Recaps

Yu Xunge lost Zhuri’s help after Y128 tried to persuade her, then relied on Y128 and ordinary combat to compete for Resource Boxes. Zhuri began killing players from “Isolated Island,” with the kills credited to Yu Xunge, leaving Yu and Y128 to realize that the hunters’ goal was to kill players quickly.

• Y128 asked Zhuri to help by claiming Yu Xunge needed the skill to protect herself and her world, but Zhuri said Y128 did not know Yu and vanished.
• Yu explained that she would not beg Zhuri for help, then admitted she would have told her, “Teacher, I’m really looking forward to fighting alongside you.”
• Yu Xunge and Y128 fought other Mechanical Race members for Resource Boxes using ordinary techniques, and Yu explained she had chosen her skill in case a Mechanical Race ally betrayed her.
• Yu worried that “Isolated Island” might have entered the Invasion Sequence and that its people could suffer because of her choices.
• Battlefield announcements credited Zai Jiu Xunge with kills of Chongshan Cuoluo and Lingding Nanyue, and Yu concluded that Zhuri had made the kills on her behalf.
• The World Battlefield channel discussed Zhuri carrying Yu’s kills, while Yu and Y128 concluded that the hunters from “Isolated Island” were focused on killing players.

Dawn Cicada and Y1122 escaped Cuo Da and Tian Huhaoqi, while the hunted players struggled to survive against the powerful hunters. In the thirty-seventh minute, Fu Qingfengji killed Hexi and randomly changed Fuqing’s invading world to Earth Cage, giving Fuqing a chance at years or decades of respite.

• Dawn Cicada recognized Cuo Da as the principal of Moonlight Wetland and realized she and Y1122 could not defeat him while sharing control of one body.
• Tian Huhaoqi charged Dawn Cicada with a greatsword, so Dawn Cicada told Y1122 to use [Distant Lighthouse] and escape just before the attack landed.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 escaped Asagi and recharged at a station as players complained in the battlefield chat about the hunters’ strength.
• In the thirty-seventh minute, Fu Qingfengji killed Hexi and received a random draw to change Fuqing’s invading world.
• The draw replaced Winter Sea with Earth Cage, giving Fuqing a less threatening invasion sequence and a possible reprieve of years or decades.

Yu Xunge and Y128 survived the early chaos while players searched for ways to awaken their Player Relics. After the maps merged and Huang Jin appeared, Zhuri sealed the area and began killing players as Yu Xunge fled with Y128.

• Yu Xunge declined to cooperate with Zelan and continued surviving with Y128, opening Resource Boxes and collecting equipment.
• The maps merged, ten hunters arrived on each map, and players were told to awaken their Player Relics while Chimney Smoke burned.
• Zhuri killed Zelan Bone Shadow, and Huang Jin appeared to fight Tiger Ear Que Que with her [Law of Death] equipment.
• Zhuri sealed a large area, disabling Movement Skills, while Tiger Ear Que Que moved toward Yu Xunge and Y128.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 ran as Zhuri killed players across the battlefield, and an unknown figure ran beside Yu Xunge and questioned her stumbling.

Yu Xunge fled the battlefield with Tiger Ear Que Que while investigating how to awaken her Player Relic, then encountered Huang Jin and escaped after signaling that she was her apprentice. Zhuri found Huang Jin’s warning that Yu Xunge was nearby and changed course, hoping they would not meet.

• Yu Xunge and Tiger Ear Que Que agreed to cooperate while fleeing, and Yu Xunge studied her Player Relic as she considered the Little Painter game’s rules with Tulan and B80.
• Yu Xunge listed the players she might be able to kill to awaken her relic, but Huang Jin suddenly attacked her and appeared beside Tiger Ear Que Que.
• Yu Xunge fled from Huang Jin while drawing a modified Hide and Seek skill rune that would reveal her identity, trusting Huang Jin to let her go rather than pursue her.
• An announcement reported that Huang Jin had killed Tiger Ear Que Que, while Yu Xunge continued escaping without Huang Jin following her.
• Zhuri found Huang Jin’s message pointing toward Yu Xunge, erased it, and changed direction because she feared her apprentice might die permanently if they met.

