Chapter Summaries

Shen Xing and the others learned that the Land of Mist was absorbing other worlds, including Blue Star, and sold their Rain and Dew Essence to help restore Wang Kun’s vitality. As Zhang Yu and the others prepared to leave, Shen Xing learned that Wang Kun hoped to use the essence to attempt a breakthrough to the Master Realm.

• Zhang Yu explained that the Land of Mist was a vast world consuming other planes, and that Blue Star would eventually lose its barrier and face dangers from monsters and other worlds.
• Shen Xing shared the conditions for reaching the Lotus Pond Secret Realm’s hidden stage and agreed to make the information public for a contribution reward.
• Zhang Yu asked to buy the group’s Rain and Dew Essence to restore Wang Kun’s vitality, and Shen Xing, Qin Lang, Yu Feifei, and Xu Jiayi agreed to sell all eight drops.
• Jiang Rong transferred six million contribution points to the group, and Qin Lang celebrated their newfound wealth.
• Shen Xing asked how much essence Wang Kun needed, and Zhang Yu explained that they hoped to replenish his vitality so he could attempt a breakthrough to the Master Realm.

Shen Xing gave the Anomaly Handling Bureau a Thousand-Year Lotus Seed for Elder Wang and accepted Zhang Yu’s Nine Prayer Beads in return. After the Bureau left, Shen Xing divided the team’s spoils and gave Qin Lang, Yu Feifei, and Xu Jiayi a Thousand-Year Lotus Seed each.

• Shen Xing offered Elder Wang a Thousand-Year Lotus Seed, and Zhang Yu gave him the Nine Prayer Beads as payment.
• Shen Xing promised to provide another lotus seed if Elder Wang needed more vitality to reach the Master Rank, and the Anomaly Handling Bureau members left with the seed and Rain and Dew Pearl.
• Shen Xing and his teammates discussed their contribution points and plans to improve their strength.
• Shen Xing divided Rain and Dew Pearl, a Tree Spirit seed, and Growth Water Droplets among Qin Lang, Yu Feifei, and Xu Jiayi.
• Shen Xing gave each teammate one of his remaining Thousand-Year Lotus Seeds.

Shen Xing rewarded his teammates and Xia Wanyin with Thousand-Year Lotus Seeds, then spent his contribution points on breakthrough and construction materials before returning to the Land of Mist to cultivate his mental power. The chapter ended with Xia Wanyin realizing Shen Xing would enter the Spiral Labyrinth in half a month and wondering how she could repay him.

• Shen Xing persuaded Qin Lang and the others to accept Thousand-Year Lotus Seeds and advised them to use the seeds on their most promising troops.
• Shen Xing spent millions of contribution points on a Tier Three Lord's Heart, troop breakthrough materials, and building materials.
• Shen Xing sent Director Zhang Yu's Nine Prayer Beads to the Land of Mist and discovered their powerful mental combat skills, but he could not equip them yet.
• Shen Xing returned to the Lotus Pond to cultivate alongside his troops, while Hellscream trained alone at the village entrance.
• Shen Xing visited Xia Wanyin's territory, gave her spoils of war and a Thousand-Year Lotus Seed, then returned to cultivate.
• Xia Wanyin wondered how she could repay Shen Xing and remembered that he was on the Heavenly Star Nation's list for the Spiral Labyrinth secret realm.

Shen Xing broke through into the second realm of spiritual power, Control, and tested his ability to manipulate a flying sword. After the Rain God expansion ended, the system announced a future expansion with legion battles and PVP, then revealed the hidden talent rankings, where Shen Xing’s Life-Sacrifice Evolution ranked 56th at S grade.

• Shen Xing advanced to the Control realm after meditating overnight and learned that he could use spiritual power to manipulate objects.
• Shen Xing tested his flying sword, finding that he could control it effectively up to one kilometer away and unleash enough force to kill a Tier Two Elite.
• Leina congratulated Shen Xing on his breakthrough, and he prepared to teleport more materials and scrolls to his territory.
• The system announced the end of the Rain God expansion and previewed a future expansion featuring legion battles and PVP.
• Shen Xing opened the newly released hidden talent rankings and found Life-Sacrifice Evolution at rank 56 with an S grade.

Shen Xing read the new talent ranking and discussed forum theories about the abilities and holders of the highest-ranked talents. After friends guessed he held Seven-Orificed Exquisite Heart, he denied it and said its true holder was likely intelligent and skilled at hiding.

