Chapter Summaries

After waking beside Leina, Shen Xing noticed that the territory felt more real and sampled Nimue’s new dishes. The chapter ended with him learning that the roujiamo-like food contained insect eggs.

• Shen Xing woke after spending the night with Leina and received bonuses to Spirit and fire resistance from their soul exchange.
• Nimue brought Shen Xing to the food processing plant to try Moonfire Fried Meat, which increased fire resistance and strength.
• Shen Xing collected hundreds of purple- and gold-quality cutlets for use as battle food.
• Nimue served Shen Xing a new flatbread sandwich, and he praised its taste before she revealed that she had added insect eggs.

Shen Xing recovered from Nimue’s bug-egg meat pie and inspected the completed Hell War Chariots before Hellscream reached level 19 and underwent another evolution. The chapter ended with Hellscream’s class changing to Doomsday Judicator and a new exclusive skill activating.

• Shen Xing discovered Nimue had put bug eggs in his meat pie and spent more than ten minutes vomiting before recovering.
• One-Eyed Logan showed Shen Xing three completed Hell War Chariots, and Shen Xing invited volunteers to train as their drivers.
• Orcs and Black Moon Knights started the chariots and drove them into an open area in the outer city.
• Shen Xing sensed Hellscream’s powerful aura and found that he had reached level 16.
• Shen Xing gave Hellscream three dewdrops, which raised him to level 19, then used Life-Sacrifice Evolution on him.
• Hellscream evolved to Boss★, changed classes from Hell Vanguard to Doomsday Judicator, and gained the exclusive skill Avatar: Doomsday Judicator.

Hellscream evolved into the Doomsday Judicator, gaining a powerful transformation and three exclusive skills, and Shen Xing decided to return to the Dragon Tomb with Xia Wanyin and his troops. After recruiting Leina and assembling his forces, Shen Xing prepared to depart.

• Hellscream reached Leader Rank and gained the Doomsday Judicator transformation, which boosted his attributes and granted him three powerful skills.
• Hellscream told Shen Xing that he was certain to defeat a Tier Three Boss in a one-on-one fight, prompting Shen Xing to decide to enter the Dragon Tomb again.
• Shen Xing contacted Xia Wanyin, who agreed to join him with about three hundred Light Spirits and her max-level hero Xiao Guang.
• Leina arrived, said she felt well, and agreed to accompany Shen Xing to the Dragon Tomb.
• Shen Xing called his combat troops to assemble, and the territory's orcs, skeletons, Infernals, and other forces gathered at the village entrance.

Shen Xing prepared an overwhelming force for a return to the Dragon Tomb, recruiting a thousand orcs to strengthen his army and support Hellscream’s battle ability. Xia Wanyin arrived with her Light Spirits and hero, ready to join him.

• Shen Xing assigned skeleton archers, wolf riders, and Treant Warriors to defend the territory, then gathered the rest of his forces for the Dragon Tomb.
• Shen Xing spent resources to recruit a thousand common orcs, whose deaths could boost the other orcs through Hellscream’s Desperate Brawl.
• The orc count activated the Greenskin Frenzy thousand-member bond, while the territory population reached 2,048 of its 2,200 limit.
• Xia Wanyin contacted Shen Xing and arrived at his gate with more than two hundred Light Spirits, her lantern, and her light knight.
• Xia Wanyin marveled at Shen Xing’s army, and he explained that he had brought extra troops to prevent surprises.

Shen Xing brought more than two thousand troops to the Dragon Tomb to break the Black Dragon Lord Kazdoreth’s five seals, after securing Kazdoreth’s oath that he would not harm them. The force advanced toward a giant skeleton, where its first wave of Dragon Tomb Guardians emerged and was swiftly destroyed.

• Shen Xing organized his forces and used Hell War Chariots to transport them to the Black Sky Wing Mountain Range.
• After gathering his troops at the Dragon Tomb, Shen Xing called to Kazdoreth, who said the force should be enough to undo the seals.
• Shen Xing asked Kazdoreth to swear he would not attack them after being unsealed, and Kazdoreth swore on his true name.
• Shen Xing ordered the troops to advance southwest toward the giant skeleton, and more than thirty Dragon Tomb Guardians appeared.
• The troops bombarded the guardians with green fireballs, killing them, and the orcs collected the Soul Stones and soul fragments.

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.