Chapter Summaries

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.

Shen Xing’s legs resisted both Holy Light and Zhang Yu’s spiritual power, leading Zhang Yu to suspect a curse or hidden secret. Meanwhile, Xia Wanyin used Golden Eyes in an attempt to regain her sight, but although they failed to cure her blindness, she awakened a special ability.

• Cordelia and Zhang Yu failed to heal Shen Xing’s legs, and Zhang Yu suspected they were cursed or concealed a secret.
• Zhang Yu told Elder Wang to hold back information about overseas geniuses’ territories unless someone targeted Shen Xing, in which case he would retaliate.
• Shen Xing bought two basic blueprints at the trading hall, then returned to his villa with Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang to study a spiritual cultivation manual.
• Xia Wanyin asked Xia Lingyin for contribution points to pay Shen Xing for four Leader Rank souls, then revealed he had also gifted her two Golden Eyes.
• Xia Wanyin used the Golden Eyes, but they did not restore her sight; she realized that the attempt had awakened a special ability.

Shen Xing studied the six realms of mental power and resolved to cultivate it alongside his other forms. Before continuing, he planned to transfer and absorb his latest treasures in the Land of Mist.

• Xia Wanyin revealed an ability that turned everything her gaze touched into gold, transforming the hall into a golden palace.
• Qin Lang, Xu Jiayi, and Shen Xing studied a mental cultivation manual, and Qin Lang worried that he lacked talent for the mental path.
• Xu Jiayi stayed behind to clean Shen Xing's house, then asked whether Yu Feifei was only an ordinary friend; Shen Xing said she was his neighbor.
• Shen Xing read about the six realms of mental power, from sensing and control to manifestation, empowerment, resonance, and domain.
• Shen Xing decided to cultivate mental power alongside his other forms and planned to transfer his treasures to the Land of Mist.

After receiving contribution points from Xia Wanyin, Shen Xing spent some on supplies and returned to his territory to inspect the blueprints, buildings, and seed he had acquired. He planned to build the new facilities and use the treasures to strengthen his territory.

• Xia Wanyin transferred Shen Xing 400,000 contribution points, including an extra 40,000, and he arranged to explore with her the next day.
• Shen Xing asked Ding Han to buy Black Spirit Wood, Black Moon Knight Recruitment Scrolls, and Hell War Chariot materials, leaving him with 176,000 contribution points.
• Shen Xing entered the game and learned the Residence and Simple Toilet blueprints, deciding that both were necessary for his growing territory.
• Shen Xing inspected the Advanced training ground and the Goddess of Evolution Temple, noting that the temple could grant evolution slots in exchange for attribute points.
• Shen Xing examined Qin Lang's Blood Demon Vine Seed and learned that it could grow across territory walls, injure enemies, and absorb their blood.

Shen Xing built new facilities and planted a Blood Demon Vine while Leina carried him around, then spent the night with her. Elsewhere, a hooded group discovered Deacon Atticus's camp had been wiped out, and their Saintess ordered them to send another messenger to Lord Haidesen.

• Shen Xing had Leina carry him through the cities, where he upgraded houses and built fourteen Simple Toilets.
• Shen Xing placed the Advanced Training Ground and Goddess of Evolution Temple in the outer city, then planted the Blood Demon Vine Seed beside the wall.
• Leina carried Shen Xing to a cabin, where they spent the night together.
• A group of gray-robed figures searched the abandoned mine pit and found no clues about who had destroyed Deacon Atticus's camp.
• The Saintess arrived and ordered the group to send another messenger to Lord Haidesen to continue their cooperation.

Lachlan recruited a slovenly young man whose Sloth talent had mysteriously put everyone in the hall to sleep, then ordered Sara to hire assassins to target Shen Xing. The next morning, Shen Xing assembled nearly a thousand troops and honored the warriors who had died in the territory’s recent battle.

• Lachlan discovered that the slovenly young man’s Sloth talent had apparently caused everyone in the hall to fall asleep and agreed to protect him under the Daoton Family.
• Lachlan told Sara to place a large bounty with the Razor Association and have its assassins target Shen Xing in the real world.
• At daybreak, Shen Xing briefly transformed into his Ruin Black Dragon form, then rode a giant wolf to the eastern gate’s open area.
• Shen Xing summoned his commanders and assembled nearly a thousand combat units in thirteen minutes.
• Shen Xing honored the warriors killed in the previous day’s battle and promised that the territory would remember them, prompting the orcs to shout their loyalty.

After honoring the fallen and rewarding his troops, Shen Xing used souls to strengthen many of them and established training and evolution plans for the territory. Onyxia then revealed that she might be able to travel to Shen Xing’s world, possibly by logging out of the game.

