Chapter Summaries

After Lachlan’s death, the Petrel Nation Grandmaster accused Shen Xing of killing the trapped elites and demanded that Heavenly Star Nation hand him over. Grandmaster Wu Qian arrived to back Heavenly Star Nation, and the confrontation ended with him demanding compensation from the three nations instead.

• The Petrel Nation Grandmaster used a bloodline resonance technique to question Lachlan’s lingering soul, which named Shen Xing before dissipating.
• The three great nations accused Shen Xing, but Sikong Yuan argued that Lachlan’s claim was unreliable and pointed to footage showing the earlier conflict.
• The Petrel Nation Grandmaster threatened to kill Shen Xing and the Heavenly Star Nation Masters unless they surrendered him.
• Sikong Yuan and another Heavenly Star Nation Master refused to yield and threatened retaliation against the Daoton Family and Petrel Nation.
• Grandmaster Wu Qian arrived and challenged the Petrel Nation Grandmaster, while Cherry Blossom Nation and the Golden Eagle Kingdom demanded Shen Xing and threatened war.
• Wu Qian refused to hand over a Heavenly Star Nation genius and demanded adequate compensation from the three great nations.

Grandmaster Wu Qian demanded that the three nations provide nine Masters for the Heavenly Star Nation to kill and compensate the victims’ families, but they instead tried to seize Shen Xing. The dispute escalated into battles between the nations’ Grandmasters and Masters, while Blue Star watched the fighting unfold.

• Grandmaster Killian and Grandmaster Kuroda arrived and joined Fisher and the other powers from the three nations in pressuring the Heavenly Star Nation to hand over Shen Xing.
• Wu Qian refused, demanded nine Masters and compensation, and threatened that a Grandmaster would fall; Grandmaster Hong Qi then joined the Heavenly Star Nation’s side.
• The five Grandmasters went into the sky to fight, while Masters from the three nations charged toward the Heavenly Star Nation’s coastline to seize Shen Xing.
• Sikong Yuan ordered the Heavenly Star Nation’s Masters to intercept the invaders, and fighting spread across the sea as war correspondents broadcast the battle to Blue Star.

After the three great nations used a diversion to send Grandmaster Alvin after Shen Xing in Jiangcheng, Zhang Yu revealed that he had broken through to Grandmaster and drove Alvin away. The battle ended that night after two mysterious figures mediated, while the three nations withdrew and the Heavenly Star Nation suffered fewer losses.

• The three great nations’ Grandmasters and Masters held off the Heavenly Star Nation’s forces while Grandmaster Alvin infiltrated Jiangcheng to attack Shen Xing.
• Wu Qian swore that the three nations’ geniuses would never know peace if they killed Shen Xing, but their forces kept him and Hong Qi from leaving the battle.
• Alvin attacked Shen Xing’s residential complex, but Zhang Yu intercepted him and revealed that he had become a Grandmaster.
• Zhang Yu overwhelmed Alvin and drove him from Jiangcheng into the mountains, raising the Heavenly Star Nation Masters’ morale as they charged back into battle.
• Two mysterious figures mediated an end to the fighting, and the three great nations withdrew by nightfall, leaving four or five corpses behind.
• News reports announced that the Petrel Nation, Cherry Blossom Nation, and Golden Eagle Kingdom had suffered devastating losses among their geniuses, with the first two reporting total wipeouts.

After the battle over the sea, Shen Xing and his companions counted the enormous haul from the labyrinth and planned how to divide it. Shen Xing proposed giving himself half the basic resources, Zhou Zheng thirty percent, and the other four five percent each, while distributing the Overlord Rank Souls and Proofs of Hero separately.

• Elder Wang said the Heavenly Star Nation had evidence for the international court case, though the three opposing nations might delay compensation for years.
• Shen Xing resolved to grow stronger, wary of future attacks and the red mist approaching land, then called for the spoils to be divided.
• Shen Xing released the group's resources, and everyone sorted and counted their haul, including millions of Soul Stones and rare Overlord Rank Souls and Proofs of Hero.
• Yu Feifei proposed giving Shen Xing and Zhou Zheng thirty percent of the basic resources each, with the others taking ten percent each and no share of the rarest treasures.
• Shen Xing proposed taking fifty percent of the basic resources, giving Zhou Zheng thirty percent and the other four five percent each, while also dividing the Overlord Rank Souls and Proofs of Hero.

Shen Xing divided the labyrinth spoils among the team, giving everyone a Proof of Hero to strengthen them against the spreading red fog. Zhou Zheng and Xu Jiayi revealed their Seven Deadly Sins talents and explained their powers and costs, leaving the group stunned by the danger behind Zhou Zheng’s Greed.

