Recaps

Shisui destroyed an ice boat carrying Zhou Zhou and three other survivors, then discovered Zhou Zhou’s living talent, [Survival in Desperate Situations]. After extracting and subduing it, Shisui put it in a separate Alternate Space and headed toward Tianpiao Ocean.

• Shisui pierced the ice boat with a Steel Feather, sending Zhou Zhou and the other three survivors into the water.
• Shisui captured the four survivors in his Koukaku and turned the other three into Flesh Crystals.
• Shisui extracted [Survival in Desperate Situations] from Zhou Zhou, whose body became a dried corpse.
• Shisui learned that the talent was alive and had used equivalent exchange to grant Zhou Zhou good luck in return for his accumulated misfortunes.
• Shisui threatened [Survival in Desperate Situations] into accepting his Rc Cells and offered it a Flesh Crystal to eat.
• Shisui placed the talent in a separate Alternate Space, then transformed into a flying fish and headed toward Tianpiao Ocean.

Shisui used a brief gap during a Sea Race guard rotation to smash through the Psychic Energy blockade surrounding Mao City and escape into the Tianpiao Ocean. Yuanqing then investigated the escape, while Arakawa Jiushu’s remark led him to suspect the Demon Race might be involved.

• Shisui used his Radiant Feathers to scout the Sea Race blockade and waited for the guards to change shifts.
• When the transfer of Psychic Energy created a brief opening, Shisui struck the blockade with his Ukaku and broke through it.
• Yuanqing berated the officer responsible for the eastern defensive line and learned witnesses had described the escapee as having two pairs of dark purple fins.
• Arakawa Jiushu suggested that freshwater species might belong to the Demon Race, prompting Yuanqing to order spies to watch the Demon Race’s movements.

Miao Xingyu fled through the Ten-Thousand-Blade Tropical Rainforest toward the Kaiyang Continent, unaware that war had already reached its southern region. In the Tianpiao Ocean, Shisui used [Survival in Desperate Situations] to find Old Softshell Turtle, obtained a map to the Dragon Palace, and left the cavern collapsed behind him.

• Miao Xingyu fled toward the Kaiyang Continent after surviving the monster’s attack and witnessing the tsunami swallow the harbor near Mao City.
• The Human Race’s army invaded Beastfolk territory in the Spirit Resonance Rainforest, though Miao Xingyu did not know fighting had reached Kaiyang.
• Shisui followed [Survival in Desperate Situations] into an underwater cavern, where he found Old Softshell Turtle sleeping.
• Shisui forced Old Softshell Turtle to hand over a map to the Dragon Palace, and [Survival in Desperate Situations] confirmed its approximate location.
• After Shisui left, a Radiant Feather pierced Old Softshell Turtle’s brain and Spatial Energy collapsed the cavern.

Shisui fled south through the Tianpiao Ocean as the cavern collapsed, while dawn brought Human Race forces to Mao City and sparked a battle against the Sea Race. On Huaihuang Continent, the Human Race and Demon Race continued fighting as officers dealt with the missing shipment and an approaching Undying Legion battalion.

• Shisui swam south through the Tianpiao Ocean after the cavern collapsed, intending to use the map once he reached the Pacific Ocean.
• The Human Race army arrived at Mao City after a deliberate delay, and its heavy cavalry charged the Sea Race's defenses.
• The Human Race's follow-up troops surrounded and destroyed the sea beasts, opening a gap in the defenses around Mao City as the battle escalated.
• Lu Taoyu reported that the Citroën Company shipment was missing and might have been seized by the Sea Race, so the commander told her to return and promised to seek help.
• A Human Race officer approved the use of high-lethality concussion bombs against the Second Battalion of the Demon Race's Undying Legion, and the fighting on Huaihuang Continent continued.

Human military leaders discussed the Sea Race’s occupation of Mao City and planned to strengthen intelligence and monitor other land-dwelling races. Meanwhile, Yan Fei revealed that he intended to act without waiting for approval, with a gilded banquet invitation before him.