• Shen Xing’s speech honoring the dead earned his territory the Land of Glory title and renewed his troops’ resolve.
• Shen Xing awarded battle participants Elite Souls, gave the twenty top killers Boss Rank Souls, and granted two hundred Soul Stones to those who stayed behind.
• Hundreds of troops absorbed the souls, and many evolved; Shen Xing encouraged those who failed and promised future opportunities to grow stronger.
• Shen Xing showed the generals and Fordring the Advanced Training Ground and Goddess of Evolution Temple, then spent 5,000 agility to activate ten evolution slots and ordered Nimue to be summoned for a Tier Two breakthrough.
• Onyxia told Shen Xing that memories from Demon Blade’s body had revealed she might be able to go to his world, and Shen Xing asked if she could log out of the game.

Onyxia revealed that her new identity connected her to a real-world killer network targeting Shen Xing, and he ordered her to remain undercover and report what she learned. He raised her potential to Boss Three-Star and gave her the Black Dragon Lord’s essence blood, whose transformation began to cause her intense pain.

• Onyxia told Shen Xing that a killer organization had placed a 20-billion bounty on him and that top killers were preparing to infiltrate the Heavenly Star Nation.
• Shen Xing told Onyxia to stay hidden among the killers, track their movements, and report developments rather than attack them.
• Shen Xing discovered that Life-Sacrifice Evolution could raise Onyxia’s potential despite her also being a player, and advanced her to Boss Three-Star.
• Shen Xing realized that other mist monsters might have taken over human bodies, though he acknowledged Onyxia’s circumstances were unusual and resolved to stay vigilant.
• Shen Xing gave Onyxia the Black Dragon Lord’s essence blood, and after she absorbed it, her body began changing painfully.

Onyxia fused with the Blood of the Shadow Lord and became Shen Xing’s third hero, gaining powerful skills that strengthened shadow troops. Shen Xing then inspected his territory before Logan presented him with a heavily armed, high-speed Flame Dragon wheelchair.

• Onyxia’s transformation tore her clothes, so Shen Xing screened her with stars and tossed her a robe before turning back.
• System notifications confirmed that Onyxia had become a hero, gained a 30% increase to all attributes, and unlocked Dark Curtain Echo and Demonic Dragon Starfall.
• Onyxia offered to fulfill any request, but Shen Xing told her to master her new powers and learn about human society first.
• Shen Xing inspected the growing Tree Spirit Guards and the recovering Finger Worms in his territory.
• Logan showed Shen Xing the Flame Dragon wheelchair, which could attack with flames, accelerate to high speeds, hover briefly, and respond to thought control.

Shen Xing tested Logan’s dangerous, weaponized wheelchair and received a delivery before an assassin disguised as a courier attacked him. Shen Xing stopped the bullet, and Zhou Zheng arrived as the attacker, Zhao Weiyi, lost his power, leaving Zhou to question him about betraying the bureau.

• Shen Xing tried Logan’s wheelchair, discovered its bursts of speed and flamethrowers, and practiced its functions around the territory.
• A courier delivered Shen Xing’s trading-platform order, then shot at him through the courtyard gate as he turned to leave.
• Shen Xing caught the bullet in his hand and asked who had sent the courier, who revealed himself as Zhao Weiyi and surged to Tier Three Expert Rank after drinking a red potion.
• Zhao Weiyi charged Shen Xing, but his aura suddenly vanished before Shen Xing could transform into his Ruin Black Dragon form.
• Zhou Zheng appeared, and Zhao Weiyi recognized him as the man who had been protecting Shen Xing; Zhou asked why Zhao had betrayed the bureau.

Zhou Zheng stopped the assassin from detonating a bomb and took him into custody, while Shen Xing returned to the Land of Mist after a brief exchange with Yu Feifei. There, Shen Xing found his first Shadow Dragon had hatched and inspected its powerful attributes.

• Zhou Zheng seized the assassin’s bomb and foiled his threat to blow up Shen Xing and a child.
• Special operations team members arrested the assassin, and Zhou Zheng apologized to Shen Xing for the mole in Jiangcheng.
• Shen Xing returned home and messaged Yu Feifei, who said she would return the next day and asked after Duoduo.
• Shen Xing logged into the Land of Mist and saw that his level 2 residence and basic toilet were complete and his Shadow Dragon had hatched.
• Shen Xing watched the young Shadow Dragon absorb dark energy, grow, and approach him for attention.
• Shen Xing checked the Shadow Dragon’s panel and found it was a level 10 pureblood dragon with Boss ★★★ potential.