Qi Ji then conducted breakthrough ceremonies for Wind in Sleep, Black Stone Hammer King, Violent Little Chicken, Pig King, Cat Meow Meow, and others—instantly adding twelve Tier 2 contracted Adventurers to the territory.
The soul crystals they contracted were all different.
For example, Wind in Sleep contracted the soul crystal of an Ashina Great General. This wasn't a particularly strong Tier 2 soul crystal, but it belonged to the Human-type category.
The disadvantage of Human-type soul crystals is that they provide less attribute enhancement and weaker amplification to other Life Soul forms.
However, their advantage lies in versatility. They possess a wide range of skills, and most abilities learned through skill stones can be used without restriction when in Human-type form.
In theory, this means Human-type soul crystals have a higher upper limit.
Black Stone Hammer King contracted a G3 soul crystal. Violent Little Chicken contracted the T03 Tyrant. Cat Meow Meow contracted a Hunter-type soul crystal, while Pig King contracted a G2.
Miracle City had an abundance of soul crystals, but not all were suitable as permanent Life Souls. Some were only used temporarily to help Adventurers break through their tiers.
After this batch of breakthroughs, the number of Tier 2 contracted Adventurers reached 22.
Qi Ji also recruited a new batch of Tier 1 contracted Adventurers, bringing the total number to over two hundred.
In the coming days, the number of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Adventurers would continue to grow rapidly.
These Adventurers would become the core forces of Miracle City.
With their increasingly diverse abilities, they were becoming a powerful and unpredictable force.
---
As for Bihua—
Since Miracle City didn't yet have a Tier 3 Essence Altar, and Tier 3 contracts required enormous resources, she couldn't complete her contract immediately.
As the leader of an Adventurer group, she also needed time to handle her organization's affairs.
After confirming her intention to join, she left Miracle City before closing time to return to her group and Tianyun City to settle matters.
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Next, Qi Ji visited the garrisons of the three races.
He officially converted eight thousand non-human residents into citizens, granting them the ability to understand the Human language and access territory services.
These new citizens could now use teleportation within the territory and relocate freely to the main city, Green Swamp City, or Gloomy City.
This allowed them to enjoy better living conditions and pursue new opportunities.
With population growth, infrastructure and services would naturally improve.
This would help establish industry chains and strengthen the territory's foundation.
---
All these actions—construction, contracts, and citizen conversion—consumed a large amount of mental power.
When Qi Ji returned to the Lord's Mansion, his remaining resources were:
Mental Power: 7057
Soul Crystals: 18,980
Tier 1 Material Essence: 8,622
"Not bad," he muttered.
Today, he had obtained a Tier 3 Five-Star Sakura Dragon Soul, along with many other valuable resources.
Even after heavy spending, his net mental power gain was nearly 15,000.
This showed just how profitable the territory had become.
Although current reserves weren't massive, they were stable and sustainable.
Income would continue increasing.
Construction would continue accelerating.
---
"With this amount of mental power, creating a Tier 1 sub–Foreign Lands Chronicle and adding two Blacklight story chapters shouldn't be a problem."
Just as Qi Ji prepared to begin—
[Warning!]
[Sentry tower detected Dark-type presence!]
Again?
Not surprising.
Thunder City had been sending probing attacks for days.
However, this time was different.
The disturbance appeared in Green Swamp City.
This city had just been captured, and its defenses weren't fully developed yet.
Still, since it was now part of a Tier 1 territory, higher-tier enemies couldn't easily invade.
Unless a rare phenomenon like Chaos Extreme Night occurred, Tier 2+ enemies would remain restricted.
So Qi Ji wasn't worried.
He simply issued a mission to the Adventurers.
---
Within minutes, over two hundred Adventurers accepted the mission and rushed to Green Swamp City.
Qi Ji didn't bother watching.
A Lord only needs to control the big picture—not every detail.
---
Instead, he focused on creating a new system:
The Doomsday Arena
This was a sub–Foreign Lands Chronicle built using fighting game concepts.
He designed multiple battle arenas, NPC referees, and over 100 characters inspired by classic fighters.
Each cycle:
20 characters would be randomly available
Players would receive 5 free rotating characters
Rotations would refresh every 3 days
Combat would last 5–8 minutes per match.
Cost:
1 mental power per 30 minutes
Within half an hour, the system was complete.
He also added two new Blacklight story chapters.
Total cost: 3,000 mental power
Done.
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Finally, Qi Ji constructed a crucial building:
Underground City Teleport Station
Cost: 10,000 Soul Crystals
This allowed travel between the Chaos World and the Lord's World.
It was extremely important—but also expensive to use.
He decided to wait before activating it.
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Meanwhile — Green Swamp City
The battle had ended.
"Pathetic," Black Stone Hammer King sneered.
He stood atop a Lizardman corpse.
Hundreds more lay scattered around him.
These were Thunder Lizardmen, a lightning-based variant species.
Strong—but completely overwhelmed.
---
The Adventurers' lineup was simply too powerful:
G3 transformations
Red Oni forms
Ashina Generals
Rocket Launcher units
Over a dozen Tier 2 fighters.
The result?
Total annihilation.
---
Moonlight Shines on Snow confirmed:
"All enemies eliminated. Area secure."
The battlefield was quickly cleaned.
Citizens collected corpses and earned small rewards.
Morale soared.
---
Thunder City
In contrast, Thunder City was furious.
Their lord, Thunder Fang, stood in silence.
A powerful Tier 3 being.
He wasn't enraged—he was calculating.
"This human lord made a fatal mistake…"
By capturing Green Swamp City, Miracle City had unintentionally connected territories.
In four days, when it upgrades to Tier 2—
The territories will merge.
And then—
Thunder Fang himself could attack without restriction.
"Prepare for war," he ordered coldly.
"In a few days… we end this."
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The Next Day
Miracle City opened.
Population: 2,600 Adventurers
Energy surged.
Excitement exploded.
"Blacklight updated!"
"New content!"
"Wait—what is THIS?"
Doomsday Arena.
A brand-new Secret Realm.
Everyone was stunned.
Then—
Excited.
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