• Shen Xing proposed taking most of the Soul Stones while sharing Overlord Rank souls and other resources with the team, and everyone agreed.
• Shen Xing offered one Proof of Hero to each teammate and two for himself, arguing that they needed heroes to survive the spreading red fog; Zhou Zheng agreed to give up his share.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that his talent was Seven Deadly Sins: Greed and Xu Jiayi revealed that hers was Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony.
• Zhou Zheng explained that Greed let him obtain things he desired and worked with his Life-Stealing Thief class skill Hand of Fate to steal from others.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that using Greed caused troops in his territory to vanish and later appear dead, and that newly recruited troops would now be devoured immediately.

After the team divided the maze’s spoils, Shen Xing accepted a Proof of Hero from Zhou Zheng and learned that Mist Transmitters would help transport their resources. Zhang Yu arrived to take Jiangcheng’s elites home and told Shen Xing that a mysterious researcher behind major Mist technologies wanted to meet him.

• Xu Jiayi explained that her Gluttony talent let troops devour matching units to raise their potential, while its side effects so far only made her hungry.
• Shen Xing told everyone to keep Zhou Zheng and Xu Jiayi’s S-rank talents secret, then had Jiang Rong distribute the resources.
• Zhou Zheng gave Shen Xing a Proof of Hero as payment for leading him through the maze, bringing Shen Xing’s total to three.
• Elder Wang said Jiangcheng could apply for Mist Transmitters to move the resources, and Zhang Yu agreed to arrange them.
• Zhang Yu arrived after breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm, thanked Shen Xing for helping him, and said a mysterious Mist technology researcher wanted to meet him.

A mysterious young man declared himself the holder of the Seven-Orificed Exquisite Heart and gave Zhang Yu enhanced Mist Transmitters, apparently to shield Shen Xing from further danger. Shen Xing returned to Jiangcheng and transported his gathered resources to the Land of Mist, where the chapter left him preparing to resume his work as a lord.

• The young man met Shen Xing, said he no longer needed to search with him for the Seven-Orificed Exquisite Heart holder, and asked Zhang Yu to announce that he had the talent instead.
• The young man handed Zhang Yu enhanced Mist Transmitters, and Zhang Yu suspected the real talent holder was hiding in the Heavenly Star Nation while using Shen Xing as cover.
• Zhang Yu gave the group six reusable Mist Transmitters and assured them that Jiangcheng would be protected from foreign Masters and Grandmasters.
• Shen Xing and the others returned to Jiangcheng aboard the Silver Shuttle, then went their separate ways at the River Heart First Class villa complex.
• Shen Xing checked his villa, brought out his labyrinth resources, and used an enhanced Mist Transmitter to send them to the Land of Mist.

After returning to his territory, Shen Xing used a black metal cube to retrieve a vast store of resources and summoned his forces to distribute souls among them. The chapter ended as thousands of troops absorbed the souls and their auras surged.

• Shen Xing surveyed his developing territory and drew a huge cache of resources from the reusable black metal cube.
• He ordered all commanders to bring their troops to the eastern district, where more than three thousand combat units gathered.
• Shen Xing instructed the commanders to distribute Elite, Boss Rank, and Boss Souls according to each troop's potential and military merits.
• The commanders handed out the souls, and the troops fused them into their bodies, unleashing powerful waves of aura.

Shen Xing summoned more than two hundred Silver Moon Knights and a Tier Four Overlord Rank Silver Moon Knight Captain, a female knight who recognized the Golden Ancient Tree. She questioned his claim that the Silver Moon Goddess had guided her because Black Moon Knights served in his territory, and Shen Xing tried to persuade her that their old feud was over.

• Shen Xing used the Silver Moon Knight recruitment scrolls and the captain scroll, triggering a meteor shower that summoned the knights.
• The summoned Silver Moon Knights included more than fifty Tier Three Boss Rank knights, while their female captain arrived on a black panther as a Tier Four Overlord.
• The female captain noticed the Golden Ancient Tree and asked Shen Xing whether he was her lord.
• Shen Xing claimed the Silver Moon Goddess had guided her, but the captain questioned why the goddess would send her to a territory with Black Moon Knights.
• Shen Xing learned that the Silver Moon and Black Moon believers had been bitter enemies and argued that their feud belonged to the past.

Shen Xing recruited Luna Yuehen and 245 Silver Moon Knights after persuading them that the goddesses had joined forces to save the world. He examined the knights’ abilities and discovered that Luna’s immense power and Moon Blade skills made her a formidable battlefield fighter.

