Recaps

After defeating Tulan, Yu Xunge fed her and gathered Dragon Blood and dragon dung as spoils. She sold a Pet Contract Scroll amid the flood of attention over her dragon, then refused Zhao Shuying’s request for the dungeon location and planned to leave with Tulan.

• Yu Xunge fed the starving Tulan, erased her name from the ground, and collected Dragon Blood, soil, leaves, and dragon dung.
• Tulan offered Yu Xunge all her future dung, and Yu Xunge hurriedly accepted before redirecting her to eating.
• Yu Xunge listed her Beginner Pet Contract Scroll anonymously for 588 gold, and someone bought it within minutes.
• Yu Xunge read the chat channels as people reacted to her dragon and speculated about how she had obtained it.
• Zhao Shuying asked Yu Xunge to sell the dungeon location, but Yu Xunge asked Tulan whether another dragon would appear after the dungeon refreshed.
• Tulan said no new dragon would come while she survived, and Yu Xunge refused to share the dungeon location, agreeing to work with Zhao Shuying another time.

Yu Xunge explained how pet contracts worked, then took Tulan to explore a refreshed dungeon and confirmed that its dragon references had been replaced with giant lizards. She brought the miniature Young Dragon home, where Tulan happily explored the house and played with the cats.

• Yu Xunge told her contacts that she and Tulan had an Equal Contract and shared how to contract a pet, while Tulan ate her cooking and shrank to a miniature size.
• Yu Xunge gave Tulan roasted mutton, tested teleportation and invisibility with her, and returned to the dungeon after it reset.
• Yu Xunge found a level 15 giant lizard where the dragon had been and confirmed the refreshed dungeon's books no longer mentioned dragons.
• Yu Xunge stole several stats while exploring, then brought Tulan home and showed her the house, warning her not to eat the cats or harm visitors.
• Yu Xunge played games with Tulan and prepared meat before resting, while Tulan chased kittens and left a shiny treasure untouched because it belonged to Yu Xunge.

Yu Xunge hid Tulan’s powerful God-Bestowed Talent before letting Yu Xunhuan, Su Yitong, Yu Qingshan, and Yi Qiuguo into her home. The visitors inspected Tulan’s attributes and learned she had an SS-rank talent, leaving them awed and unable to afford or claim her.

• Yu Xunge told Tulan that the visitors were her family but that she wanted to keep her dislike of them private, and Tulan agreed to act rebellious around them.
• Yu Xunge asked Tulan to hide her Ice Throne talent, especially its third skill, and Tulan used a skill that froze Yu Xunge’s inspection watch for an hour.
• Yu Xunge opened the door and welcomed Yu Xunhuan, Su Yitong, Yu Qingshan, and Yi Qiuguo, who focused their attention on Tulan.
• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong inspected Tulan, saw her SS-rank Ice Throne talent and extraordinary level-14 attributes, and damaged their inspection items trying to learn more.
• Yu Xunhuan asked about Tulan’s skills, and Yu Xunge said she had seen Tulan use more than twenty kinds; Su Yitong abandoned her hopes of buying the dragon, while Yi Qiuguo took pictures and Yu Qingshan looked proudly at Yu Xunge.

Yu Xunge hosted Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong at her villa, showed them her vending machines, and accepted orders while they reflected on how they had neglected her. After a long rest, she left Tulan at home and headed to Zelan Star, vaguely sensing she had forgotten a promise.

• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong visited Yu Xunge, and Yu Qingshan refused to ask her for the dragon.
• Yu Xunge led the visitors to her rooftop vending machines, where Su Yitong placed an order and regretted not valuing Yu Xunge sooner.
• Yu Xunge spent the morning hosting them, then bought food and supplies before sleeping through the night.
• Yu Xunge woke, checked the game system and forum, and planned a day of cooking, classes, training, and practice.
• Tulan chose to stay home playing games, and Yu Xunge used the Disguise Skill to travel to Zelan Star and visit Hechipa, wondering what she had forgotten.