• Duan Pengtian reviewed the delayed report from Yan Fei and had the Ringwater commander-in-chief arrested for failing to relay it promptly.
• Duan Pengtian warned the commanders that the Human Race’s survival came before their personal interests and asked for plans to counter the Sea Race.
• Hou Jin proposed sending a new intelligence agent to Chongming and using the Dragon Spirit Species’ upcoming heir selection as an opportunity.
• Duan Pengtian assigned Central to dispatch the agent and ordered Hou Jin to keep other races in check and monitor their movements.
• Yan Fei told another intelligence agent that they should act without waiting for approval, as he sat beside a gilded banquet invitation.

Lu Qianyu learned that the coast would remain sealed for two days, while Hu Lingling assigned Li Nai'an an intelligence mission in Chongming City as an assessment for joining the Undying Legion. Shisui reached the Pacific Ocean, traced the route to the Sea Race's capital, and began searching for a nearby staging point to raid.

• Lu Qianyu questioned a market stallholder and learned that the coast was sealed and sea travel would likely be blocked for another two days.
• Hu Lingling told Li Nai'an to lead a team into Chongming City to gather intelligence and prove she was fit to join the Undying Legion.
• A Beastfolk officer ordered the latest intelligence from the land sent discreetly and hoped Hua Yixuan would infiltrate safely.
• Shisui crossed the Tianpiao Ocean and reached the Pacific Ocean in less than six hours.
• Shisui used Old Softshell Turtle's shell plate to identify the route to the Sea Race capital, Chongming City, and concluded that the army must have a staging point near the Tianpiao Ocean.
• Shisui rested on the seabed and sent out his Radiant Feathers to search for a Sea Race base.

Shisui discovered a hidden Sea Race facility where nearly a million sea beasts were being raised, then slaughtered them and refined their remains into Flesh Crystals. He left the emptied seagrass forest with enough supplies to continue toward Chongming City.

• Shisui followed a Radiant Feather to a secluded seagrass forest in the Pacific Ocean and sensed Psychic Energy within it.
• Shisui found that the Sea Race was raising nearly a million dormant sea beasts there, including laboratory-bred varieties documented in a book from the Shengtian Library.
• Shisui sealed the forest with Radiant Feathers and unleashed a volley that killed the sea beasts and destroyed the seagrass.
• Shisui compressed the remains into Flesh Crystals, gathering supplies for his journey across the Pacific and into the Profound Grand Canyon.
• Shisui checked his shell-plate map, adjusted his route, and flew away toward Chongming City.

Shisui infiltrated Chongming City by disguising himself as a stone and descending into the Profound Grand Canyon. Lu Qianyu met Yan Fei at the Reed Pavilion, joined the Chongming City Intelligence Group, and prepared to build a secure communications link before attending a banquet the next evening.

• Shisui concealed his Psychic Energy and drifted past the Sea Race guards into the Profound Grand Canyon.
• Shisui discovered the illuminated undersea capital of Chongming City as he sank into its depths.
• Lu Qianyu made his way through Chongming City to a secret meeting at the Reed Pavilion.
• Yan Fei told Lu Qianyu he would take him to the chancellor's residence banquet at seven the next evening.
• Lu Qianyu said he needed Psychic Energy-bearing metal and exact coordinates to complete the secure communications link, then formally joined the Sea Race Chongming City Intelligence Group.

Yan Fei briefed Lu Qianyu on the Sea Race succession struggle and warned him to gather intelligence at the upcoming birthday banquet while prioritizing his safety. After Lu Qianyu left with a Leaf Sheep, Yan Fei spotted the dangerous Shisui outside, while Shisui settled into the Reed Pavilion and began spreading his eyes and ears.