Yu Xunge refused Zelan Kufu’s request to kill him and later hunted down Donghai Shark Leng, who helped her hold off a hunter. After killing him, she unfurled her painting.

• Zelan Kufu begged Yu Xunge to kill him, but she ran away rather than risk his hidden abilities and the nearby hunter Luodian.
• Luodian killed Zelan Kufu, then was afflicted by Kufu’s Undead Curse until Cuo Da lifted it.
• Yu Xunge spotted Donghai Shark Leng fighting the hunter Arcane and charged at him with Y128.
• Donghai Shark Leng realized he could not escape and cooperated with Yu Xunge, immobilizing Arcane so she could deliver the final blow.
• Yu Xunge killed Donghai Shark Leng, received a smaller-than-usual level-cap reward, and unfurled her painting.

Yu Xunge and Y128 reached the temple where players could awaken their Player Relics and question the gods. Dawn Cicada accused Qihua of abandoning Lighthouse and favoring Yu Xunge, but Yu Xunge concluded that Qihua’s actions had been meant to make amends to Fragrant Branch and unite Dawn with Zai Jiu.

• Yu Xunge and Y128 used Romantic Tourist to escape another possible hunter encounter, then charged Y128 while Yu Xunge wondered about the game’s mechanics and Isolated Island’s strength.
• Yu Xunge completed the second round and arrived with hundreds of players in a temple where blue motes began awakening their Player Relics.
• A god announced that Game Time had been paused and invited the players to ask questions.
• Dawn Cicada confronted Qihua, demanding to know why she had not helped Lighthouse and accusing her of favoring Zai Jiu Xunge.
• Qihua revealed herself as Fragrant Branch and said the Godly Game supervised the gods’ actions, preventing players from benefiting from their favoritism.
• Yu Xunge asked how Dawn Cicada knew Qihua had caused the Zai Jiu Wager and Invasion Sequence update, then concluded that Qihua had acted for Fragrant Branch and wanted Dawn to merge with Zai Jiu.

At the divine council, Zai Jiu Xunge asked why the worlds kept merging, and the deities revealed that an unavoidable crisis threatened them all. The answers exposed the stakes of surviving the crisis, while the hunters’ permanent deaths left the players facing a new danger.

• Qihua returned to her divine throne after explaining her scheme, and Zai Jiu Xunge asked what crisis had driven the world mergers.
• A deity answered that the crisis was unavoidable, prompting the players to question the council further.
• The deities said stronger worlds had better chances of survival and that survivors could gain an Isolated Island, become deities, or restart their worlds.
• The council confirmed Astralana had survived a previous crisis and explained its unusual status and the hunters’ victory conditions.
• A player asked whether dead hunters could be resurrected, and the deity answered that they died permanently.

After the players’ questions awakened their Player Relics, Yu Xunge discovered her painting had transformed into a powerful relic with two modes. The chapter ended as she revealed its Sun mode, Sunset Cantata, alongside its Moon mode, Echoes of the Snow Country.

• After all 529 players asked their questions, blue motes ignited their Player Relics.
• Yu Xunge unfurled her painting and saw that an unknown being had refined its figures and added a snowy night to its world.
• Yu Xunge acknowledged how much Qihua’s favoritism and exploitation had hurt her, despite pretending she did not care.
• Yu Xunge’s painting awakened as Echoes of the Snow Country, a Moon-mode relic with six combat-focused skills.
• Yu Xunge rolled up and reopened the painting, switching it to Sun mode and revealing the relic Sunset Cantata.

Yu Xunge discovered that her awakened Player Relic had become a collar, while the gods discussed her relationship with Qihua. As the third round grew more dangerous, Yu Xunge abruptly decided to hunt Dawn Cicada.

• Yu Xunge found that her Player Relic had become a collar that returned to her neck whenever she tried to remove it, and she vowed to put it around Qihua's neck one day.
• The players' Player Relics changed after awakening, and they were expelled from the temple.
• Yudun told Qihua that Yu Xunge hated her and questioned whether Qihua had deliberately revealed herself to Yu Xunge; Qihua attacked Yudun, who vanished.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 continued prioritizing survival as hunters gathered on the shrinking number of maps.
• Yu Xunge ordered Y128 to change course and help her kill Dawn Cicada, leaving Y128 confused.

