awakened, and Shen Xing went with Leina to visit her.
• The Saintess asked Shen Xing where she was.

Shen Xing persuaded the injured Yiweishi to remain in his territory and accepted her damaged compass as thanks. After Yiweishi revealed her white beast ears, Shen Xing inspected the compass and learned that its guidance consumed luck and could carry a curse.

• Shen Xing introduced himself to Yiweishi, who thanked him for saving her and tried to leave despite her injuries because a powerful enemy might pursue her.
• Shen Xing urged Yiweishi to recover in his territory and promised to defend her, raising her favorability toward him.
• Yiweishi gave Shen Xing a damaged compass that had guided her to his territory, and he accepted it after she insisted.
• After Shen Xing and Leina left, Yiweishi removed her headscarf and revealed her trembling white beast ears.
• Shen Xing told Leina to keep watch over Yiweishi, then examined the compass and discovered its guidance cost luck and that its past users had suffered an eternal curse.

Shen Xing used the Wishing Needle to locate a monster gathering place and then hurried to the Blackwater River after Gorehowl found its ferryman. He stepped onto the Soul-Ferrying Boat despite its ten-year lifespan fare, and the attempted deduction failed.

• Shen Xing sacrificed one point of Luck to activate the Wishing Needle, but the Flower of Mist consumed the cost and the compass marked a route to a monster gathering place.
• Gorehowl reported finding the ferryman near the Blackwater River, and Shen Xing flew there with Leina, Onyxia, and old Fordring on Fried Chicken.
• The boatman demanded ten years of lifespan from anyone who boarded the Soul-Ferrying Boat.
• Shen Xing changed into his Ruin Black Dragon form and stepped onto the boat, but the system reported that the lifespan deduction had failed.

Shen Xing paid the Soul-Ferrying Boat’s fare for his subordinates and crossed the Blackwater River with them. A mysterious fisherman failed to catch a Soul Crystal Bream, then explained that its Soul Crystal could help Master Realm experts condense a Primordial Soul and reach the Grandmaster Realm.

• Shen Xing offered to pay the lifespan fare for Fordring, Leina, and the others, earning their admiration.
• The boatman accepted Shen Xing’s payment, and Fordring, Gorehowl, Leina, and Onyxia boarded the boat while the orc squads returned to the territory.
• A powerful creature struck the boat, but the boatman drove it away with his bamboo pole.
• Shen Xing discovered a hidden passenger fishing for Soul Crystal Bream and apologized after the old man noticed his appraisal.
• The fisherman lost his catch and told Shen Xing that a Soul Crystal could greatly strengthen the soul and save a Master Realm expert years on the path to Grandmaster Realm.

Shen Xing learned about the Soul Crystal Bream and traveled with his companions toward the Blackwater River’s white fog, where the boatman began fishing with rare, light-infused bait. As the boatman fought a powerful catch beneath the river, he summoned a vast ghostly claw.

• The boatman explained that every part of the Soul Crystal Bream was valuable and that its Soul Crystal could help Masters form a Primordial Soul.
• Shen Xing tested his lantern and learned that the Blackwater River suppressed light, while the boatman saved his flint-mine bait for the fish gathering at the river’s center.
• The boatman warned the passengers not to leave the boat or answer voices as they entered the white fog, where eerie pleas and sobs surrounded them.
• The boatman cast a ball of bright red light as bait, hooked a powerful creature, and began wearing it down while Shen Xing explained the need for patience.
• As the red light dimmed and the struggle continued, the boatman unleashed spiritual power and formed a huge black ghostly claw above the river.

Shen Xing revealed the lotus lamp on the Blackwater River, and its light dispersed the fog and stunned the fishing old man and the boatman. After inspecting the lamp, the old man asked Shen Xing to help him use it to catch Soul Crystal Bream.

• The fishing old man failed to catch a Soul Crystal Bream because his earth fire stone bait ran out of energy.
• Shen Xing lit his seven-petaled lotus lamp, which illuminated the Blackwater River and dispersed the fog.
• Shen Xing hid the lamp and denied taking anything out when the fishing old man asked about it.
• The fishing old man and the boatman inspected the unlit lamp but could not identify it, though the old man suspected it came from a forgotten ancient era.
• The fishing old man asked Shen Xing to use the lotus lamp to help him catch Soul Crystal Bream.

