Chapter Summaries

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.

Shen Xing sent Onyxia into a heavily guarded Mushroom Folk camp, where she stole an Epic-quality Dragon Vein Mushroom and escaped. The theft awakened the Underground Mushroom Kingdom, and Mushroom Folk forces began converging on them.

• Shen Xing avoided attacking the mushroom castle and gathered mushrooms and fungal blocks while traveling through the forest.
• Shen Xing spotted an elite Mushroom Folk legion guarding a dragon-shaped mushroom, and Onyxia sensed a strange attraction to it.
• Shen Xing ordered Onyxia to use Darkness Domain, steal the mushroom, and flee.
• Onyxia stole the Dragon Vein Mushroom and reunited with Shen Xing, who obtained the Epic-quality mushroom.
• The theft roused the Mushroom Folk, and soldiers, knights, and other forces surged toward Shen Xing and his party.

Shen Xing and his allies fought through the Mushroom Folk army and neared the exit after his Starfall spell devastated thousands of enemies. The passage sealed shut, and a powerful queen awakened in the castle and confronted them.

• Gorehowl spotted the surrounding Mushroom Folk, and Shen Xing ordered the group to flee through the fir forest.
• Leina struck a blocking force with a meteor while Shen Xing gathered its loot and led the group through more enemies.
• Shen Xing ordered Leina to cast Flame Barrier and unleashed Starfall: Heavenly Peak Collapse, destroying thousands of Mushroom Folk as the group fought toward the exit.
• Shen Xing gathered the nearby loot, and the group raced to within a hundred meters of the exit.
• The tendrils sealed the passage, and a queen awakened in the castle and asked who had disturbed her slumber.

Shen Xing and his companions escaped the awakened Mushroom Queen using the lotus lamp’s teleportation, then rushed to cross the Blackwater River back to their territory. The Queen caught up to the riverbank but did not pursue them across.

• The Mushroom Queen attacked Shen Xing and his companions with vine dragons and an Overlord Domain that disabled flight and weakened them.
• Shen Xing used the ancient lotus lamp to shield the group and teleport them away as the Queen tried to stop their escape.
• The Mushroom Queen learned the Dragon Vein Mushroom had been stolen and vowed to capture the group within her territory.
• Shen Xing led the others to the Blackwater River, where he paid the boatman another fifty years of his lifespan to cross early.
• The Mushroom Queen caught up to the riverbank and unleashed her power, but turned back without crossing after the boat carried Shen Xing and the others into the fog.

Shen Xing returned safely to his territory with his commanders after escaping the Mushroom Queen, bringing back valuable mushrooms, minerals, fish, and a Dragon Vein Mushroom. He began sorting his spoils and planned to raise the Soul Crystal Bream in the Lotus Pond, though he wondered whether they could adapt to it.

• The hunchbacked boatman told Shen Xing that the Mushroom Queen had slaughtered the plain’s inhabitants, remained trapped short of the Grandmaster realm, and could not cross the Blackwater River.
• Shen Xing and his commanders crossed back to Blackwing Plains, reflecting on their gains, including fish from Barton, resources from the Underground Mushroom Kingdom, and the Dragon Vein Mushroom.
• Shen Xing and his commanders returned safely to the territory, where they rested and confirmed that nothing unusual had happened in their absence.
• Shen Xing sorted his monster drops, arranged to exchange advancement materials and distribute souls, and counted the fish Barton had given him.
• Shen Xing inspected the Soul Crystal Bream and Blood Crystal Bream King, then decided to raise them in the Lotus Pond while questioning whether they would adapt to its life aura.

Shen Xing transferred his Soul Crystal Bream to the Lotus Pond and assessed the mushroom spawn and harvest, planning to expand food production with a Mushroom Cultivation Room. After planting the coin mushrooms and setting aside rare specimens, he summoned Hellscream, Da Hou, and Gorehowl to discuss the Beast Strength Mushrooms.

• Shen Xing moved the Soul Crystal Bream and Blood Crystal Bream King into the Lotus Pond, where they adapted and swam together.
• Shen Xing counted the mushroom spawn and harvest, calculated the farm's potential output, and asked Ding Han to find a Mushroom Cultivation Room blueprint.
• Shen Xing brought mushrooms to Nimue at the food processing plant and left her to prepare them for food and Finger Worm feed.
• Shen Xing had Monday plant the Silver Coin and Gold Coin Mushrooms after collecting their coins.
• Shen Xing considered how to use the Beast Strength Mushrooms, set one aside for future cultivation, and summoned Hellscream, Da Hou, and Gorehowl.