Yu Xunge fought Dawn Cicada with Y128 and Aihao, then used [Flower of Deceit] to turn Dawn Cicada’s flowering branch into an ordinary golden apple. She fled while eating it, leaving Dawn Cicada shocked and furious.

• Yu Xunge and Y128 attacked Dawn Cicada, but Dawn Cicada restored her HP and removed her status ailments.
• Yu Xunge summoned Aihao with [Echoes of the Snow Country] and sent her to attack the other players and hunters.
• Dawn Cicada explained that she resented Qihua’s special treatment of Yu Xunge and chose to build Dawn rather than rebuild Lighthouse after its destruction.
• Dawn Cicada offered to make Yu Xunge a leader of Dawn, but Yu Xunge used [Flower of Deceit] to turn her flowering branch into a golden apple.
• Yu Xunge kicked Dawn Cicada away and fled while eating the apple, and Y128 awkwardly told the pursuing Dawn Cicada to speak after Yu Xunge had finished eating.

Yu Xunge destroyed Dawn Cicada’s flowering branch, escaped the temple, and learned how Dawn Cicada gained authority through her previous branch’s remains. After hunters from an eliminated map arrived, Yu Xunge and Y128 fled and planned to draw their pursuers toward Dawn Spring Guest and Dawn Soundside.

• Yu Xunge ate the golden apple made from Dawn Cicada’s flowering branch, gained major stat boosts, and escaped with Y128 using Romantic Tourist.
• Yu Xunge questioned B80 and learned that Dawn Cicada’s former flowering branch had taken Dawn’s attack and parasitized its server, giving her extra authority.
• Yu Xunge realized Qihua had guided Dawn Cicada toward Zai Jiu, while still wondering why Qihua had revealed her true face.
• A notification announced that Map 1’s players had been eliminated, and its hunters were redistributed across the remaining maps.
• Zhuri and Aihao descended near Yu Xunge and Y128, who ran across the desert and decided to lure them toward Dawn Spring Guest and Dawn Soundside.

Yu Xunge watched Zhuri and Huang Jin repeatedly ask whether their enemies could revive, realizing their questions came from fear for their apprentices. After escaping with Y128, she wrote “Teacher, I can revive” across the desert, hoping her teachers would find the message.

• Zhuri fought the Mechanical Race members and repeatedly asked whether they could revive after being killed.
• Yu Xunge realized Zhuri feared her apprentice might die permanently if killed in the game.
• After Huang Jin killed another Mechanical Race member, she asked the same question, and Yu Xunge understood her teachers kept asking because they cared and could not trust every answer.
• Y128 used [Romantic Tourist] to take Yu Xunge away, and she wrote “Teacher, I can revive” in the sand with a smiley face.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 ran through the desert, leaving the same message wherever they could in hopes that Zhuri and Huang Jin would see it.

Qihua silently considered why she could not accept Zai Jiu Xunge's kindness, while Zhuri found a message from her apprentice saying she could revive. As the Godly Game countdown began, Yu Xunge sought a Zelan player to finish off a weakened hunter, then shared its location in the battlefield chat.

• Yudun asked Qihua why Zai Jiu Xunge could not understand Qihua's need for her, and Qihua privately recognized that she could not accept kindness given with an ulterior purpose.
• Zhuri found a message carved in the desert saying, “Teacher, I can revive,” and left without responding.
• The countdown showed five minutes and fifty-two players remaining, while Yu Xunge weighed the risks of changing the invading world through the Wager.
• Yu Xunge offered a weakened Isolated Island hunter to Zelan players in the battlefield chat, and several players competed to answer her.
• Yu Xunge called Zelan Yinya “Grandma” and reported the hunter's location at the oasis between the small yellow cactus and the big blue cactus.

Yu Xunge joined Huang Jin against five Zelan players, then learned that Isolated Island players faced strict rules governing their final stage. After Zhuri let Yu Xunge flee for sixty seconds, she ran off while the others discussed whether Zhuri had meant to help her escape or get lost.