Yu Xunge attended Hechipa’s alchemy lesson on Zelan Star, teased her about being responsible for the sun’s birth, and fled before Hechipa could catch her. Later, Yu Xunge went to the Special Affairs Bureau’s training camp, where she exchanged information with other players about exotic beasts, dungeons, and the changing economy.

• Yu Xunge brought Hechipa alcohol, cigarettes, snacks, and other goods before attending her alchemy lesson.
• After class, Yu Xunge asked Little Maki how Zelan’s sun was born, then claimed it rose when Hechipa first discovered alchemy.
• Hechipa glared at Yu Xunge as she ran from the shop, then turned toward Little Maki, who feared she was in trouble for playing along.
• Yu Xunge returned home to handle two orders, then went to the Special Affairs Bureau’s training camp, where others asked about her dragon.
• Yu Xunge shared what she knew about Pet Contracts and learned from the other attendees about Master Tailors, guild talents, Auction House deliveries, and dungeon access.

Yu Xunge sold two Beginner Pet Contract Scrolls to Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong, then activated the Turtle Jade of the Wishing Pool to double her financial luck. She went to Zelan Star to sell loot and dragon dung, but found scroll prices had risen instead.

• Yu Xunhuan asked Yu Xunge for two Beginner Pet Contract Scrolls, and she quoted him 1,595 gold for both.
• Su Yitong used the Su Family's available gold, together with her and Yu Xunhuan's funds, to pay Yu Xunge for the scrolls.
• Yu Xunge found a Turtle Jade of the Wishing Pool and a bottle of Daughter Red Wine in the cat bed, then activated the jade with a gold coin.
• Yu Xunge prepared food, collected dragon dung from Tulan, and later traveled to Zelan Star disguised as a goblin.
• Yu Xunge listed equipment and dragon dung for sale, then discovered Beginner Pet Contract Scrolls had risen from 498 to at least 588 gold and demanded a refund from the turtle.

Yu Xunge took Tulan and three cats shopping, drawing attention and receiving free goods from the mall while the Fortune Buff remained active. She later met Zhao Shuying for a meal, where Tulan introduced herself and Zhao Shuying warmly welcomed the dragon, Yu Xunge, and the cats.

• Yu Xunge bought two Pet Contract Scrolls cheaply and resold them to Yu Xunhuan for a 949-gold profit.
• Yu Xunge took Tulan and three cats to the mall, using Invisibility Potions to conceal the dragon from the crowds.
• The mall manager gave Yu Xunge the goods she had ordered for free because Tulan had attracted visitors.
• Yu Xunge joked with Zhao Shuying about charging her for a meal, then accepted her invitation to meet at a restaurant.
• Zhao Shuying greeted Tulan, shook her wing, and pulled out chairs for Tulan, Yu Xunge, and the three cats.

Zhao Shuying offered Tulan a deal to become China’s dragon spokesperson, but Tulan rejected the job after Yu Xunge explained the expectations and demands that could come with fame. Zhao Shuying tried lowering the proposal to photo sessions only, then teased Yu Xunge by showing her a gold coin.

• Zhao Shuying offered Yu Xunge a monthly fee and food subsidy in exchange for Tulan posing at Chinese landmarks and flying over provincial capitals.
• Yu Xunge worried that the public would come to expect Tulan to protect China, and asked Tulan whether she wanted to become a celebrity dragon.
• Tulan said she did not want people bothering her, and Yu Xunge turned down the offer on her behalf.
• Zhao Shuying proposed photo sessions without crowds and offered only the food subsidy, but Yu Xunge said they were not interested in small amounts of money.
• Zhao Shuying held up a gold coin, and Yu Xunge’s gaze followed it as Zhao Shuying sighed.

Yu Xunge sold dragon dung to Zhao Shuying, then set out to find a flood dragon she remembered from her previous life. After receiving Ye Dong’s plea for help, she forwarded it to Yu Xunhuan and decided to leave the dangerous flood dragon for him to deal with.

