Recaps

Xia Nan joined Lorraine and the others against the Windseed Octopus, then lured it toward the surface and arranged a decisive attack. After Raine was badly wounded, Xia Nan dropped from the sky and struck the beast’s vital point with a meteor-like blow.

• Xia Nan killed the last Murloc Priest and swam to support Lorraine and the others against the Windseed Octopus.
• The Windseed Octopus’s tentacles overwhelmed Lorraine, Aken, Raine, and Gordon until Xia Nan arrived and wounded it with [Gravity Etching].
• Xia Nan signaled the others to lure the Windseed Octopus toward the surface while he went to the ship to seek Hain’s help.
• Lorraine and Aken drew the injured beast upward, but a tentacle struck Raine and sent him into the sea as Gordon went to search for him.
• Xia Nan descended from the sky in the form of a Ferocious Wolf Beast and slammed his sword into the Windseed Octopus’s vital point, triggering three energy explosions.

Xia Nan killed the Windseed Octopus with a surprise attack from above, gained a Strength point when Heavy Tide advanced, and helped the fleet defeat the remaining murlocs. As the survivors cleaned up and Sarisa accepted her captain’s broken harpoon, the crew searching the wrecked merchant ship called the fleet over after finding something.

• Xia Nan used Hain’s albatross form to attack the Windseed Octopus from above and killed it with a combination of combat techniques.
• Heavy Tide advanced to Level 3, raising Xia Nan’s Strength from 9 to 10, and Lorraine helped him out of the octopus’s body.
• Raine survived his injuries after Gordon gave him a Healing Potion, and Xia Nan, Lorraine, and the others cleared the remaining murlocs.
• Alton played music to lift the fleet’s spirits while Sarisa accepted her dead captain Ode’s broken harpoon as a memento.
• Two crew members returned from the wrecked merchant ship and called the fleet over after finding something aboard.

Xia Nan’s fleet recovered a chest of valuable Deep Sea Resonance Stones and arrived early at Stodd Island for the Moon Tide Feast, where Xia Nan planned to learn how he might obtain Algae Scale Dodd’s [Dreamweaver Corridor] Key. As the fleet neared the crowded Thousand-Stakes Island, Xia Nan noticed Sarisa seemed troubled about the feast, though she claimed she was thinking of Captain Ode and the Black Tide Hunter.

• Two Sailors found a chained chest of Deep Sea Resonance Stones aboard the wrecked merchant vessel, and Hain explained their uses and value.
• Lorraine ordered the chest taken back to Barracuda Bay after the fleet claimed it as spoils.
• Xia Nan planned to investigate the Moon Tide Feast and locate Dodd’s [Dreamweaver Corridor] Key, while weighing the rumors that Dodd might have advanced in Profession Level.
• The Oath of Vengeance Blades Fleet arrived at Stodd three days early and saw its vast network of Water Ironwood platforms surrounding the island.
• Sarisa told Xia Nan she had visited Stodd before and claimed she was thinking about Captain Ode and the delayed Black Tide Hunter, though Xia Nan sensed her unease.

Xia Nan, Alton, and Sasha explored Stodd Island while gathering information ahead of the Moon Tide Feast. They found a festival competition offering valuable prizes and a chance to dine with Dodd, so Xia Nan decided they should enter.

• Lorraine and Hain went ashore to handle preparations while Raine, Gordon, Aken, and Sarisa stayed aboard the Oath of Vengeance Blades.
• Xia Nan, Alton, and Sasha explored Stodd Island, and Alton bought an overpriced Water Ironwood sun hat without complaint.
• The three adventurers reached the plaza and learned that Dodd and the local Pile Folk had organized five events with valuable prizes and a chance to dine with Dodd.
• Xia Nan decided to enter the events with Alton and Sasha, hoping to win prizes and get closer to Dodd.

Xia Nan joined the Moon Tide Feast fishing competition on Thousand-Stakes Island, where he watched Alton and Sasha fish and prepared carefully to overcome his poor luck. He discovered Ellison Morton using the [Tidal Surge Lure Rod] in a secluded part of the fishing ground and went over to speak with him.