• Maple Sugar recognized Rong Shan as an impostor, but Rong Shan sprang a trap and hurled a spear at her.
• Yu Xunge used her reward to return to her original body and helped Huang Jin fight Yinya, Song Gui, Mai Mang · Xie Xie, Chongshan Ember, and Donghai Jingman.
• Song Gui's Player Relic drained Yu Xunge and Huang Jin's attributes, while their battlefield banter turned to teasing Yu Xunge about crying and Dawn Cicada.
• Zhuri and Cuo Da arrived, protected Huang Jin, and watched the countdown settle at fifty remaining players.
• Huang Jin explained that killing Mechanical Race members after the countdown could delay Isolated Island's entry into the invasion sequence, but game rules imposed severe penalties for failing stage requirements.
• Yu Xunge asked Zhuri for a head start to flee; Zhuri allowed her sixty seconds, then admitted she had meant for Yu Xunge to get lost.

As the final showdown began, Yu Xunge set out to recruit Song Gui as Zai Jiu’s new leader and attacked her with Y128 and Tulan. Song Gui proved difficult to defeat, and the chapter ended as Yu Xunge activated three Ultimate Arts with the hunters and players closing in.

• The final showdown’s new rules allowed players to use unsealed skills and equipment, and Yu Xunge realized she had reached tier 13.
• Yu Xunge spotted Song Gui and declared her the candidate for Zai Jiu’s new leader, then attacked with Y128 and Tulan.
• Yu Xunge used [Owl Was Captured] to transfer [Flower of Deceit]’s cooldown to Song Gui, then used [Reversal Moment] and [Thanks for Nature's Gift] against her.
• Song Gui transformed into leaves, evaded Yu Xunge’s attacks, and used a warhammer and vines to resist while Y128 held off her Mechanical Race partner.
• Yu Xunge and Tulan attacked Song Gui with [Sunset Cantata], [Crimson Dandelion], [Freeze Again], and [Fallen Starry Sky], but Song Gui survived and counterattacked.
• With the hunters and players arriving, Yu Xunge activated [Phoenix Seat], [Rule 710], and [Never Change].

Yu Xunge killed Song Gui, then fought Zelan Mist Blade amid the chaotic battle between players and hunters. With the Zhuri Sprite helping her, Yu Xunge drove Mistblade to 2% HP, but Mistblade warned her about the threat she would pose to Zai Jiu.

• Yu Xunge killed Song Gui, causing Song Gui’s cities to belong to Zai Jiu and the robot fighting Y128 to disappear.
• As players and hunters clashed around her, Yu Xunge and Tulan used their skills to target Zelan Mist Blade.
• Yu Xunge created a rule forbidding attacks on herself and Mistblade, then continued their duel while Mistblade blocked her strikes with her saber.
• Yu Xunge summoned the Zhuri Sprite, and they attacked Mistblade together as Yu Xunge used her buffs and skills to overwhelm her.
• At 2% HP, Mistblade caught Yu Xunge’s dagger and asked how she would protect her position and people when Mistblade came to Zai Jiu.

After killing Zelan Mist Blade, Yu Xunge chose Mai Mang · Xie Xie as her next target for recruitment and sent her allies to fight it. Maple Sugar intercepted Yu Xunge, stripped away her active statuses, and forced her to use her revolver amid a growing barrage of attacks.

• The announcement that Zelan Mist Blade had joined Zai Jiu ended [No Logic]'s distorted time, and Yu Xunge charged into the crowded battlefield with Zhuri, Tulan, Y128, and B80.
• Yu Xunge ruled out Tingzhou Jing'e and Zelan Yinya as recruitment targets, then chose Mai Mang · Xie Xie to strengthen Zai Jiu's forces.
• Maple Sugar appeared as Yu Xunge's Arch-Nemesis and attacked her while demanding to know whether Yu Xunge wanted her to join Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge ordered her allies to fight Mai Mang · Xie Xie, but Maple Sugar's maple leaves erased Yu Xunge's active statuses and transferred [Spring Scenery and Flowers] to herself.
• Yu Xunge fired a Stupidity bullet at herself and an Arrogance bullet at Tulan as other players and golden Thunder Cups attacked her.