• Yu Xunge sold Zhao Shuying one hundred pounds of Tulan’s dragon dung, and Zhao Shuying reported that Tulan’s Ice Throne talent had damaged her analysis item.
• After taking Tulan and the cats home, Yu Xunge received Ye Dong’s email asking her to contact Yu Xunhuan for help, accepted the attached gold coin, and forwarded the message.
• Yu Xunge recalled how the flood dragon had manipulated the Nameless Ones guild, eventually eaten most of its members, and escaped into a level 20 instance.
• Yu Xunge decided to leave the flood dragon for Yu Xunhuan and the Su family, while also hoping to save the Nameless Ones members.

Yu Xunge found a Black Jade Flood Dragon in a Level 12 instance and secretly cleared out the other foreign races there. She posted the flood dragon’s location for sale, then received a link from Yu Xunhuan asking her to help him secure it.

• Yu Xunge spotted and identified the Black Jade Flood Dragon, photographed it, and confirmed her Probe skill could not detect its reversal skill.
• Yu Xunge cleared every foreign race in the instance except the flood dragon before leaving the next day.
• Yu Xunge sent Yu Xunhuan two Pet Contract scrolls and promised to keep watch for pet-related news.
• Yu Xunge anonymously posted the flood dragon’s picture and location for bids, attracting offers from Su Baige, Liang Jing, and Lan Cheng.
• Yu Xunge told Lan Cheng she wanted 1,000 jin of dragon dung in exchange for the location, and Yu Xunhuan soon emailed her the post’s link asking for help.

Yu Xunge agreed to help Yu Xunhuan obtain dragon dung, while keeping Tulan’s Dragon Blood out of trade. After Yi Qiuguo visited Tulan and Yu Qingshan warned Yu Xunge to guard the dragon from Yu Xunhuan, Yu Xunge reassured him she would help her brother get a flood dragon, leaving Yu Qingshan conflicted about his son’s growing power.

• Yu Xunge accepted Yu Xunhuan’s request for dragon dung and received two Rare Grade rings and fifty gold coins for her trouble.
• Yu Xunge decided she would not trade Tulan’s Dragon Blood, though she was willing to collect and sell dragon dung.
• Yi Qiuguo visited Tulan, took and edited photos of her, and gave her a new phone; Tulan asked why her father had not come.
• Yi Qiuguo asked Yu Xunge to take her and her father leveling, but Yu Xunge declined and brought up sharing the photo profits.
• Yu Qingshan warned Yu Xunge to protect Tulan from Yu Xunhuan, and Yu Xunge promised to send her brother dragon dung to help him obtain a flood dragon.
• Yu Qingshan privately wished to keep Yu Xunhuan from obtaining the flood dragon because he feared his son’s resentment and petty retaliation.

After dinner with Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo, Yu Xunge set up a social media account for Tulan and read Hechipa’s biography. She learned about Hechipa’s long career and many autobiographies, and worried she might laugh when she next met her teacher on Zelan Star.

• Yu Xunge and Yi Qiuguo dodged Yu Qingshan’s complaints about his missing cigarettes and liquor, and Yu Xunge placated him with a bottle of Zelan Star liquor.
• Yu Xunge sent her parents away, created a social media account for Tulan, and let the Ice Dragon post selfies and keep her tips.
• Yu Xunge read that Hechipa traveled around Zelan Star to study alchemy across different races and became famous for producing exceptionally pure, effective potions.
• Yu Xunge learned that Hechipa challenged celebrated alchemists, rejected a Minotaur prince, and published nineteen autobiographies along with other books.
• Yu Xunge closed the biography and worried that she would laugh when she saw Hechipa during her next class on Zelan Star.

Yu Xunge studied alchemy with Hechipa, soothed her with Dragon Blood, and collected signed copies of her books before returning to Blue Star. Meanwhile, Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong considered how to secure a flood dragon from the Nameless Ones dungeon, but realized they needed powerful help to defeat it.

• Yu Xunge brought Hechipa a copy of Hechipa, Alchemy Maniac and Dragon Blood; Hechipa burned the book, accepted the gift, and gave Yu Xunge an alchemy formula.
• Yu Xunge bought Hechipa’s books and asked her to sign them, prompting Hechipa to consider holding a signing event for her seventy-sixth birthday.
• Yu Xunge returned to Blue Star with thirty-two signed books, mailed dragon dung to Yu Xunhuan, and privately gave Lan Cheng the dungeon’s location through the forum.
• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong learned the flood dragon’s dungeon belonged to the Nameless Ones guild and considered negotiating for temporary access rather than confronting the guild.
• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong realized they needed powerful outside help to weaken the flood dragon enough to contract it, while Su Yitong hesitated to involve Su Jinxuan or Su Baige and risk drawing in Su Langfeng.

Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong sought the Special Affairs Bureau’s help to assemble a team for the flood dragon Instance, while the Liang Family consolidated its power under Liang Sha. Negotiations stalled when Su Yitong rejected the Bureau’s offer for hundreds of uses of her S-rank talent.

• The Liang Family’s strength remained roughly even with the Su Family’s, and Liang Sha returned to the country and purged the family of traitors and deadweight.
• Yu Xunge took Tulan into a level 10 Instance, then sent her home after Tulan consumed nearly all the experience from their run.
• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong contacted Zhao Shuying to negotiate the Special Affairs Bureau’s participation in the flood dragon hunt.
• Zhao Shuying brought Wu Qingbai to meet them, and Yu Xunhuan eased the negotiations by serving tea and offering desserts.
• Su Yitong objected to the Bureau’s request for five hundred uses of Hymn of Hope, insisting her S-rank talent was rare.

Su Yitong failed to persuade the Special Affairs Bureau to help her capture a level 12 flood dragon, leaving her frustrated with her weak position in the Su Family. Meanwhile, Yu Xunge revealed her true appearance to Hechipa and began a demanding alchemy assessment to continue her studies.

• Su Yitong proposed holding concerts to trigger Hymn of Hope for large crowds, but the Special Affairs Bureau rejected her terms for cooperating on the flood dragon hunt.
• Wu Qingbai awkwardly tried to imitate Yu Xunhuan to calm the negotiations, and Zhao Shuying later scolded him for it.
• Su Yitong left the talks determined to obtain the flood dragon, which she hoped would strengthen her, secure her authority, and help her catch the thief stealing from her.
• Hechipa set Yu Xunge an assessment requiring her to brew 302 potions with a failure rate no higher than five percent.
• Yu Xunge had Little Maki close the shop, changed clothes, dispelled her disguise, and appeared before Hechipa and Little Maki in her true form.

Hechipa tested Yu Xunge’s alchemy skills in a three-day examination and judged her results impressive, confirming that she had become a talented and diligent apprentice. Yu Xunge returned to Blue Star to rest, while Hechipa and Little Maki were left unable to forget her strange celebratory song.

• Hechipa recalled how Yu Xunge had first impressed her with twenty self-brewed potions and later earned her trust as an apprentice.
• Yu Xunge brought Tulan to Hechipa’s shop during the test, but Hechipa’s interest in the dragon frightened Tulan into hiding in Yu Xunge’s Pet Space.
• Yu Xunge brewed potions for three days and nights, completing all 302 required brews after redoing the seven that failed.
• Hechipa praised Yu Xunge’s results, noting her low failure rate and that seventeen potions exceeded ordinary standards.
• Yu Xunge celebrated by spinning Little Maki and singing a strange tune, then returned to Blue Star while the melody lingered in Hechipa’s and Little Maki’s minds.

Su Yitong and the Special Affairs Bureau finalized a contract for a team to help her capture a flood dragon in exchange for uses of Hymn of Hope. Yu Xunge woke to the news that Yi Qiuguo was pregnant, leaving her wondering whether her parents had started trying for a baby after learning of Yu Xunhuan's illness.

• Su Yitong and the Special Affairs Bureau negotiated a contract requiring her to use Hymn of Hope three hundred times in exchange for help capturing a flood dragon before October 30.
• Zhao Shuying posted a voluntary high-level mission for Special Affairs Bureau players, with strict requirements and contract protections for both sides.
• Yu Xunge woke, patted Tulan while the little Ice Dragon was gaming, and let Yi Qiuguo into the house.
• Yi Qiuguo told Yu Xunge that she was about one month pregnant, and Yu Qingshan arrived with a cloak for her.
• Yu Xunge realized the pregnancy likely began soon after she had told her parents about Yu Xunhuan's illness and wondered what difference that made from shitting on his neck.