• Shen Xing saw that Life-Sacrifice Evolution ranked fifty-sixth at S-rank and reasoned that its effectiveness in his hands far exceeded its listed rarity.
• Shen Xing browsed forum posts predicting new-version events and speculating about the holders and powers of the ranked talents.
• Shen Xing read guesses that God's Will could create things, Seven-Orificed Exquisite Heart belonged to him, King empowered Dominic's kingdom, and Envy could copy abilities.
• Shen Xing judged the guesses as speculation, though he thought the account of King's abilities sounded plausible.
• Cilantro Who Loves to Play and She and Her Cat guessed in the discussion group that Shen Xing held Seven-Orificed Exquisite Heart, while Xu Jiayi lurked silently.
• Shen Xing denied being the talent's holder, and his friends accepted his answer as he suggested the real holder was exceptionally intelligent and good at hiding.

Shen Xing worried that the Land of Mist would soon merge with Blue Star and resolved to strengthen his territory. After the Great Bonfire reached its maximum level, he planned to expand his walls and put the newly illuminated land to use.

• Shen Xing concluded that a new expansion and the worlds' merger might be approaching, and decided he needed to grow stronger quickly.
• Shen Xing entered the Land of Mist and received notice that the Great Bonfire had reached level 5 and its illumination effect had reached its maximum.
• Shen Xing saw that the bonfire now illuminated a 1,500-meter-wide area and decided to build another wall and cultivate more farmland.
• Shen Xing concluded that the Great Bonfire's range was still insufficient and that he needed to keep upgrading it.

Shen Xing prepared to expand his territory and received a visit from the Ouroboros Chamber of Commerce, whose vice president Lila established his territory as a regular trade stop. The chapter ended with Lila asking whether his enormous tree was the legendary Golden Ancient Tree.

• Shen Xing learned that upgrading the Great Bonfire into a Sacred Flame Platform required materials he could not yet afford, then planned to build walls around the illuminated territory.
• After Xiao Hei reported the arrival of a large caravan, Shen Xing went to meet the Ouroboros Chamber of Commerce with Leina.
• Lila introduced herself as the chamber's vice president and reunited with West, who explained that Shen Xing had helped recover the caravan's shipment from the Skinners.
• Shen Xing declined additional compensation and asked the chamber to make his territory a regular stop, and Lila agreed to offer its best internal prices.
• The system announced that Shen Xing had established trade relations with the Ouroboros Chamber of Commerce, raising his territory's reputation and prosperity.
• Lila asked Shen Xing whether the towering tree in his territory was the legendary Golden Ancient Tree.

Shen Xing learned that the Golden Ancient Tree would face a deadly calamity when it reached a thousand years old, then examined the slaves Vice President Lila brought to sell. He found the long-armed laborers useful for developing his territory and considered her offer of 120 workers for twelve gold coins.

• Lila warned Shen Xing that the Golden Ancient Tree’s thousand-year calamity was extremely dangerous and that his territory appeared to have less than a ten percent chance of surviving it.
• Lila revealed more than a hundred enslaved figures and explained that they included long-armed laborers and red-scaled lizard-like creatures fitted with soul collars.
• Shen Xing’s inspection system initially showed only question marks, but Lila removed the restriction and revealed the laborers’ attributes and skills.
• Lila explained that the long-armed laborers could mine and build, and Shen Xing agreed that they would help with his planned third ring of walls.
• Lila offered Shen Xing about 120 laborers at one hundred silver coins each, totaling twelve gold coins.

Shen Xing bought 124 long-armed laborers from Lila and decided to take the flame lizardmen afflicted with Frenzied Flame Disease, hoping the Lotus Pond could cure them. As Lila toured his territory, she recognized the pond as possibly the legendary Heavenly Pond and resolved to win Shen Xing’s favor, raising her favorability toward him.

• Shen Xing paid Lila 12,000 silver coins for 124 long-armed laborers, whose masteries and aptitudes improved through his territory’s blessings.
• Lila explained that the flame lizardmen were near death from Frenzied Flame Disease, but Shen Xing chose to take them and test whether the Lotus Pond could cure them.
• Lila asked to see the Golden Ancient Tree, and Shen Xing agreed to bring her into his territory.
• Lila toured Shen Xing’s thriving territory and recognized the Lotus Pond as possibly the legendary Heavenly Pond.
• Lila decided to keep the territory’s secrets and cultivate a relationship with Shen Xing, increasing her favorability to 20.

Shen Xing said goodbye to Lila Lennox after showing her the Golden Ancient Tree, then returned to the newly acquired workers and flame lizardmen. He freed the workers from their collars and offered them a place in his territory, while the lizardmen demanded to leave because of their worsening Frenzied Flame Disease; Leina silenced their outburst with a sharp rebuke.

