Festival of Lights · Diwali
Lin Ye turned his first dungeon victory into the creation of Raging Waves, a Purgatory-level naval battle that devastated Itō Hidetaka and thousands of challengers. After gaining points and a secluded home, Lin Ye returned to developing future dungeons as Itō vowed revenge.
Itō Hidetaka’s economic mission collapsed into an uprising, costing him his level and nearly twenty thousand challengers. Lin Ye upgraded Raging Waves as the Dahe Settlement prepared a million-person assault, which began with its forces scattered across twenty military bases.
Emperor Xiaochuan led Eastern Ocean Island into a disastrous war against Eagle Sauce, whose advanced forces destroyed his military and devastated Edo with a nuclear strike. After the challengers failed the dungeon, the Firmament judged their crimes, erased Itō Hidetaka, and demoted Xiaochuan.
Lin Ye completed Winter Is Coming, a Purgatory-level dungeon built around a war between Stick Country and Bear Country. Kim Geun-seok led an air assault on Moscow and was destroyed, while Bear Country’s bombers eliminated the remaining challengers and the dungeon ended with no clears.
Lin Ye’s Winter Is Coming repeatedly defeated Kim Geun-seok’s forces, first with Dragon Country’s missiles and then with Bear Country’s freezing climate and superior tanks. After Kim Geun-seok’s coalition was wiped out, the Instance closed without a clear and awarded Lin Ye 56.32 million points.
Lin Ye’s Winter Is Coming challenge drew South Korea, Daiwa, and Nirmaner into a five-million-person coalition against Bear Country. After the coalition suffered devastating losses, Long Yuan spent ten million points to protect Lin Ye, who vowed to keep the Instance from being conquered and secure the refund.
Xi'er led the remaining challengers through a coordinated invasion of Bear Country, capturing Saint Petersburg before the Firmament opened a final quest to take three major cities. Lin Ye’s defenses, a magnetic storm, and Yuri’s Revenge then disrupted the invasion and left the challengers facing escalating threats.
Lin Ye crushed the Challenger alliance in Winter Is Coming, reached LV4, and began building The Great Wall Watch as Great Xia faced attacks from eight Settlements. He prepared a two-million-person beta Instance to strike back at South Korea and learned that the Luan Bird aerospace carrier platform model was complete.
Lin Ye opened The Great Wall Watch against the Universe Settlement, and its Challengers suffered a devastating defeat. Lin Ye rose to ninth on the Hero Ranking and considered which Settlement to target next.
Lin Ye turned the Great Wall Watch against India and Gaul, while their commanders prepared a coordinated assault on Dragon Country. As Katerina’s fleet waited offshore, Dragon Country launched a powerful invasion of India that devastated Dai Le’s forces.
Lin Ye’s Dragon Country crushed Dai Le’s Indian forces and Katerina’s fleet, then destroyed Joseph’s air force. Fulangche’s avalanche briefly damaged Dragon Country’s troops, but the Gaul force faltered under relentless sacrifice and accepted defeat before reaching Sunlight City.
After Dragon Country wiped out India’s remaining Challengers, Lin Ye redesigned The Great Wall Watch as an eight-Settlement battle and drew the rival Settlements into a decisive war. The new Instance opened with Dragon Country’s overwhelming attack, rapidly destroying forces in Kazakhstan, Myanmar, and Stick Country while Xi’er focused on Bear Country.
Dragon Country destroyed the remaining smaller factions and drove its forces toward Bear Country while its fleet engaged Eagle Sauce Country near Pearl Harbor. Bear Country began its defense of three major cities, and Guderian prepared a stealth bomber strike as the fighting escalated.
Lin Ye’s Dragon Country crushed Bear Country and Eagle Sauce Country after revealing the Nantianmen Project, while Xi'er’s and Minamoto no Yorimitsu’s resistance ended in defeat. The Instance concluded with Lin Ye victorious and the Firmament assessing the Challengers, as Long Yuan prepared to tell Lin Ye what he knew before his advance to LV5.
Lin Ye honored Ding Chang’s final wish, then expanded Earth Online with advanced technology and learned of Long Yuan’s evidence about the Firmament. After reaching 108 million points, Lin Ye challenged it and entered a fused war against the Zerg, leaving Azure Star’s people stranded in a wilderness reset.
The Earth Alliance battled the evolved Zerg across Africa while Ding Chang organized a plan to strike their Motherworld and stop the Leviathans’ recovery. The expeditionary fleet reached Insect Star, where Ding Chang identified two likely targets and began planning how to divide its forces.
Ding Chang and Trump led Earth’s forces against the Zerg, only to discover that Insect Star itself controlled the Broodmothers and could regenerate. After Trump and Ding Chang sacrificed themselves, the surviving forces destroyed Insect Star, and the Firmament announced that Earth’s losses had triggered the Technological Explosion buff.
After defeating the Zerg, Lin Ye gained control of Azure Star and Kazi Star as the world entered the interstellar arena. He founded a Federation, began designing Solar System Online with Alice’s help, and watched Kaza prepare to challenge the Green Vine Civilization.
Kaza led two million Challengers into the Tree Spirit Abyss, where his fake quantum fleet and outdated weapons failed to protect them from the Tree Spirit Legion. After the Challengers were erased and Azure Star lost Star Yuan, Lin Ye studied the enemy Instance, prepared Azure Star for the Universe Arena, and began expanding Solar System Online.
Lin Ye built a Trisolaran civilization Instance, organized Azure Star’s leaders and gathered intelligence on rival civilizations while Alice strengthened Solar System Online. He set a one-week deadline for war and planned to use Azure Star’s protection period to challenge other civilizations and exploit the Instance rules.