• A middle-aged organizer announced that competitors had three hours to catch fish worth more than one Gold Coin to qualify for the final lottery.
• Xia Nan brought out his professional fishing rod, assessed the other adventurers, and watched Alton immediately hook a fish while Sasha settled into fishing with confidence.
• Xia Nan chose to search for a productive spot near the Water Ironwood stakes and planned to use small-worm bait and professional groundbait.
• Perception led Xia Nan to a remote patch of water where fish were gathering around the [Tidal Surge Lure Rod], and he spotted Ellison Morton fishing nearby.
• Xia Nan approached Ellison, who greeted him and told him to wait two minutes before casting because he had not finished Baiting.

Xia Nan struggled to catch fish at the Moon Tide Feast while Ellison prepared to reunite with Lorraine and settle matters with Algae Scale Dodd. After discovering why his bait was ineffective, Xia Nan went to find another angler, only to find signs that the man had vanished.

• Xia Nan and Ellison discussed Ellison’s plans to reveal himself to Lorraine and join her before the banquet, then began fishing together.
• Xia Nan caught nothing while Ellison landed several fish, and Xia Nan suspected his commercial fishing rod was inferior to Ellison’s custom-made one.
• Sidor lost his fishing spot to the Raging Waves War Gang, recognized Xia Nan as Sea Fang, and fled to a quiet stretch of shore.
• Xia Nan realized the fish were already full and that Ellison’s predator-targeting bait suited the conditions better than his own lure.
• Xia Nan went looking for an angler with suitable artificial bait but found only a broken rod, an overturned fish bucket, and scattered fish; the angler was gone.

Xia Nan investigated a Shahua Merman attack near the fishing grounds, killed the lurking mermen, and caught a giant Purple Vortex Ray to qualify for the next Moon Tide Feast event. After meeting his companions and submitting his catch, he learned that Flynn, an experienced professional working for Lord Algae Scale Dodd, was overseeing the feast.

• Xia Nan found signs of a Shahua Merman attack and killed one Murloc Elite Guard and three Shahua Merman Minions, suspecting their presence near Stodd Island might be suspicious.
• Xia Nan spotted a giant Purple Vortex Ray, knocked it unconscious, and put the fishing hook in its mouth so he could claim it as his catch.
• Xia Nan and Ellison continued fishing until both had enough catch to qualify for the event's next stage.
• Xia Nan returned to the entrance carrying the Purple Vortex Ray and met Sasha and Alton, who had also completed the event's requirement.
• Flynn examined Xia Nan's catch, confirmed it qualified him, and introduced himself as Lord Algae Scale Dodd's representative responsible for the Moon Tide Feast.

Xia Nan kept his distance from Flynn, then regrouped with his companions at the Glass Oar after the fishing event. There, Tie Ge introduced himself and revealed that Auriye had sent the Raging Waves War Gang to Stodd Island, but he did not disclose their mission before a commotion broke out.

• Flynn ended the fishing competition on time and announced that the next event would begin at one in the afternoon.
• Xia Nan temporarily brought Ellison into the Oath of Vengeance Blades' group, and they went to the Glass Oar for lunch.
• Xia Nan and Alton ordered food while Sasha and Ellison chatted about fishing bait.
• Tie Ge approached Xia Nan, introduced himself as captain of the Raging Waves War Gang, and said Auriye had asked his crew to lend Xia Nan a hand if circumstances allowed.
• Tie Ge declined to disclose his crew's mission, and a commotion erupted elsewhere in the tavern.

At the Glass Oar tavern, the Raging Waves War Gang and Windforged nearly fought, but both captains held back because of the Moon Tide Feast and the dangers of weakening their parties. Xia Nan learned that the parties’ feud began with a Spellcaster’s death, while his sense of an approaching storm left the fate of his plans for the [Dreamweaver Corridor] Key uncertain.