• Lila Lennox thanked Shen Xing for letting her see the Golden Ancient Tree, accepted a golden leaf, and departed with the Ouroboros Chamber of Commerce caravan.
• Leina told Shen Xing that Lila was stronger than her current self, and Shen Xing considered the value of maintaining ties with the vice president.
• Da Hou gave Shen Xing an Enslavement Crystal, which Shen Xing crushed, freeing the long-armed laborers from their collars.
• Shen Xing promised the laborers food, safe housing, and rest, and they pledged their loyalty before Monday led them away.
• An old flame lizardman warned Shen Xing that the Frenzied Flame Disease was worsening and asked to leave, while other lizardmen threatened to attack.
• Leina rebuked the flame lizardmen, extinguishing their flames and stopping their frenzy.

Shen Xing discovered that Lotus Pond water could suppress the fire lizardmen’s Frenzied Flame Disease and recruited 34 of them into his territory. He then learned that their chief, Aqi Tiezhua, was a powerful leader and a Master Rank blacksmith.

• Shen Xing offered to treat the fire lizardmen’s Frenzied Flame Disease, and Aqi Tiezhua agreed to test his method.
• Gorehowl brought Lotus Pond water, which eased Aqi’s symptoms and then calmed the more severely afflicted lizardmen who drank it.
• Aqi and the other fire lizardmen pledged loyalty to Shen Xing, who recruited 34 of them into his territory.
• Shen Xing inspected the recruits’ panels and found that Laman Duanhuo had advanced forging skills and Aqi Tiezhua was a Tier Three Leader Rank fighter with Master Rank Forging Mastery.

Shen Xing learned that Aqi and the flame lizardmen deliberately embraced Frenzied Flame Disease to strengthen their fire and pursue the god of forging’s inheritance. Aqi demonstrated the Fleshly Furnace Forging Method by transforming a rusty sword into powerful blue equipment, leaving Shen Xing impressed by the clan’s skill.

• Shen Xing summoned Logan and assigned him to show the newly recruited flame lizardmen around the territory, while Aqi remained their leader and was offered Lotus Pond water.
• Aqi told Shen Xing that the flame lizardmen had deliberately contracted Frenzied Flame Disease to pursue the forging Grandmaster realm and the god of forging’s inheritance.
• Aqi used his body’s flames to heat a rusty iron sword and forged it with his fists, then quenched it in Lotus Pond water.
• Aqi presented Shen Xing with a blue-quality Flame Water-Quenched Longsword featuring fire and water bonuses and special effects.
• Aqi explained that the disease strengthened the flame lizardmen’s bodily fire so they could heat advanced materials beyond their natural limits.

Shen Xing recruited Aqi and the lizardmen to strengthen his territory’s blacksmithing, then helped Black Arrow break through to Tier Three. Black Arrow gained powerful ice abilities and armor, and received the Ice Burial longbow.

• Aqi explained that the Frenzied Flame had improved the lizardmen’s forging but caused dangerous frenzy and explosions, so they sought holy water to suppress its effects.
• Shen Xing assigned Aqi and Logan to forge Hell War Chariots, the other advanced blacksmiths to forge Demon Flame Turrets, and the intermediate blacksmiths to repair and produce equipment.
• Shen Xing sent Gorehowl to search near the Blackwater River for Nimue’s ferryman, then returned to meditation with Leina.
• Black Arrow reached level sixteen, absorbed Rain and Dew Pearls and an Ancient Era Skull, and advanced to Tier Three with Advanced Ice Energy Control and Ice Abyss Sovereign Battle Armor.
• Shen Xing gave Black Arrow the Ice Burial longbow, whose arrival intensified the cold surrounding the newly armored skeleton.

Shen Xing learned that Black Arrow had awakened memories of a frozen palace and the name Arthas, along with a teleportation stone that opened a dangerous hidden quest. After a week of developing his territory, Shen Xing received the advancement materials and equipment components he had ordered from the Anomaly Handling Bureau.

• Black Arrow told Shen Xing about his fragmented memories of a frozen palace, chained figure, and the name Arthas, then gave him an Icecrown Citadel Teleportation Stone.
• Shen Xing read the stone’s quest details and decided to postpone the dangerous journey until he had grown stronger and assembled the recommended forces.
• Over the following week, Shen Xing’s territory expanded its walls and farmland, built more hell technology, and strengthened its troops and commanders.
• Ding Han informed Shen Xing that the Anomaly Handling Bureau had assembled his order, including Tier Three advancement materials and components for Hell War Chariots.
• A deliveryman brought Shen Xing the large case, and Shen Xing opened it after its password was accepted.

Shen Xing gathered the materials for Tier Three breakthroughs and began his own as six generals started theirs, while Onyxia captured two scouts who suspected the territory was connected to Deacon Alex’s death. The scouts were taken back to the territory, and the chapter ended with a view of a vast ancient city at the edge of the Blackwing Plains.