Shen Xing used the Unknown Lotus Lantern to attract Soul Crystal Bream for the old fisherman, triggering the hidden quest Trail of the Soul Fish. The lantern drew a whole school to the surface, and the old man began catching them in large numbers, leaving Shen Xing hopeful for his promised share.

• The old fisherman offered Shen Xing a Water-Repelling Pearl if he helped catch Soul Crystal Bream, and Shen Xing accepted the hidden quest after asking for one or two extra fish if there were any to spare.
• The old fisherman baited his line with a red light, and Shen Xing relit the Unknown Lotus Lantern to illuminate the Blackwater River.
• After several minutes, a Soul Crystal Bream leaped from the river and stared at Shen Xing's lantern, revealing that the light attracted the fish.
• A large school of Soul Crystal Bream began leaping toward the lantern, and Shen Xing urged the old fisherman to scoop them up.
• The old fisherman used a black landing net and a special jar to capture more than a dozen Soul Crystal Bream.

Shen Xing received the old man's rare fish after the old man completed his illustrated catalog, then learned how to raise Soul Crystal Bream and Blood Crystal Bream. The chapter left Shen Xing with a pregnant female Blood Crystal Bream and knowledge of the powerful Blood Soul Crystals her offspring could produce.

• The old man caught several Soul Crystal Bream, including two Blood Crystal Bream Kings, before ordering Shen Xing to extinguish the lotus lamp to avoid attracting creatures from the river bottom.
• Shen Xing glimpsed a massive underwater palace, while the old man explained that he stopped fishing to avoid provoking powerful creatures beneath the river.
• The old man used his illustrated catalog to record a black Soul Crystal Bream and a red Blood Crystal Bream, strengthening himself in the process.
• The old man gave Shen Xing the remaining fish and explained that they could be raised in water rich in life force or soul aura.
• The old man taught Shen Xing how to care for the bream and revealed that the female Blood Crystal Bream was carrying eggs.
• The old man explained that Blood Soul Crystals held over five times the soul power of ordinary Soul Crystals and could strengthen a Primordial Soul's attacks or awaken combat techniques.

Shen Xing accepted the Water-Repelling Pearl from Barton and considered how his Lotus Pond could turn the Soul Crystal Bream into a major source of wealth. After crossing the Blackwater River, he led his companions ashore and ordered them to explore the mist-covered land.

• Barton insisted Shen Xing accept the Water-Repelling Pearl and warned the boatman to keep the day's events secret.
• Shen Xing inspected the pearl's water-protecting abilities and considered accelerating the Soul Crystal Bream's growth in his Lotus Pond, though the Soul Stone costs and trading risks were formidable.
• The boatman reached the far shore and explained that he would wait there for half a day before making another crossing.
• Shen Xing asked Barton how he would find his territory, and the boatman explained that Barton had memorized Shen Xing's aura.
• After Barton departed into the mist, Shen Xing told Gorehowl and his other companions to split up and explore while staying in contact.

Shen Xing and his companions explored the Blackwing Plains, where Fordring discovered a large Soul Stone Mine and Gorehowl found a black gold vein with some Mithril. The chapter ended as Shen Xing and Fordring arrived at Gorehowl’s discovery.

• Shen Xing sent Gorehowl, Fordring, and Leina to explore separate parts of the plains while he flew with Onyxia.
• Shen Xing and Onyxia searched the plains, activating resource points and finding mostly small mineral veins and weak monster strongholds.
• Fordring reported a large Soul Stone Mine, and Shen Xing flew to the cave and occupied it despite the Blackwater River blocking access for mining.
• Gorehowl reported finding a black gold vein containing some Mithril, so Shen Xing and Fordring flew to meet him.

Shen Xing occupied a rich Black Gold Mine, then joined Leina to investigate a hidden cave beneath a forest of Corrupted Tree Spirits. The group entered an abandoned mine passage filled with strange underground plants and continued deeper, with its destination still unknown.