• Yan Fei named Guan Xiangming, Yuan Rong, Yuan Yuan, and Yuanli as key figures at the birthday banquet and outlined their roles in the Sea Race's succession struggle.
• Yan Fei told Lu Qianyu that the Crown Prince decision was approaching, warned that the banquet might bring an emergency, and instructed him to prioritize his safety while gathering intelligence.
• Yan Fei gave Lu Qianyu a Leaf Sheep that glowed during sudden, large Psychic Energy fluctuations, and Lu Qianyu left the tea room.
• After noticing a dangerous man with dark red eyes on the walkway, Yan Fei sent a shadowy figure to investigate him.
• Shisui entered the Reed Pavilion, chose a lively table, and began spreading his eyes and ears after realizing Yan Fei had noticed him.

Shisui captured a bodiless creature that had been stalking him and then concealed his identity in Chongming City. Meanwhile, Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu arrived early at the Chancellor’s Residence for the birthday banquet, as Shisui observed the gathering and noted the Qi Family’s recent loss.

• Shisui lured his shadow-like stalker into an alley, revealed it was a modified soul, and sealed it in an Alternate Space.
• Shisui changed his appearance and blended into Chongming City while searching for a new identity.
• Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu traveled toward the Chancellor’s Residence and discussed the Sea Race’s technology and ambitions.
• Yan Fei reminded Lu Qianyu of the proper etiquette before they joined the officials and prominent families arriving early for the banquet.
• Shisui watched the guests gathering near the Chancellor’s Residence and remarked that the Qi Family had lost its patriarch and his wife.

Shisui replaced Qi Mingyou with a human-skin puppet and used his identity to enter the chancellor's residence banquet. There, he spotted Yan Fei and watched as Lu Qianyu noticed Li Nai'an and Bai Ye, while Shisui stayed concealed and surveyed the gathering.

• Shisui captured Qi Mingyou in his carriage, extracted his talent and soul, and created a near-perfect puppet in his likeness.
• The puppet arrived at the chancellor's residence ahead of the mid-ranking officials, dismissed the driver, and entered the banquet with Shisui concealed inside it.
• Shisui mingled as Qi Mingyou and sensed powerful beings watching over the residence, so he avoided revealing himself.
• Shisui recognized Yan Fei, who secretly alerted Lu Qianyu to two suspicious women in the southeast corner.
• Lu Qianyu observed Li Nai'an and Bai Ye as they sampled desserts, while Shisui watched the venue from the alternate space.

At Chancellor Guan’s birthday banquet, the Guan Family publicly aligned itself with Second Prince Yuan Yuan, sharpening the rivalry between him and First Prince Yuan Rong. From the Alternate Space, Shisui recognized a familiar Psychic Energy fluctuation linked to the imperial Dragon Spirit Species, while Yan Fei watched the guests and waited for one more arrival.

• Guan Xiangming summoned Guan Sheng and told him not to fear the Second Prince’s arrival, while Guan Yu left for his own room instead of greeting the guests.
• First Prince Yuan Rong arrived with his consort, and Shisui sensed a Psychic Energy fluctuation resembling the one left on the damaged [Spirit Dream Recall].
• Second Prince Yuan Yuan arrived without his ill consort, greeted Guan Xiangming as his father-in-law, and exchanged formal greetings with Yuan Rong.
• Guan Xiangming’s welcome made the Guan Family’s support for Yuan Yuan clear, prompting prominent-clan representatives to contact their families.
• Yan Fei moved away from the scions, having sent Lu Qianyu away earlier, and kept watch for the one guest who had not yet arrived.

At Guan Xiangming’s birthday banquet, a mistaken set of imperial offerings and the sudden arrival of Dragon Palace Imperial Guards exposed the danger of his choice to support the Second Prince. The guards ordered everyone to stop, while Li Nai'an and Bai Ye disappeared and Lu Qianyu warned Yan Fei that the situation had changed.