• Tie Ge arrived at the Glass Oar and restrained the Raging Waves War Gang as Sefeng and Windforged insulted them, including mocking Tie Ge’s mixed-blood heritage.
• Tie Ge and Sefeng each chose to avoid a fight, and Sefeng led Windforged out of the tavern before Tie Ge and his team departed as well.
• Xia Nan asked about the parties’ feud, and Ellison explained that both had sought to recruit an inland Spellcaster who died in their struggle, split between the two sides.
• Xia Nan asked whether Algae Scale Dodd had ties to the parties, but Ellison said he knew of none.
• Xia Nan sensed that trouble was brewing on Stodd Island and hoped it would not interfere with his plans for the [Dreamweaver Corridor] Key.

Xia Nan and his companions learned the rules of the second event, a hunt for one hundred specially processed Deep Sea Resonance Mu Jins, and began searching Stodd Island. Alton became the first to advance by briefly submitting the stone Flynn had used to demonstrate the rules, while Xia Nan’s group still needed three stones; their search paused when they noticed an angry, frightened crowd outside a wooden house.

• Flynn announced that participants had ten hours to find and submit a Deep Sea Resonance Mu Jin, and confirmed that taking a stone from someone else would count.
• Xia Nan’s group watched the crowd disperse and decided to search for the stones themselves rather than risk a confrontation or trouble the Oath of Vengeance Blades Crew Members.
• Alton asked Flynn whether his demonstration stone counted among the hundred, then briefly handed it over and became the first contestant to advance.
• Xia Nan, Alton, Sasha, and Ellison left the General Store to search and gather clues, but Xia Nan stopped when he heard pleas and screams from a crowd outside a wooden house.

Xia Nan intervened in a confrontation between a Windforged adventurer and villagers, then learned where the Deep Sea Resonance Stone might be hidden. Elsewhere, Flynn reported to Algae Scale Dodd that the Moon Tide Feast preparations were nearly complete and that the murlocs were gathering.

• Xia Nan saw a Windforged adventurer threaten a villager’s daughter, but the adventurer left after a Dwarf from the Raging Waves War Gang mocked him.
• The villager told Xia Nan that a Sheriff’s party had mentioned a deep-blue stone hidden in reef cracks south of the pier, and Xia Nan gave the family a silver coin.
• Xia Nan and his companions headed toward the pier to investigate the clue.
• Flynn reported to Algae Scale Dodd that the invited adventurers had arrived, including Windforged and the Raging Waves War Gang, and that the Oath of Vengeance Blades had also come.
• Flynn told Dodd that Lorraine and Ellison Morton were on the island, and reported that Xia Nan had disbanded the Tide Retreat Gang and the Shark Gang.
• Flynn said the Shahua Mermen were gathering and that the preparations for Dodd’s plan were nearly complete.

Xia Nan and Alton searched Stodd Island’s southern shore for a Deep Sea Resonance Stone and encountered Windforged adventurers who had found one. A Shark Beast ambushed them, killing three of the adventurers while Xia Nan withheld help from the last one after he tried to lure the monster toward him.

• Xia Nan and Alton reached the southern shore to search the reefs while Sasha and Ellison looked elsewhere.
• Xia Nan spotted a tattooed Windforged adventurer retrieve a Deep Sea Resonance Stone and decided not to challenge the group for it.
• The tattooed adventurer approached Xia Nan to offer him the stone, but a Shark Beast burst from the sea and killed him.
• A Windforged Wanderer charged the Shark Beast, which tore off his arm and killed him.
• Xia Nan began a Wolf Howl to help, then stopped when he saw the Windforged Ranger sprinting toward him to draw the Shark Beast away from himself.
• The Shark Beast caught the Ranger from behind and pinned him to the beach with its claws.

Xia Nan fought a Shark Beast to recover the Deep Sea Resonance Stone swallowed with the Tattooed Adventurer, but the arrival of Sefeng and the Windforged squad interrupted the battle. Meanwhile, Sasha and Ellison learned that Shahua Mermen and Sharks had attacked Stodd Island’s docks, where the Oath of Vengeance Blades was moored.