Yu Xunge celebrated Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo’s pregnancy while privately doubting the child would be born, then visited Hechipa to learn that her Disguise Skill was unusually powerful. Hechipa told her to use a more suitable form during future lessons, leaving Yu Xunge wondering if her teacher simply wanted her to look prettier.

• Yu Xunge asked whether Yu Xunhuan knew about the pregnancy, then watched Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo leave while joking about how they would explain it to him.
• Yu Xunge told Tulan to guard the house and went to Zelan Star to meet Hechipa after her potion-making assessment.
• Hechipa explained that Yu Xunge’s Disguise Skill had hidden her Blue Star identity from even an experienced goblin.
• Yu Xunge considered how the skill’s immunity to Item Skills might conceal her identity from powerful abilities as well as ordinary detection.
• Hechipa told Yu Xunge not to disguise herself as a cat for future lessons and suggested several other races instead.

Yu Xunge and Hechipa tested how her Disguise Skill resisted tracking and divination, then Hechipa asked her to steal books from the Moon Fox Clan’s royal library. Yu Xunge agreed and learned that the job involved 194 books, while Hechipa supplied thirty potions to reset her skill cooldown.

• Hechipa used a crystal ball to trace Yu Xunge’s recent movements, but the image of her goblin disguise revealed only a brief conversation before going dark.
• Hechipa showed Yu Xunge that a strand of hair from a disguised woman could reveal her movements and original human identity, prompting Yu Xunge to worry about her own tracks.
• Yu Xunge used a cooldown-reset potion and the Soros Pocket Watch to test her disguise, and Hechipa confirmed that her information was hidden and the crystal ball lost its connection when she changed forms.
• Yu Xunge realized that her Disguise Skill could sever tracking and divination, and Hechipa asked her to steal books from the Moon Fox Clan’s royal library.
• Yu Xunge agreed to the job and saw a list of 194 books; Hechipa offered her thirty potions that reset her skill cooldown.

Yu Xunge received tools and a promise of alchemy lessons from Hechipa before warning Zhao Shuying that their safehouse and disguises were compromised. She moved the Teleportation Array to a cemetery outside Gloom City and returned to her work and preparations on Blue Star.

• Hechipa gave Yu Xunge a Moon Lake City map, scent-masking perfumes, and an Escape Gem, then promised to teach her every alchemy formula she knew.
• Yu Xunge told Hechipa her real name, and Hechipa threw an empty wine bottle at her after she called Ravenclaw her childhood name.
• Yu Xunge warned Zhao Shuying that animal disguises were risky, their Gloom City safehouse had been exposed, and an item could trace someone using a strand of hair.
• Yu Xunge destroyed the Teleportation Array in the restaurant basement and moved it to the cemetery outside Gloom City.
• Yu Xunge returned to Blue Star to handle delayed orders and prepare for her training camp class and Moon Fox mission.

Yu Xunge prepared to help Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong’s group fight a level 12 flood dragon, securing a share of Su Yitong’s reward and confirming the Special Affairs Bureau would join. On August 22, she arrived near an amusement park wearing dragon-aura magic patterns designed to make others think Tulan had made her stronger.

• Yu Xunge agreed to join Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong’s flood dragon raid in exchange for a share of the reward and a chance to hear Su Yitong’s attribute-boosting skill.
• Yu Xunge learned that Zhao Shuying and the Special Affairs Bureau would join the raid, and she inspected Zhao Shuying’s escape-focused God-Bestowed Talent.
• Yu Xunge spent the following days studying Moon Lake City and preparing for the raid, while caring more about attribute points than her drop in the Level Rankings.
• On August 22, Yu Xunge arrived near an amusement park and met Su Yitong, Yu Xunhuan, Lan Cheng, Lin Chengze, and Su Wu before the Bureau’s team arrived.
• Yu Xunge showed the group dragon-aura magic patterns painted by Tulan and claimed that Tulan had made her terrifyingly strong.

