Arc 8The Jinnan Mountain Ambush
Lin Qiye and the recruits joined the rescue effort after a mudslide, but The Whisperer used the disaster to trap them and send cultists after Lin Qiye. The survivors were brought into a lava cavern, where The Whisperer threatened Lin Qiye and his companions.
- Lin Qiye contracted with the War Mummy, which consumed the weapons in the warehouse, while Yuan Gang investigated the missing stock.
- The recruits received their assignments, then Lin Qiye led a rescue team into the mudslide-struck villages as Yuan Gang was trapped in The Whisperer's Nightmare.
- When Shen Qingzhu's group was attacked, Lin Qiye sent rescuers to help and lured the remaining enemies away from the survivors.
- Shen Qingzhu killed the axe-wielding attacker after Baili Pangpang carried the wounded to safety, while Lin Qiye fought Zhuang Qi and the silver man underground.
- Lin Qiye used the Chaos Cube to defeat Zhuang Qi and kill the silver man, while The Whisperer controlled the Blazing Vein Earth Dragon and battled Yuan Gang.
- Lin Qiye reunited with Baili Pangpang, Shen Qingzhu, and Instructor Hong inside the dragon's Absolute Earth Domain, but The Whisperer ordered the dragon to bring them to the lava cavern.
- The Whisperer bound Instructor Hong and threatened Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, and Shen Qingzhu, then said he would enter Lin Qiye's soul to uncover his secrets.