Recaps

Yu Xunge freed Zai Jiu from the War Sequence, then built alliances and prepared for the Pendulum’s impacts. In Quiet Mountains, she encountered alternate versions of herself and Dawn Cicada, while the battlefield chat revealed that Song Gui had been captured by the other Zai Jiu Xunge.

• Yu Xunge chose [Before the Sigh Sounds] and, with Calico and the crew, brought Zai Jiu out of the Invasion Sequence and into freedom.
• Yu Xunge returned to Zai Jiu, planned its trade and refugee policies, and negotiated with other worlds while helping Mistblade return to Zelan.
• Maple Sugar gave Kufu Forest Sea fragments so Zelan could form a World Skill, and Yudun explained that Yu Xunge had been a Fate Coin whose altered timeline brought the Pendulum early.
• Yu Xunge recorded Lost Civilizations, completed World Graveyard · Mountain Peak, and towed Zai Jiu along the River of Time as the first Pendulum impact shattered worlds.
• Yu Xunge entered Godly Game No. 23169 with Yan Tu, learned its Order Badge objective, and traveled through Quiet Mountains to Lighthouse.
• Dawn Cicada captured Yu Xunge in Lighthouse, where Xianchan questioned her about the Star Sea’s Dawn Cicada and the Godly Game prevented her from explaining how Lighthouse had been destroyed.
• Song Gui told the battlefield chat that Quiet Mountains’ Zai Jiu Xunge had captured and tortured her, then called that version a replica.
• Quiet Mountains’ Zai Jiu Xunge interrogated Song Gui about Star Sea’s players and learned that Yu Xunge was Tier 15 and with Lighthouse Xianchan.

Yu Xunge uncovered the Demon Game’s cruelty and repeatedly entered it to master Mountains Xunge’s fighting style, while Qihua intervened when Yu Xunge’s copied self became enthralled. The arc left Qihua searching Yu Xunge’s lost memories as Mountains Xunge began to suspect a god had entered Quiet Mountains.

• Yu Xunge infiltrated Mountains Mistblade’s home, stole her diary and learned how the Demon Game forced Apostles of God to endure nightmares and betrayals.
• Yu Xunge entered the Demon Game, completed missions to kill Tulan, B80, Zhuri, and Huang Jin, and chose to repeat the ordeal rather than surrender her player status.
• Yu Xunge used Time Stop to enter the Demon Game again and again, fighting Mountains Xunge until she had repeated the game more than a hundred thousand times and Quiet Mountains changed its rules.
• Mountains Xunge concluded that Yu Xunge had learned her combat techniques and recruited other Apostles to help kill her, while Qihua and Zhuri found Yu Xunge attacking Zhuri under the effects of her nightmare.
• Qihua enthralled Yu Xunge, destroyed her capsule and Order Badge at Yu Xunge’s command, and fled through Forest Sea with Tulan and B80 as Mountains Maple Sugar and others pursued them.
• Qihua escorted Yu Xunge toward Midsummer and discovered that spinning the gold coin [My Sigh] stirred fragments of Yu Xunge’s memories.
• Mountains Maple Sugar told Mountains Xunge she might have seen Demon Qihua, and the two wondered whether a god had entered Quiet Mountains for Yu Xunge.

Yu Xunge broke free of God's Gift and fought the Quiet Mountains Apostles while Qihua's deception brought their conflict to a head. After destroying two Order Badges and escaping Quiet Mountains, Yu Xunge upgraded My Sigh and relocated the Dragon Clan to Zai Jiu.

• Qihua brought Zai Jiu Xunge to Midsummer and tried to teach her Magical Weather Resonance, but Zai Jiu Xunge took control of their Combo Skill and unleashed its full power.
• Mountains Xunge and three other Mountain Players attacked Qihua and Star Sea Xunge, and Mountains Xunge rewrote the rules to prevent skills and resurrection before Star Sea Xunge awakened and confronted Qihua.
• Qihua confessed that she had controlled Star Sea Xunge with Flower of Deceit, but Star Sea Xunge imprisoned her again, gained the talent, and comprehended [Which One of Us Is the Boss].
• Yu Xunge fought the Mountain Players, joined forces with Tulan, and used [Wildfire Rekindled] to transform through multiple phases as the Apostles of God gathered against her.
• Mountains Xunge canceled the permanent-death rule, while Yu Xunge's attacks and mind-controlling coins turned the battle against both factions, and Star Sea players joined the fight, and Yu Xunge destroyed two Order Badges.
• Quiet Mountains expelled Yu Xunge, who received rewards and the title Bell Chime Variation, while the Star Sea players continued fighting the Mountain Players in the cage.
• Yu Xunge found that she had broken free of God's Gift but had gained twenty fatal weak points each Star Sea day, then used Product Upgrade to create the Star Sea Treasure [My Sigh].
• Yu Xunge used the Arbiter's Invitation to relocate the Dragon Clan to Zai Jiu, where Dragon Island descended as players gathered to watch.

As the second Pendulum shattered worlds and Zai Jiu sheltered survivors, Yu Xunge entered Yudun’s training game to learn how skills could be dismantled and rebuilt. The arc ended with Yudun taking her apprentices to Flower Island, where Qihua’s punishment had reduced Little Seahorse to twenty words a day.

• Yu Xunge negotiated with the Chaotic Star Sea over sheltering living beings from 591 worlds, while 171 World Leaders sought refuge in Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge recruited One-Eyed Tabby and Queque as First Mates, then upgraded Cat’s Ideal and agreed to shelter Queque if Tiger Ear fell.
• Yu Xunge won the Quiet Mountains game, removed one Lethal Weakness, fused two skills into [Cat’s Schedule], and fought her teacher Zhuri.
• Yu Xunge took Zai Jiu to Zelan, where Zelan Kufu promised reparations and the lifting of her curse before the second Pendulum Impact struck.
• After the impact, Yu Xunge collected First Edition Tombs of the World and let otherworldly leaders identify their shattered homes.
• Yu Xunge entered Yudun’s special game, chose Demon Game as the Star Sea’s chance to survive, and joined Yudun’s workshop training with Tulan and B80.
• Yu Xunge and the other apprentices learned to draw, dismantle, and recombine skill runes, passed Yudun’s assessment, and prepared for joint training with Qihua.
• Yudun led the apprentices to Flower Island, where Qihua’s students included Little Seahorse, now limited to twenty words each day.