Recaps

As Wartime Status began, Guan Tong built up Ascendant's Home, survived the Moment of Silence, and earned a fortune by hunting Sound Hunters and arranging trades. After the Rule ended, he kept his distance from Chen Na’s situation, while the Official Department investigated a hostile organization and Guan Tong used a disguise to sell food to Yu Hong and Zhao Yu.

• Guan Tong left the city for Mingdao Mountain as Wartime Status began, while Chen Na joined a secret selection in hopes of obtaining medicine for Wang Yan.
• The Fire Thief imposed the thirty-day Moment of Silence, and Guan Tong prepared for Sound Hunters while Sister Yu’s camp suffered an attack that drove survivors to his mountain.
• Guan Tong discovered how to kill Sound Hunters, earned Ascension Coins and Communication Scrolls, and sold Scrolls and Anti-Speech Masks through Ascendant's Home.
• The Official Department investigated the website and the people behind a squad that clashed with its Fifth Squad, while Guan Tong evaded a trap intended to capture the site's administrator.
• The Rule ended, Guan Tong received a Storage Ring, and Wang Yan told him that Chen Na’s organization had promised a meeting.
• Guan Tong bought and tested a Passerby Transformation Device, then disguised himself to sell food to Yu Hong and Zhao Yu for 100 Ascension Coins.

During the Eighth Apocalypse Rule, Guan Tong pursued World First challenges, dismantled the Qingmei provider base, and helped Chen Na reunite with Wang Yan. After the rule ended, Guan Tong discovered that his Mind Power Cap was locked, and the Ninth Rule brought poisonous fog and Nightmare Beasts to Tianshui Star.

• Guan Tong sold intelligence about the Eighth Rule, won multiple World First challenges, and learned the rewards raised Mind Power Caps.
• Guan Tong killed Gao Xinjian and destroyed the Qingmei base, freeing its imprisoned Ascendants and allowing Chen Na to reunite with Wang Yan.
• The authorities investigated Shadow’s raid as the Eighth Rule ended, while the Commander vowed to punish Chen Na and strengthen Jiang Ming.
• Guan Tong discovered that his Mind Power Cap was stuck at 309, and repeated attempts to use the Wordless Book to unlock it failed.
• Shi Jingyi told Guan Tong that her Mind Power Cap still grew through Mind Power Circulation, while Ascendants around the world reported Mind Lock and growing unrest.
• Fire Thief announced the Ninth Rule, “Nightmare Beasts in the Fog,” as corrosive, neurotoxic purple-green fog spread and creatures attacked.
• Guan Tong prepared to explore the fog, while Yu Hong reached his door seeking help and Combat Team Alpha-A encountered Nightmare Beasts that conventional weapons could kill.

Guan Tong traced the mist to a gate, gathered Qimo Star fragments, and clashed with forces in Andai State and Yingqi Nation. After obtaining Fragment 5, he argued that humanity should unite against Fire Thief, leaving Gao Liangwei to consider his demand.

• Guan Tong followed a giant Nightmare Beast through the mist, found a Mist Gate, and collected Qimo Star Chronicle Fragment 3 from a cave beyond it.
• Guan Tong broke his Mind Lock, traveled to Andai State, and killed Basong to obtain Fragment 1, then freed the prisoners at Basong’s estate and burned it.
• Guan Tong compared fragment murals with Original Person and learned that the mist had transformed Qimo Star’s strange beasts into Nightmare Beasts, while the Tenth Rule threatened to remove humanity’s senses.
• During the Tenth Rule, Guan Tong used Shadow’s vision to survive Yingqi Nation’s missile strikes, then resolved to punish Andai State’s government before confronting Yingqi Nation.
• Guan Tong bombed Prince Lado’s Royal Palace, and Beixing Nation’s leaders decided to contact him after the Tenth Rule ended.
• Guan Tong reached Lieming Island, where Orochi Murasaki gave him Fragment 5, whose murals showed the mist’s transformation of Qimo Star’s beasts and the planet’s destruction.
• Guan Tong told Gao Liangwei that the government should unite humanity against Fire Thief and begin by eliminating Prince Lado, leaving Gao Liangwei to consider his response.

As the Apocalypse Rules dissolved nations and brought increasingly powerful earthquakes, Guan Tong used the Wordless Book to weaken Earth Vein Pillars and began cooperating with the authorities. After the Level 6 quake exposed the limits of the team’s Mind Power supply, he sought direct talks with Gao Liangwei about what came next.

• Guan Tong endured the loss of touch, then regained his senses as nations collapsed and the United Humanity Committee formed in response to the growing threat.
• Guan Tong acquired the remaining Qimo Star Chronicle fragments from the King of Solloma and shared his interpretation, helping prompt the United Humanity Declaration.
• Guan Tong revealed information about Earth Vein Pillars, and the UHC prepared evacuations and plans to test whether Ascendants could weaken earthquakes by spending Mind Power.
• Guan Tong secretly cracked the Earth Vein Pillar during a Level 2 earthquake, then used transmitted Mind Power to weaken the Level 4 and Level 5 earthquakes with official teams.
• A Level 3 earthquake caused deadly clashes after Fire Thief worshippers blocked the data team, while the authorities struggled to estimate the cost of stopping stronger quakes.
• Before the Level 6 earthquake, Guan Tong joined the Official Team and rescued people from fissures, but he and the transport unit could not destroy 80% of the pillar’s shell within five minutes.
• Guan Tong calculated that he could build up enough Reserve Mind Power before the next earthquake, but worried that drawing on hundreds of thousands of Ascendants would expose his ability, so he asked to speak directly with Gao Liangwei.