• Shen Xing inspected and occupied a medium Black Gold Mine containing Black Gold and Mithril, then led his generals to keep exploring the area.
• Leina reported finding a deep underground passage with strange plants and a powerful presence, so Shen Xing flew to her location with the others.
• Shen Xing and his group crossed a forest of Corrupted Tree Spirits and met Leina in a clearing among the monsters she had defeated.
• Leina showed Shen Xing the concealed cave entrance and explained that she had found it while clearing the attacking trees.
• Shen Xing ordered Fordring to lead the group into the cave, with Gorehowl guarding the rear and Onyxia hiding in the shadows.
• The group explored an abandoned mine passage, where Shen Xing found rusted tools and strange moss, lichen, and mycelium as they continued deeper underground.

Shen Xing and his generals discovered a vast underground world filled with glowing plants and mushrooms after Onyxia scouted beyond a strange opening. As they explored, several mushrooms rose from the soil and became humanoid creatures.

• Shen Xing and his generals waited for Onyxia to report, and she eventually said she was safe and scouting a wondrous place.
• Shen Xing led the group through the glowing opening and found an underground world of luminous plants, a river, and mushrooms of every size.
• The system identified the area as the Underground Mushroom Kingdom, and Shen Xing ordered the group to explore.
• Shen Xing and his generals approached several large blackish-gray mushrooms, which emerged from the soil as humanoid creatures.

Shen Xing’s party fought Mushroom Folk in an underground mushroom kingdom and discovered that their spawn could provide a plentiful food crop. As they continued through the kingdom, Shen Xing found a rare mushroom that could dramatically speed up livestock growth, though he still needed a way to cultivate it.

• Shen Xing ordered Onyxia to stop the fleeing Mushroom Folk, and she killed them with a swift attack from the shadows.
• The Mushroom Folk corpses exploded and left Soul Stones, materials, and Black Soil Mushroom Spawn, which Shen Xing collected.
• Shen Xing realized his Rain God's Blessing could speed up the spawn’s cultivation and double its yield, potentially supplying abundant food for his territory.
• Gorehowl asked about harvesting poisonous mushrooms, but Shen Xing warned him that mishandling them could endanger their own people.
• Knight Fordring spotted a milky-white mushroom, and Shen Xing dug it up with his spiritual power.
• Shen Xing identified the rare White-Fleshed Helmet Mushroom as a food and feed ingredient that could greatly increase livestock growth.

Shen Xing and his generals gathered valuable mushrooms while advancing through the underground mushroom kingdom, including gold-producing and beast-strength varieties. Near the kingdom’s center, a mushroom defense tower fired a powerful, corrosive shell that cracked Fordring’s shield.

• Shen Xing collected more than two hundred mushrooms in the fir forest, including five Gold Coin Mushrooms and four Beast Strength Mushrooms.
• Shen Xing led his generals across the plain, where Leina blasted attacking mushroom people and Shen Xing gathered their spoils.
• Shen Xing and his group approached the mushroom castle and spotted a tower-sized mushroom.
• The mushroom tower aimed its cannon at the group and fired a dark shell.
• Fordring blocked the attack with his Silver Shield, which cracked as the shell exploded and released corrosive dark purple powder.

Shen Xing and his allies destroyed a mushroom defense tower, then defeated the Mushroom Folk army it had drawn to them. They collected abundant loot, including a powerful dragon-blood potion, and Shen Xing examined its effects.

• Leina destroyed the mushroom defense tower with a fireball, alerting a nearby group of Mushroom Folk.
• Shen Xing ordered Fordring and Gorehowl to hold the front, Leina and himself to attack, and Onyxia to target the stronger enemies.
• Shen Xing, Leina, Fordring, Gorehowl, and Onyxia slaughtered the Mushroom Folk army, with Onyxia killing its last Tier Three captain.
• Shen Xing gathered the battlefield loot, including mushroom spawn, Soul Stones, and a Tier Three Mushroom Folk advancement material.
• Gorehowl searched the mushroom houses and brought Shen Xing more spawn and two Boiling Dragon Blood Potions.
• Shen Xing inspected a potion and learned it could greatly boost attributes or raise a dragon-blooded troop's rank, but caused severe exhaustion afterward.