• Xia Nan decided to fight the Shark Beast and retrieve the Resonance Stone, while Alton supported him with his Lute.
• Xia Nan and Alton dodged the Shark Beast’s charge, and Xia Nan wounded it with an attack to the back of its neck.
• Sefeng and the Windforged squad arrived as Xia Nan prepared to finish off the Shark Beast.
• Sasha and Ellison discussed Lorraine and searched for Deep Sea Resonance Mu Jins before Flynn encountered them and asked where Xia Nan was.
• A bloodied sailor reported that Shahua Mermen and Sharks had attacked the docks, and Flynn grabbed him to demand an explanation.

Flynn learned that the Shahua Mermen had attacked Stodd Island's harbor and rushed there with Sasha and Ellison. Meanwhile, Xia Nan fought a wounded Shark Beast as Windforged prepared to intervene, and the arrival of Tie Ge's Raging Waves War Gang left the battle poised between four groups.

• A wounded adventurer reported that Shahua Mermen and human-shaped Shark Beasts had attacked the harbor, where the Oath of Vengeance Blades was docked.
• Sasha worried that Aken and the others were in danger, and Ellison agreed to go with her to the harbor.
• Flynn concluded that the attack could disrupt Algae Scale Dodd's plans, then sprinted toward the harbor to deal with the crisis.
• Xia Nan wounded the Shark Beast while Windforged's captain Sefeng weighed whether to attack Xia Nan and claim the monster.
• The Shark Beast fired a powerful stream of compressed water, but Xia Nan dodged it.
• Tie Ge and the Raging Waves War Gang arrived, and Tie Ge stopped short after spotting Windforged across the battlefield.

Xia Nan drove the wounded Shark Beast into the sea as the Raging Waves War Gang and Windforged held each other in a tense standoff. At Thousand-Stakes Island’s center, Dodd activated his charged ritual, sending a blue dome of light down over the island.

• Sefeng’s greed and hostility toward Xia Nan made the Windforged prepare to attack, while Tie Ge’s Raging Waves War Gang arrived ready to help him.
• The rival teams confronted each other across the beach as Xia Nan gained the advantage over the Shark Beast.
• The Shark Beast used its water jet to launch itself toward the sea, and Xia Nan pursued it underwater as a Black Wolf.
• Dodd reached the forest pavilion and confirmed that its Deep Sea Resonance Stones had finished charging.
• Dodd activated the ritual, and a pillar of blue light rose before a luminous dome began descending over Stodd Island.

Xia Nan killed the Shark Beast underwater and recovered a glowing Deep Sea Resonance Stone, whose light made his [Dreamweaver Corridor] Ring vibrate violently. At the harbor, Flynn recognized Sarisa as a pillar of blue light erupted from the island, while Sasha reunited with Lorraine and the tense standoff around Alton was interrupted.

• Lorraine told Sasha that the Shahua Mermen had attacked the docks but that the Oath of Vengeance Blades Fleet had defeated them and killed the Shark Beast.
• Sasha hinted that he had met someone familiar on the island, and Lorraine spotted a figure from her past among the crowd.
• Flynn saw Sarisa aboard a ship and feared the attack was part of a planned assault across Stodd Island.
• Alton waited calmly by the shore as the Raging Waves War Gang and the Windforged nearly came to blows over him.
• Xia Nan killed the wounded Shark Beast underwater and removed the Deep Sea Resonance Stone from its body.
• The Deep Sea Resonance Stone glowed blue, and Xia Nan's [Dreamweaver Corridor] Ring began vibrating as he realized it was the Key.

Xia Nan discovered that the [Dreamweaver Corridor] Key was likely on Stodd Island when a blue barrier froze the island and lifted him and other adventurers into the air. At the island’s center, the silver ring around Dodd’s neck activated, while Dodd’s history revealed that he had sought a path to the Transcendent [Scale Shifter] profession.

• Xia Nan recognized the blue beam as a sign that the [Dreamweaver Corridor] Key was likely nearby, but the barrier immobilized him and other selected adventurers.
• The barrier halted everything on Stodd Island, and Xia Nan sensed exactly one hundred points of light before his consciousness sank into darkness.
• The beam’s wind tore away Dodd’s cloak and revealed the silver-white ring hanging from his neck as a glowing pendant.
• Dodd recalled that he had taken the ring from Lyle Molton and discovered its unusual hardness and power as a ritual medium.
• After reaching the threshold of the Transcendent realm, Dodd considered the [Duel Master] path but sought the [Scale Shifter] advancement instead.