• Lu Qianyu watched Li Nai'an and Bai Ye from concealment as they gathered intelligence at the banquet.
• Guan Xiangming introduced his grandson Guan Sheng, while the Third Prince Yuanli remained absent.
• Shisui noticed concealed spatial energy near the ceremony as the offerings were carried out.
• Guan Xiangming revealed nine groups of offerings, an imperial rite rather than the eight groups prescribed for a chancellor.
• Dragon Palace Imperial Guards entered the residence and ordered everyone to move, as Li Nai'an and Bai Ye vanished.
• Lu Qianyu alerted Yan Fei, and Guan Xiangming realized the Dragon King was warning him for openly taking a side in the succession contest.

Arakawa Jiushu and Jiang Ning plotted to use Chancellor Guan Xiangming’s downfall to provoke war with the Demon Race and strengthen Yuanli’s position. Li Nai'an and Bai Ye discovered that imperial guards had surrounded them, while Shisui headed toward the spies after overhearing their plans.

• Arakawa Jiushu persuaded Jiang Ning to let him frame the Demon Race for driving a wedge between Guan Xiangming and the Dragon King.
• Li Nai'an reported that Guan Xiangming and Guan Sheng had been taken away by imperial guards, while Hu Lingling assessed the political situation remotely.
• Bai Ye noticed imperial guards enclosing her and Li Nai'an, and Li Nai'an sent a coded warning before Hu Lingling helped them bluff their way out.
• Li Nai'an realized their communicator had been tapped and suspected White Owl had sided with the Sea Race, but she chose to test the Dragon King's attitude toward the princes.
• Shisui left the Chancellor's Residence, then sensed two spies carrying spatial fluctuations and rushed toward them.

Shisui listened in on Li Nai'an and Bai Ye as they prepared to strike the Sea Race's hidden bases, while Bai Ye received orders to begin the operation. When explosions threw Chongming City into chaos, Hua Yixuan used the distraction to escape the Dragon Palace.

• Shisui followed Li Nai'an and Bai Ye with a Radiant Feather as they evaded the Sea Race soldiers tailing them.
• Li Nai'an told Bai Ye to check the royal heirs' hidden bases, and Bai Ye gave her explosive flight feathers before slipping away in disguise.
• Bai Ye received orders to begin the operation in five minutes and headed toward the princes' bases to help Li Nai'an destroy them.
• Hua Yixuan received word that chaos would soon erupt in Chongming City and hid near the Dragon Palace's outer wall.
• Three blasts rocked the city, and Hua Yixuan escaped by burrowing underground while a Heaven Realm expert rushed toward the explosions.

Shisui staged explosions across Chongming City to implicate the three Crown Prince candidates and inflame suspicion among the Sea Race. He then unleashed a human-skin puppet at the Chancellor's Residence, and the massacre left the ruling class demanding war against the Demon Race.

• Li Nai'an escaped the staged explosion by blending into the fleeing crowd, while Shisui used the destruction and surveillance footage to frame the three Crown Prince candidates.
• Shisui activated a human-skin puppet that had taken the form of Qi Mingyou, causing it to attack guests at the Chancellor's Residence.
• The puppet transformed into a tentacled monster and slaughtered Sea Race officials and nobles inside the sealed front hall.
• The spatial barrier dissipated after the massacre, but the culprit and puppet had already disappeared.
• The Sea Race ruling class, enraged by the deaths, rallied behind sending troops to war against the Demon Race.

After reaching the Profound Realm Ninth Realm, Shisui learned that the Human Race and Demon Race had become temporary allies against the Sea Race. He teleported from Chongming City to Mao City to await the coming battle for Ringwater Continent.

• Shisui consumed most of his stored Flesh Crystals and advanced to the Profound Realm Ninth Realm.
• Shisui sensed the Sea Race standoff in Mao City and overheard Li Nai'an and Hu Lingling discuss the growing threat and possible alliance.
• Human Race leaders received news that fighting with the Demon Race had paused and the two races would jointly attack the Sea Race.
• Shisui left a note at his house in Chongming City and opened a long-distance Space Wormhole to Mao City.
• Shisui arrived at a vacant villa in Mao City and waited for the allied forces to retake the city before advancing toward Ringwater Continent.