• Shen Xing transferred a Tier Three Lord's Heart and eight advancement materials, then assigned them to himself, Gorehowl, Da Hou, Xiao Hei, Upper Rank One, Fried Chicken, and Fordring.
• Shen Xing absorbed the Lord's Heart and fused its power with the Great Bonfire as the six generals began their Tier Three breakthroughs.
• Two black-clad scouts named Wright and his leopard-faced companion spotted the territory's experts and Golden Tree and wondered whether its inhabitants had killed Deacon Alex.
• Onyxia ambushed the scouts, knocked them unconscious, and carried them back to the territory.
• A vast ancient city stood at the foot of a mountain range on the edge of the Blackwing Plains.

Shen Xing and Tirion Fordring both advanced to Tier Three, with Shen Xing gaining dragon abilities and a longer transformation time while Fordring awakened skills from his past life. Fordring's new powers included Repentance and the ability to summon Silver Recruits.

• Captain Grayson led armored cavalry and Fallen Overseers out of the fog-shrouded city to carry out His Majesty's orders to trade with Shen Xing's people.
• The Black Moon Knight, Xiao Hei, Gorehowl, Da Hou, and Fried Chicken completed their breakthroughs while Shen Xing and Fordring continued theirs.
• Shen Xing reached Tier Three, doubled his attributes, unlocked new dragon spells and combat techniques, and extended his daily transformation time to two hours.
• Leina explained that Fordring was awakening abilities sealed with his diminished strength from his previous life.
• Tirion Fordring advanced to Tier Three and unlocked Repentance and Summon Silver Recruits.
• Shen Xing examined Fordring's skills and recognized that Repentance could make enemies submit to the Holy Light, while Summon Silver Recruits could bring ten same-tier Elite units into battle.

After Tirion Fordring completed his breakthrough, Onyxia brought two suspicious Skinners to Shen Xing’s territory. The captives resisted questioning until Fordring used Holy Light on one of them, leaving their response uncertain.

• Tirion Fordring reached Tier Three, bringing Shen Xing’s territory to eleven Tier Three powerhouses.
• Onyxia captured two unconscious members of the Church of Blood Origin near the territory and brought them to Shen Xing.
• The Skinners woke and tried to flee, but Xiao Hei bound them with chains and Da Hou beat them on Shen Xing’s orders.
• The captives refused to reveal why they were investigating the territory, despite Shen Xing’s interrogation and Da Hou’s beating.
• Fordring asked to question the captives and used Holy Light on the dog-nosed Skinner, whose anger gave way to confusion.

Shen Xing learned that the Blood Origin Cult had moved its transaction to that night so Lord Haidesen could use the essence blood to recover and prepare to conquer the Blackwing Plains. He began organizing a response, then inspected his territory’s Tree Spirits and witnessed the destructive power of the Ancient Trees of War.

• Fordring persuaded Wright to repent and believe in the Holy Light, then knocked Wright’s companion unconscious and questioned him about the Blood Origin Cult’s plans.
• Wright revealed that the Saintess had moved the transaction to that night and that Lord Haidesen intended to absorb the essence blood, recover, and seize control of the Blackwing Plains.
• Shen Xing decided to prepare for a nighttime operation, while Leina offered to attack a Master Rank opponent and Shen Xing warned her that doing so was too risky.
• Shen Xing inspected the territory’s grove of Tree Spirits and ordered the Ancient Trees of War to demonstrate their attacks.
• The Ancient Trees of War hurled explosive acorns that blasted a crater into the ground and damaged nearby houses.

Shen Xing inspected the newly arrived Tree Spirits and told Hellscream to prepare for a possible operation that night. He then challenged Hellscream to a spar to test his new Tier Three strength, but Hellscream swiftly reached his wheelchair and stopped his axe just short of Shen Xing’s head.

• Shen Xing ordered the Tree Spirits to take root around the walls and stand guard through the night.
• Shen Xing visited the Advanced Training Ground and told Hellscream to prepare for an operation that night.
• Shen Xing challenged Hellscream to a one-on-one spar, and troops gathered to watch.
• Shen Xing attacked with the Nine Prayer Beads and the Hand of the Void, but Hellscream dodged and deflected his strikes.
• Hellscream rushed to Shen Xing’s side and stopped his axe less than five centimeters from Shen Xing’s head.

Shen Xing tested his strength against Hellscream and his other generals before leading them into the fog for a secret operation. The group set out for the target location, where they would wait for Shen Xing’s orders.

• Shen Xing fought Hellscream in his Ruin Black Dragon form but could not overcome the orc’s skill, so he called Da Hou to spar instead.
• Shen Xing defeated Da Hou with his dark metal spheres, then sparred with his other generals as they practiced among themselves.
• Hellscream returned to the training ground to challenge the Sword Star Corridor at fifty-eight times difficulty while the others continued fighting.
• At night, Shen Xing briefed his generals on the operation and ordered them to conceal their auras until they reached the target location.
• Shen Xing, Leina, and Onyxia rode Fried Chicken into the fog as the other generals departed with lanterns.