“Algae Scale” Dodd began the advancement ritual for the [Scale Shifter] profession, drawing the island’s strongest adventurers into a Secret Realm. Xia Nan awoke there in the body of a newborn Wolf Cub, where a playful sibling knocked him over.

• “Algae Scale” Dodd activated his advancement ritual using Deep Sea Resonance Mu Jins hidden across Stodd Island.
• The ritual drew one hundred powerful adventurers into a Secret Realm, and Dodd’s consciousness entered it with them.
• Xia Nan woke beside a huge Wolf Beast and discovered that his hands had become furry paws.
• The Wolf Beast carried Xia Nan out of its den and set him among several Wolf Cubs.
• Xia Nan realized he had become a Wolf Cub in the ritual, and another cub pounced on him.

Xia Nan discovered that his Attribute Panel and abilities had followed his consciousness into a wolf cub’s body in the Secret Realm, giving him an advantage despite his weakness. Meanwhile, Dodd revealed his ritual plan and began his own evolution as a Gravel Scale Lizard.

• Xia Nan realized he could see both through his wolf cub body and through his suspended human body, and he concluded that surviving in the Secret Realm was his immediate priority.
• Xia Nan found that his Attribute Panel, Feats, and combat techniques remained available, then used [Gravity Control] briefly before his weak body ran out of mental strength and rolled down a mound.
• Dodd hatched as a Gravel Scale Lizard and devoured his five unhatched siblings to strengthen himself.
• Dodd explained that he had drawn one hundred veteran adventurers into a beast-survival ritual as part of his attempt to become Transcendent, and that he had arranged advantages in his starting species and knowledge of the ritual.
• Dodd sensed the adventurers’ locations, left the sand cave, and set out to hunt and devour them.

Xia Nan tested how his human combat skills worked in the body of a young Woodland Coyote and learned that [Tooth Hunt] and [Gravity Etching] remained especially useful. After eating and settling into the den with the pack, he was abruptly awakened by a Wolf Beast’s urgent growl.

• Xia Nan tested his combat skills in Wolf Form, finding [Whirlwind Slash] awkward and [Gravity Control] too draining, while [Tooth Hunt] fit his body and [Gravity Etching] could still deal powerful field damage.
• The Wolf Mother retrieved Xia Nan after his [Gravity Etching] test blasted apart a small tree and kept the cubs inside the den until the hunting Coyotes returned.
• Xia Nan watched the pack leader regurgitate meat for the cubs, hesitated to eat it, then tore and swallowed strips of the fawn’s flesh himself.
• Xia Nan suspected the Ritual Secret Realm was accelerating his growth, ate until he felt sleepy, and fell asleep in the den.
• A Wolf Beast’s hurried, loud low growl suddenly woke Xia Nan.

Xia Nan intervened in a fight between his pack and a mother wild boar, killing her with a devastating attack, while Tong Yan—trapped in one of her cubs—was killed by a Coyote. Xia Nan noticed blue-green lights like those of the Deep Sea Resonance Stone floating above Tong Yan’s corpse.

• Xia Nan left the burrow and assessed the standoff between six Coyotes and a mother wild boar protecting her cubs.
• Tong Yan, a Dwarf adventurer inhabiting a boar cub, planned to find his Raging Waves War Gang comrades and oppose Dodd after the ritual transformed him.
• The mother wild boar charged the Coyote leader, and Xia Nan leaped from the canopy to blast open her neck with [Tooth Hunt].
• The surviving boar cubs fled under [Night Mother's Gaze], but Tong Yan remained behind and was killed by a Coyote.
• Xia Nan spotted blue-green points of light above Tong Yan’s corpse, glowing like the Deep Sea Resonance Stone.