Shisui slaughtered the withdrawing Moonfall Continent Southern Military Region army during a night raid. After killing the officer and his guards, he declared that he was outside their game.

• The Sea Race Campaign Allied Coalition arrived at Mao City, and the Moonfall Continent Southern Military Region garrison withdrew to recover.
• Shisui vanished from Mao City and followed the garrison as it marched north and camped for the night.
• Shisui silently killed the soldiers on watch and raided the tents, turning the bodies into Flesh Crystals.
• The officer and his personal guards confronted Shisui, but he pierced their heads with radiant feathers.
• Shisui told the dying group, "I'm outside your game."

Shisui gathered Flesh Crystals from a massive battle between sea beasts and the allied Human and Demon army, then headed for Ringwater Continent to deploy the Radiant Feathers. The allied army began its counteroffensive against the Sea Race by destroying its command center with an underwater Psychic Energy-guided weapon.

• Shisui burned the Moonfall Continent Southern Military Region's abandoned tents and added the crystals from its soldiers to his storehouse.
• The Radiant Feathers collected nearly a hundred thousand Flesh Crystals from the battle as the allied army drove the sea beasts back.
• Shisui decided that large-scale wars were the fastest way to gather enough Flesh Crystals and traveled to Ringwater Continent to deploy more Radiant Feathers.
• Sea Race soldiers sent distress signals from Mao City, but their command center received no response from the million sea beasts in the nearby seagrass forest.
• The Sea Race chief of staff ordered a report to the Third Highness and a reconnaissance mission to the seagrass forest as Mao City's defenses faltered.
• The allied Human and Demon army fired an underwater Psychic Energy-guided weapon that destroyed the Sea Race command center.

The allied fleet set out for Chongming City as the Sea Race prepared attacks on Mao City and the Ringwater Continent. After Shisui struck a harbor to draw the fleet back, allied headquarters ordered it to return and destroy the invading Sea Race legion.

• An allied submarine struck the Sea Race's temporary command center while the Ringwater Continent evacuated its residents to Mao City.
• Yuanli concealed Mao City's loss from Chongming City and ordered a simultaneous attack on Mao City and the Ringwater Continent.
• Shisui saw the allied fleet departing and attacked a harbor on the Ringwater Continent, unleashing sea beasts and drawing the Sea Race's legions ashore.
• The Sea Race attacked settlements across the Ringwater Continent, while its forces also counterattacked near Mao City.
• At allied headquarters, a general rejected the plan to continue toward Chongming City and ordered the First Legion to return and outflank the Sea Race invaders.

Shisui gathered Flesh Crystals as the sea beasts ravaged Ringwater Continent, forcing the allied fleet to turn back. The Sea Race ambushed and captured the Human Race’s advanced submarine with specially developed sea beasts, then advanced to intercept the allied army.

• Shisui monitored the Radiant Feathers as they covertly absorbed flesh and Psychic Energy across Ringwater Continent and refined it into Flesh Crystals.
• The allied army turned its fleet back toward Ringwater Continent, and the Third Prince Faction prepared a legion of Sea Race soldiers and special model sea beasts to confront it.
• The Human Race submarine raced ahead of the fleet toward Ringwater Continent, but special sea beasts sabotaged its gun and damaged its Psychic Energy Shield.
• The Sea Race legion commander ordered the First Battalion to attack, and Sea Race soldiers overwhelmed the disabled submarine.
• The Sea Race commander recalled the barnacle-like Special Sea Beasts and ordered the legion to reach its designated position before the allied army noticed the submarine had gone silent.

Shisui sensed intense psychic energy fluctuations as the allied fleet approached Ringwater Continent, where the Sea Race ambushed the Human Race and Demon Race ships. Lu Taoyu rallied the fleet and ordered a counterattack as Shisui’s Radiant Feathers reached the battle.