Yu Xunge outmaneuvered Mai Mang · Xie Xie on the crowded battlefield and secured the kill, forcing the Celestial Crab Race to transfer to Zai Jiu. She then ordered her allies to retreat, leaving the other players stunned and Zhuri furious.

• Yu Xunge charged through the fighting toward Mai Mang · Xie Xie and Little Seahorse while Maple Sugar pursued her.
• Little Seahorse used its skill to make players target Mai Mang · Xie Xie, and Yu Xunge realized the pair had planned to redirect aggro.
• After Tiger Ear players were killed, Yu Xunge used Temporary Respec and Reversal Moment to swap her constitution with Mai Mang · Xie Xie's.
• The Zhuri Sprite, B80, Y128, and Tulan finished off Mai Mang · Xie Xie for Zai Jiu Xunge, causing the Celestial Crab Race to transfer to Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge and her allies fled the battlefield, while Zhuri ordered the Zhuri Sprite to chase and strangle her.

Yu Xunge escaped the players pursuing her and rescued What Time Is It? before considering whom else to recruit. Her attempt to stop the Zhuri Sprite from finishing weakened targets came too late, and Dawn Smoke Disciple joined Zai Jiu, leaving Yu Xunge concerned about the consequences.

• Tulan used B80’s skill to boost her Agility, then flew off with Yu Xunge and B80 while Y128 watched them leave behind the weather effects of Zai Jiu Xunge’s skill.
• Tulan brought the dragon back to rescue What Time Is It?, and Yu Xunge later shook off the pursuing players.
• Yu Xunge reset the cooldowns of her owl items and reviewed the remaining players on the Ladder Ranking, deciding not to recruit more because Zai Jiu could not manage additional factions.
• Yu Xunge instructed the Zhuri Sprite to stop finishing off weakened players, but received notice that Dawn Smoke Disciple had been killed and recruited into Zai Jiu.
• Y128 explained that Dawn Smoke Disciple was Dawn Cicada’s older sister, a research-minded crafter with little real authority among the Fuzhi Race.

After winning Player Relic, Yu Xunge recruited Y128 as a prospective Zaijiu Councilor and prepared to receive four players arriving at Zai Jiu. Their arrival was complicated by Zai Jiu’s level cap, which reduced their levels to 91.

• Yu Xunge learned about Dawn Smoke Disciple’s many research skills and decided she could handle the powerful player as a hostage.
• Y128 asked to settle in Zai Jiu, and Yu Xunge offered her freedom and a councilor position secured by a contract.
• Yu Xunge gathered pursuers with her pets, used a skill combination, and won first place in Player Relic.
• Zai Jiu warned Yu Xunge that Zai Jiu Mistblade, Zai Jiu Song Gui, Zai Jiu Xie Xie, and Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple were waiting outside the world.
• Zai Jiu Mistblade and Zai Jiu Song Gui received notifications that their levels had been reduced to Zai Jiu’s cap of 91.

Yu Xunge offered Mistblade a chance to recreate part of her lost snowbound homeland in Zai Jiu in exchange for becoming a Zaijiu Leader and sharing resources with humanity. Mistblade accepted after securing protection for Moon Fox, leaving Yu Xunge to negotiate with the remaining players.

• Dawn Smoke Disciple and Mai Mang · Xie Xie discovered that their Tombs of the World had gained new mahjong tile types after their quotas changed.
• Yu Xunge arrived and faced the other four players, who waited to hear how she would accommodate them in Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge gave Mistblade [The Hometown One Cannot Return To], which could recreate part of her shattered homeland in the current world.
• Yu Xunge asked Mistblade to become a Zaijiu Leader, share half of her people-training resources with humanity, and preserve human survival and dignity if Yu Xunge died for good.
• Mistblade added a promise that Yu Xunge would protect Moon Fox's survival and dignity if Mistblade fell, then accepted the agreement and withdrew from the negotiations.

Yu Xunge negotiated with Mistblade and Song Gui to secure resources and a succession plan for Zai Jiu. When she asked Crabby what it wanted, Crabby demanded that Sea Cub become Zai Jiu’s mascot, and Yu Xunge refused.