• Shen Xing convinced Luna Yuehen and the Silver Moon Knights that the Black Moon and Silver Moon Goddesses had set aside their grievances and guided them to him.
• Luna Yuehen pledged herself and the Silver Moon Knights to Shen Xing, and 245 knights joined his territory.
• Shen Xing inspected the Silver Moon Knights’ panels and praised their attack, mobility, and defensive skills.
• Shen Xing opened Luna Yuehen’s panel and saw her Tier Four Overlord abilities, including her Silver Moon Sovereign Domain and Moon Blade techniques.
• Shen Xing marveled at Luna’s exceptional attack speed and ability to devastate enemy ranks with bouncing, splitting Moon Blades.

Shen Xing oversaw mass troop breakthroughs after soul fusion, then equipped his forces and awarded Proofs of Hero to Gorehowl and Fordring. The troops rallied behind Shen Xing, while Luna witnessed the territory’s power and loyalty with astonishment.

• Elite Souls, Boss One Star Souls, and Boss Souls transformed troops across the territory, including dozens of Infernals and six Shadow Dragons.
• Luna sensed her strength and clarity increase upon joining Shen Xing’s territory and wondered what kind of place she had entered.
• Shen Xing learned that 1,727 Elite Souls, 176 Boss One Star Souls, and 21 Boss Souls had fused successfully, then distributed hundreds of pieces of equipment.
• Shen Xing gave dark gold Proofs of Hero to Gorehowl and Fordring, who knelt and thanked him.
• Shen Xing promised the troops that contributions could earn them hero status, prompting them to cheer for him as Luna looked on in bewilderment.

Shen Xing gave Luna a Proof of Hero and watched her, Gorehowl, and Tirion Fordring begin their transformations. Gorehowl and Fordring became heroes with powerful new abilities, leaving Shen Xing wondering where the real Ashbringer existed.

• Shen Xing gave Luna a Proof of Hero, explaining that her Tier Four strength would help the territory, and Luna accepted his trust.
• Luna, Gorehowl, and Tirion Fordring awakened their medals and began transforming beneath three golden pillars of light.
• Gorehowl and Tirion Fordring successfully advanced into heroes, and their new weapons appeared above them.
• Shen Xing examined Gorehowl's war drum aura and battlefield attack, then read Fordring's revival skill and Ashbringer-summoning ability.
• Shen Xing realized that Fordring's skill implied the actual Ashbringer existed and wondered where it was.

Shen Xing watched Gorehowl and Tirion Fordring advance to Tier Three and learned that Fordring’s Ashbringer had vanished into the chaotic void after his world’s destruction. Luna Yuehen then became the territory’s sixth hero, gaining powerful moon-based skills that strengthened allied ranged units and devastated enemies.

• Gorehowl and Tirion Fordring completed their breakthroughs, and Shen Xing urged them to reach the Tier Three level cap before attempting Master Rank.
• Tirion Fordring explained that he had awakened sealed holy power and described dying in a battle against the catastrophe that destroyed his world.
• Fordring said Ashbringer had drifted into the chaotic void after his death, and Shen Xing promised to help recover it if he got the chance.
• Luna Yuehen completed her breakthrough and became the territory’s sixth hero, awakening Silver Moon Star Ring and Lunar Eclipse.
• Shen Xing examined Luna’s skills and realized they would boost allied ranged damage while stripping enemy defenses and dealing area damage.

Shen Xing helped Luna Yuehen evolve to Overlord Three-Star and promised to raise her potential further, leaving her astonished by his power. He then reviewed the territory’s 3,612 combat troops and dismissed them to their posts.

• Luna Yuehen thanked Shen Xing after completing her breakthrough to Overlord Two-Star.
• Shen Xing used Life-Sacrifice Evolution to raise Luna Yuehen to Overlord Three-Star, and she questioned how he had done it.
• Shen Xing told Luna Yuehen he would help her reach Crown Rank and higher realms, leaving her shocked and uneasy about her growing loyalty to him.
• Shen Xing reviewed the territory’s troop roster and counted 3,612 combat units, most of them Elite Rank or higher.
• Shen Xing ended the breakthroughs and ordered everyone to return to their posts.

Shen Xing spent his maze rewards on troop development and examined the Heart of Flame Crystal and the Pride and Sloth Talent Crystals. He planned further advances for his territory and realized how powerful the two talents were, but had not yet decided what to do with them.

• Shen Xing sent his troops and Leina to focus on leveling up while he reviewed the resources remaining from the maze.
• Shen Xing planned to use Tier Three and Tier Four advancement materials to strengthen his forces and prepare to confront Weideng Royal City and the Underground Mushroom Kingdom.
• Shen Xing used six Boss Rank and three Leader Rank Troop Nest Enhancement Stones to upgrade the Lesser Demon Lair, Infernal Nest, and Shadow Dragon Nest.
• Shen Xing examined the Epic Heart of Flame Crystal and considered giving it to Leina to enhance her fire magic.
• Shen Xing read the effects of the Sloth and Pride Talent Crystals and was astonished by the strength of the Pride talent.