• Shisui sent Radiant Feathers through the corpses to collect flesh and psychic energy, then sensed strong fluctuations from the distant sea.
• Lu Taoyu learned the fleet had lost contact with its sentinel submarine and ordered the warships to prepare for a Sea Race ambush.
• The Demon Race fleet formed a defensive formation as the allied fleet reached the waters above Ringwater Continent and Sea Race spears burst from the sea.
• The Sea Race sent sea beasts against the Human Race fleet and spear-wielding soldiers against the Demon Race fleet, while Shisui redirected his Radiant Feathers toward the battle.
• Lu Taoyu received reports that the fleet’s weapons were ready and ordered the underwater Psychic Energy Cannons to fire and the Mechanical Birds to launch.

Shisui watched the allied fleet battle the Sea Race, whose regular army arrived and smashed three warships. Earlier, the Dragon King had ordered Guan Xiangming to lead the defense, while Jiang Ning secretly arranged for him to receive military intelligence and maps.

• Lu Taoyu fired the underwater Psychic Energy Cannon, giving the allied forces an advantage against the Sea Race prince's guard legion.
• Barnacle-like sea beasts attached themselves to the Human Race fleet's hulls and damaged the ships, interrupting the underwater cannon's attack.
• A mountain-sized Sea Race force burst from the water and destroyed three warships as the regular army arrived.
• At court in Chongming City, Guan Xiangming urged the Sea Race to answer the Human Race and Demon Race's invasion, and the Dragon King ordered him to lead the defense.
• A mid-ranking official delivered military intelligence and maps to Guan Xiangming on behalf of a prince, then reported to Jiang Ning that he had received the documents.
• When Arakawa Jiushu questioned Jiang Ning's cooperation with Guan Xiangming, Jiang Ning said there were no eternal enemies.

Jiang Ning learned that Demon Race spies had caused explosions in Chongming City and that an unidentified person had escaped the Hidden Dragon Palace, while White Owl and Bai Ye pursued their own covert dealings. At sea, the three-way battle intensified as Shisui escaped through a Space Wormhole and the Radiant Feathers fed the Predator’s attempt to reach the Earth Realm.

• Jiang Ning read Arakawa Jiushu’s secret report about the Demon Race spy, the explosions in Chongming City, and the unidentified escapee, then hurried to the center of the base.
• Arakawa Jiushu secretly spoke with White Owl, who agreed to work with him before crushing the communicator; Bai Ye later crushed her own communicator while monitoring the Sea Race legion.
• A gigantic sea beast sank Human Race warships, while Demon Race officers used Li Nai'an’s intelligence to prepare for the Sea Race’s arrival and repel the beasts.
• The Sea Race legion and the Third Prince’s personal guard attacked the Human Race fleet as the three factions’ forces converged.
• Shisui entered the sea and vanished through a Space Wormhole, while the Radiant Feathers gathered the battle’s flesh, blood, and Psychic Energy to support the Predator’s Metamorphosis.

Shisui entered the sea battle in his Kakuja form and attacked the forces below, drawing out powerful Earth Realm combatants from the Human, Demon, and Sea Races. The four combatants turned on the Sea Race officer, but Shisui’s unfinished breakthrough and the Demon fighter’s failed talent left the fight escalating.

• Shisui broke through his suppressor’s concealment, carpet-bombed the battlefield with Feather Bullets, and plunged into the sea to hunt the survivors.
• Lu Taoyu and a young woman appeared for the Human Race, while a white-haired Demon Race combatant and a Sea Race officer emerged as the other Earth Realm fighters.
• Shisui attacked the Sea Race officer with eight Bikaku, and Lu Taoyu and the Demon fighter joined the assault.
• The Sea Race officer spun his scale-covered body and repelled all three attackers, while Shisui sensed the officer’s combat skill and began absorbing Psychic Energy to advance.
• The white-haired Demon fighter tried to halt the Psychic Energy around Shisui, but [Predator] broke the effect and caused backlash; the Sea Race officer kicked the Demon fighter into the sea.