Shen Xing gave Beast Strength Mushrooms to three orcs, awakening their bloodline talents, then examined the powerful Eastern Dragon Vein Mushroom and planted it in the territory’s eastern district. The mushroom began glowing and shaking the ground, suggesting its dragon vein power was awakening.

• Shen Xing gave Hellscream, Gorehowl, and Da Hou one Beast Strength Mushroom each, and all three awakened new talents.
• Shen Xing examined the Eastern Dragon Vein Mushroom and learned that planting it would improve the territory’s luck and strengthen its dragon troops.
• Shen Xing instructed workers to dig a hole in the eastern district near the Lotus Pond and planted the Dragon Vein Mushroom with red soil and water.
• The ground trembled, and the planted Dragon Vein Mushroom began glowing dark gold as the dragon scales on its stalk moved.

Shen Xing's Dragon Vein Mushroom and Golden Ancient Tree resonated, strengthening both plants and his territory. The Mushroom Queen withdrew to cultivate while considering how to find the human who could lift her curse, and a bishop reacted furiously to a secret letter from Weideng Royal City.

• The Dragon Vein Mushroom's roots joined with the Golden Ancient Tree's roots, causing the tree to grow by 200 years and strengthening both plants' abilities.
• Shen Xing considered returning to the Mushroom Kingdom for more Dragon Vein Mushrooms but decided he needed to plan around the powerful Mushroom Queen.
• The Mushroom Queen told the Mushroom General that her breakthrough depended on finding thousand-year-old Blood Crystals and ordered the Mushroom Kingdom sealed while she cultivated in seclusion.
• The Mushroom Queen wondered how she could find the smartest human, who could lift the curse that trapped her underground.
• A messenger delivered a secret letter from Weideng Royal City to the purple-robed bishop, who read it and erupted in anger.

Shen Xing ordered Onyxia to hatch one Shadow Dragon each day after the Dragon Vein Mushrooms strengthened the dragons and reduced their hatching costs. On the hundredth day in the game, his territory easily repelled a wave of frenzied corpses, and Shen Xing unlocked the ability to control three Telekinesis Orbs and tested his new Triple Wave technique.

• The Blood Origin Cult learned that Yiweishi had vanished after the failed transaction, and the purple-robed bishop set out for the Blackwing Plains to confront the people demanding an explanation.
• Onyxia reported that the dragons had gained strength from the mushrooms, and Shen Xing ordered her to hatch one Shadow Dragon each day.
• After five days of cultivation, Shen Xing's territory defeated more than a hundred Tier Three frenzied corpses before they could reach its walls.
• Shen Xing learned to control three Telekinesis Orbs at once and unlocked the Triple Wave combat technique.
• Shen Xing tested Triple Wave, sending the three orbs crashing into the lake with increasing force and creating a massive depression in the water.

Shen Xing tested his new Triple Wave technique and prepared to travel to the Spiral Labyrinth, then inspected the territory’s expanding mushroom farms and newly upgraded Sacred Flame Platform. The chapter left him with a growing food supply and a stronger territorial defense, while Xia Wanyin and Yu Feifei’s unusual behavior remained unexplained.

• Shen Xing demonstrated Triple Wave, a powerful combination technique that impressed Da Hou and Fordring.
• Zhou Zheng confirmed that Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, and Yu Feifei would meet at the Anomaly Handling Bureau before traveling to the Spiral Labyrinth, and Xia Wanyin warned them to be careful.
• Xia Wanyin claimed she learned about their overseas trip from a group chat, but Shen Xing remained suspicious of her and Yu Feifei’s behavior.
• Monday invited Shen Xing to inspect the nearly completed mushroom cultivation chambers, where workers had laid spawn across about a thousand square meters.
• Shen Xing inspected the underground mushroom chambers and saw them as a reliable food source for producing more troops.
• Shen Xing examined the upgraded Sacred Flame Platform, which accelerated allied Soul Stone absorption and weakened enemies within its firelight.

Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin agreed to keep their neighboring territories allied, and Shen Xing began upgrading his Sacred Flame Platform. After naming two newly advanced Shadow Dragons, he heard Onyxia’s report that assassins were preparing to target international geniuses, including people with enormous bounties.

• Shen Xing asked Xia Wanyin what they would do when their territories met, and they agreed to remain allies and support each other.
• Shen Xing started upgrading the Sacred Flame Platform to Lv2, an upgrade expected to take nearly four days.
• Onyxia reported that two Shadow Dragons had reached Tier Three and Boss One Star, and Shen Xing named them Dragon One and Dragon Two.
• Shen Xing reviewed the other troops who had advanced to Tier Three and Boss One Star, bringing his territory to more than fifteen Leader Rank units.
• Onyxia told Shen Xing that she had become an A-rank assassin in the Razor Association and learned that assassins would target geniuses from various countries overseas the next day.