Xia Nan killed a wild boar cub in the Ritual Secret Realm and discovered it had been an adventurer whose death left him weakened in the real world rather than dead. The energy from the corpse increased his combat skill proficiency and unlocked three evolution paths, and Xia Nan began choosing which one to take.

• Xia Nan used [Gravity Etching] to kill a charging wild boar, then realized a fleeing wild boar cub had the intelligent eyes of an adventurer.
• Xia Nan saw a Dwarf from the Raging Waves War Gang return to the ground in a weakened state, suggesting that dying in the Secret Realm did not kill adventurers in the real world.
• Xia Nan absorbed the blue light from the wild boar cub's corpse and gained proficiency in [Gravity Control], [Ember Echo], and [Heavy Tide].
• Xia Nan connected the ritual to Dodd, "Algae Scale," and the [Dreamweaver Corridor], concluding that adventurers' deaths could provide energy for biological evolution.
• Xia Nan's Attribute Panel revealed three evolution paths—[Western Wasteland Wolf], [Worg], and [Temple Night-Stalker Wolf (Night Mist Forest subspecies)]—and he examined them to choose his evolution.

Xia Nan chose the Temple Night-Stalker Wolf (Night Mist Forest Subspecies) path and completed his first evolution. Elsewhere, Dodd evolved after killing Sand Rats, then sensed that another adventurer had also achieved an evolution.

• Xia Nan decided that turning other adventurers into Combat Skill Proficiency gains was his priority and rejected the Worg and Western Wasteland Wolf paths.
• Xia Nan selected the Temple Night-Stalker Wolf (Night Mist Forest Subspecies) and evolved into a larger, stronger, night-adapted wolf.
• The Wolf Mother carried the newly evolved Xia Nan back to the den after sensing danger near the wild boar's corpse.
• Dodd's Gravel Scale Lizard killed a family of Sand Rats, absorbed their Life Energy, and began a random evolution that disappointed him for not leading toward a Great Dragon.
• Dodd sensed that two distant adventurers' light specks had overlapped, and realized one had killed the other and completed a first evolution.

Xia Nan hunted a Vine-Horned Sheep as he prepared to leave the Coyote pack, while discovering that the Secret Realm’s playable area was shrinking and that time passed much faster there than in reality. After returning with food, he found the adult Coyotes injured and recognized a weapon-made wound on their leader, suggesting they had encountered intelligent beings.

• Xia Nan killed a Vine-Horned Sheep with an aerial ambush and brought its carcass back to the Wolf Nest as food for the pack.
• Xia Nan reflected on how rapidly his body and Temple Night-Stalker Wolf bloodline had developed, and how the Coyote leader and Wolf Mother had grown hostile toward him.
• Xia Nan realized that time passed much faster in the Secret Realm than in reality, while an Air Wall showed that the area he could explore was shrinking.
• Xia Nan concluded that the shrinking map would bring adventurers together and that he needed to find them quickly to gain Combat Skill Proficiency.
• Xia Nan returned to the den and found the adult Coyotes injured, including the badly wounded leader.
• Xia Nan examined the Coyote leader’s chest wound and recognized that it had likely been caused by a weapon made by an intelligent being.

Xia Nan tracked a goblin tribe to a nest and found an emblem left by a Raging Waves War Gang adventurer, but a huge Honey Badger adventurer had already killed the goblin. A dangerous, venomous Toad riding the Honey Badger spotted Xia Nan and attacked him, leaving him facing both creatures.

• Xia Nan recognized the coyotes’ wounds and goblin stench, then followed the scent into the forest while the pack recovered.
• Xia Nan found a Raging Waves War Gang emblem nailed to a tree and suspected a goblin-bodied adventurer had left it to find allies.
• Xia Nan located a small Goblin Nest and climbed a tree after detecting blood and hearing heavy footsteps inside.
• A huge Honey Badger emerged carrying a dead goblin, and Xia Nan realized it was another adventurer who had killed the goblin-bodied Raging Waves War Gang member.
• Xia Nan noticed a purple, pus-covered Toad riding the Honey Badger’s neck, and the Toad spotted him and fired corrosive poison at his perch.