Shen Xing said farewell to the recovering Blood Origin Saintess, Yiweishi, and gave her supplies for her journey. Her gratitude and reluctance to leave grew as she prepared to depart with her favorability toward him at 45.

• Shen Xing met Yiweishi and learned she had nearly recovered and had already toured his territory with Leina.
• Yiweishi told Shen Xing she planned to leave and meet her family herself to avoid exposing his territory's secrets.
• Shen Xing gave Yiweishi food, water, and other supplies for the dangerous journey through the Blackwing Plains.
• Yiweishi thanked Shen Xing, felt reluctant to leave, and her favorability toward him rose to 45.
• Shen Xing offered to see Yiweishi out.

Yiweishi revealed her fox ears and face to Shen Xing before leaving, and Shen Xing sent Onyxia to follow her and gather information about the Blood Origin Cult. At the Lotus Pond, Shen Xing planned to use its time acceleration to level up and invited Xia Wanyin to share it, but she asked to ride on his wheelchair with him sitting beside her.

• Yiweishi removed her veil to show Shen Xing her white fox ears and beautiful face, then disappeared into the fog.
• Shen Xing ordered Onyxia to secretly follow Yiweishi and learn where she met the Blood Origin Cult.
• Shen Xing went to the Lotus Pond and decided to activate its time acceleration to help his forces level up faster.
• Shen Xing realized outsiders might share the Lotus Pond’s acceleration and invited Xia Wanyin to his territory.
• Xia Wanyin arrived, followed Shen Xing into the Lotus Pond, and asked to ride his flying wheelchair, offering to sit on his lap.

Shen Xing tested the Lotus Pond’s Time Acceleration on Xia Wanyin and confirmed it worked on non-allied units. He gathered troops from both territories inside the pond and activated twentyfold acceleration, leaving them to level up faster.

• Shen Xing flew Xia Wanyin to a lotus platform and tested the Lotus Pond’s tenfold Time Acceleration, confirming that it affected her despite her not being his ally.
• Shen Xing invited Xia Wanyin to bring her troops to the Lotus Pond, and she contacted her forces while he summoned his own troops through the team channel.
• Nearly two thousand of Shen Xing’s combat units gathered at the pond, followed by more than seven hundred troops from Xia Wanyin’s territory, including the heroes Luna and Golden Spear.
• Shen Xing questioned Xia Wanyin about Golden Spear and the Spiral Labyrinth, but she said she had bought his recruitment scroll and promoted him with a Proof of Hero.
• Shen Xing activated twentyfold Time Acceleration, and Luna, Gorehowl, and the other troops marveled at his power as time outside the pond slowed around them.

Shen Xing gave her people a chance to cultivate in a time-accelerated space while spending Soul Stones. Nearby, the Blood Origin Cult confronted Weideng Royal City over a disputed shipment, then agreed to visit the city as Bishop Bote planned to seize it and make it the cult’s first stronghold.

• Shen Xing told everyone to cultivate in a space where time flowed twenty times faster, and they began absorbing Soul Stones at the Lotus Pond.
• Captain Laien met Bishop Bote in an abandoned town and accused the Blood Origin Cult of betraying Weideng Royal City and destroying the Lion Knights.
• Bishop Bote countered that Captain Grayson had attacked the cult first and stolen the shipment, then had Yiweishi present a recording supporting their account.
• Captain Laien said he would report the evidence to Lord Haidesen and invited the cult to Weideng Royal City, and Bishop Bote accepted.
• After the knights left, Bishop Bote revealed that he intended to enter Weideng Royal City, deal with Lord Haidesen, and take the city as the Blood Origin Cult’s first stronghold.

Shen Xing and the others cultivated while upgrading their territory, as leaders of the Golden Eagle Kingdom revealed that an oracle had driven their campaign against the Heavenly Star Nation. The red mist then began spreading rapidly across the seas, while Conrad remained trapped in a maze being consumed by gray fog.

• A purple-robed bishop returned to the church, found nothing amiss, and left before dawn broke over the monster-filled town.
• Shen Xing, Xia Wanyin, and their companions cultivated for the equivalent of forty days, while Shen Xing advanced two dragons to Leader Rank.
• Shen Xing upgraded the territory's Lightning Towers and troop nests, including the Shadow Dragon Nest, which gained another hatching space and the ability to recruit Leader Rank Shadow Dragons.
• At a Pentagon meeting, officials from the Golden Eagle Kingdom discussed their failed operation against the Heavenly Star Nation and revealed that an oracle had prompted Western nations to suppress it.
• A military official reported that the red mist over every sea was expanding rapidly and would soon reach their borders.
• Conrad continued wandering a maze after losing his Mist Crystal, while gray fog consumed its passages and left him searching for somewhere to survive.