• Yu Xunge offered Song Gui the Godly Relic [Whale Fall in the Wind] and promised she could inherit the Arbiter position if Yu Xunge died for good, in exchange for resources to train the Oak Owls.
• Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple pointed out that Song Gui was waiting for an invitation, and Yu Xunge invited her to accept the deal.
• Song Gui accepted the terms, including the condition that Yu Xunge could not die at Song Gui’s hands.
• Yu Xunge asked Crabby and Sea Cub what they wanted from Zai Jiu.
• Zai Jiu Crabby demanded to become a Zaijiu Leader and have Sea Cub made Zai Jiu’s mascot, but Yu Xunge and Tulan immediately refused.

Yu Xunge negotiated the Sky Crab Race’s entry into Zai Jiu, preserving players’ right to seek revenge while agreeing to make Sea Cub the mascot under conditions that protected harmed players. The new leaders and mascot were announced to Zai Jiu, whose players were left bewildered by Yu Xunge’s warning to beware Sea Cub.

• Xie Xie offered ocean development and a non-hunting treaty in exchange for making Sea Cub Zai Jiu’s mascot, and Yu Xunge insisted Zai Jiu’s players retain the right to hate and seek revenge.
• Yu Xunge agreed to the mascot on the condition that the Sky Crab Race compensate players who suffered unbearable harm from Sea Cub’s blessings, and Xie Xie accepted.
• Yu Xunge sent terms for Xie Xie to become a Zaijiu Leader, leaving Zhao Shuying and Dinghai to negotiate the details of cooperation.
• Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple asked Yu Xunge in Moon Fox Language if it was her turn, while Yu Xunge felt an uncontrollable urge to call her big sister or mommy.
• Yu Xunge announced that players would always have the right and freedom to hate, then Zai Jiu welcomed Mistblade, Song Gui, and Xie Xie as leaders and designated Sea Cub as its mascot.
• Yu Xunge warned Zai Jiu’s players to beware the mascot, leaving them confused.

Yu Xunge negotiated with Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple, who agreed to join Zai Jiu as Meow Meow Tavern City Lord under a pact not to harm its people. As the newcomers began settling in, Yu Xunge learned that vast numbers of Oak Owls and Moon Foxes intended to follow Song Gui and Mistblade.

• Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple explained that her fragrant branch script meant “Warfire and lament keep me from blooming” and said she could promise not to harm Zai Jiu’s people, but could not help their future enemies.
• Yu Xunge offered to make Zai Jiu’s lands and towns more beautiful and take Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple to other worlds on weekends; Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple accepted the position of Meow Meow Tavern City Lord.
• Yu Xunge took the new arrivals to Zai Jiu, where Xie Xie settled by the sea and Song Gui established Four Seasons City above the water.
• Song Gui told Yu Xunge that at least half of the Oak Owls planned to follow him to Zai Jiu, and Yu Xunge recalled Lizhou’s [Loyal Devotion] skill.
• Mistblade told Yu Xunge that about 70% of the Moon Foxes intended to follow her, leaving Yu Xunge to suspect that the Battlefield Chat Channel had been full of more than Dawn Cicada’s complaints.

Song Gui and Yu Xunge saw their followers arrive in the new world, including the flustered dragon Lizhou and Mistblade’s people settling into Snow Village. Back at the villa, Yu Xunge welcomed Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple, then joined her in facing their unread messages and battlefield chat.

• Song Gui’s followers arrived, and a red dragon descended before flying away in a panic as Tulan called after Lizhou.
• Mistblade placed her city and Snow Village beside Moon Lake City, expanding Zai Jiu into a fox-tail-shaped territory as Moon Foxes arrived and celebrated their return home.
• Yu Xunge brought Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple to the villa, where Zhao Shuying welcomed her before she went to play with the cats.
• Yu Xunge appointed B80 as a Zaijiu Councilor and sent them to meet with the legion commanders to plan what came next.
• Yu Xunge asked Smoke Disciple whether she had checked her messages, and they admitted they were both afraid to look before deciding to read them together.