Yu Xunge joined Su Yitong and the Special Affairs Bureau’s group to fight the flood dragon, while discovering a countdown lock on the instance barrier. After the raid entered the instance and organized its teams, Yu Xunge and Zhao Shuying prepared to show each other what they could do.

• Yu Xunge promised Su Yitong she would help until they obtained the flood dragon and calmly greeted Lan Cheng and the others.
• Yu Xunge spotted a glowing Respect Blessing Lock with a countdown above the Instance Barrier and suspected the Special Affairs Bureau was delaying the alien races’ arrival.
• Ninety-four Special Affairs Bureau players arrived, and the group entered the instance and shared their combat abilities.
• Yu Xunge told the raid she used a bow, could hit flying monsters, and had a guaranteed critical hit every seventh arrow; Zhao Shuying asked to buy her dragon’s Magic Patterns.
• The commanders split the raid into melee, ranged, and healer groups, leaving Lan Cheng alone because players feared his Unknown Curse.
• Yu Xunge found Zhao Shuying in the ranged group, and the two rogues agreed to see what the other could do.

Yu Xunge and the Special Affairs Bureau team cleared the dungeon’s foreign-race mobs before failing to defeat its level 12 dragon and making a coordinated escape. They escaped alive, and Yu Xunge learned the name of Zhao Shuying’s teleportation skill: Great Khan Emperor.

• Yu Xunge and the team practiced fighting together against level 12 foreign races, then cleared their town and found the dragon before nightfall.
• Su Yitong realized the team was not ready to defeat the dragon, and the group retreated after fighting it for less than twenty minutes.
• Zhao Shuying used Don't Say I Didn't Think of You to teleport the group in stages while everyone ran from the pursuing dragon.
• Yu Xunge and the other players escaped the dungeon alive after fifteen minutes of fleeing and evading the dragon's attacks.
• Yu Xunge asked Zhao Shuying about her sweating, and Zhao Shuying said the skill causing it was called Great Khan Emperor.

After the Special Affairs Bureau’s elite team failed to defeat the flood dragon, Su Yitong arranged another attempt for September 1 and negotiated access to Zhao Shuying’s training camp. The chapter leaves Su Yitong reconsidering her own abilities after seeing Yu Xunge and the Bureau’s fighters in action, while Zhao Shuying wonders why Su Yitong’s attributes seem so low for her level.

• Zhao Shuying and Su Yitong agreed that the Special Affairs Bureau would gather a hundred-person team twice a month to challenge the flood dragon, with the next attempt set for September 1 and Su Yitong providing Hymn of Hope starting September 1.
• Yu Xunhuan and Lan Cheng noticed Yu Xunge’s improved combat movements, and Su Yitong decided to contact the training camp and arrange for someone to buy the flood dragon’s dungeon locations.
• Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan separately asked Zhao Shuying to help them, and Zhao Shuying negotiated access to the training camp and agreed to buy the dungeon locations for 30 gold coins.
• Zhao Shuying and Su Yitong quickly settled the training deal, with Su Yitong agreeing to provide one Hymn of Hope for two classes.
• Su Yitong recalled how capable the Bureau’s trained players were and recognized that Yu Xunge, despite having a B-rank talent, was stronger than them and had acquired the world’s only dragon.

Yu Xunge visited Hechipa to learn about Moon Fox customs, then checked her post for buyers interested in her information. She agreed to meet Zhao Xianyin’s group at noon to test their offer of a God-Bestowed Talent, while planning to observe them from afar.

• Su Yitong realized that refusing to trade Hymn of Hope for resources had kept her from growing stronger, and resolved to change.
• Yu Xunge traveled to Zelan Star and received Hechipa’s handwritten guide to Moon Fox customs and etiquette before completing an alchemy lesson.
• Yu Xunge noticed that the animals around Gloom City had disappeared and wondered whether they had been Blue Star residents in animal forms.
• At midnight, Yu Xunge found Zhao Xianyin’s offer to buy her information and negotiated a trial meeting for noon with no more than five people present.
• Zhao Xianyin told Zhao Shuying about the exchange, and Yu Xunge planned to watch the meeting from afar in case the group was not Su Yitong’s.