Recaps

Linsey and Red crossed the stone forest, uncovered the underground conflict between the Eyeless People and the Lizard Dragon Clan, and found Crystal Valley. Its human inscriptions triggered Red’s painful memories, leaving Linsey searching alone for a way to help her.

• Linsey and Red defeated the Black Eagle King, learned the Dragon Beast had come from the Underground World, and continued east toward a vast depression.
• Linsey and Red reached Three Pillars Lake, where Linsey learned the pillars could strengthen source material, physical qualities, or the mind, and heard about the underground war between the Eyeless People and the Lizard Dragon Clan.
• Linsey encountered a Sixth Stage Lizard Dragon underground, escaped its attack, and fell into the hands of the Eyeless People, who asked him to investigate Crystal Valley.
• Shazank explained that the Dragon Beast had gained power in Crystal Valley and that the Lizard Dragon Clan and Eyeless People were at war, then fought a Sixth Stage Lizard Dragon Leader as Linsey headed north.
• Linsey reunited with Red and followed the Lizard Dragons to Crystal Valley, where they crafted a Blue Lightsaber and Sapphire Glasses from special crystals.
• Linsey and Red joined the Eyeless People against the Lizard Dragons, then fled into Crystal Valley when the Lizard Dragon Leader attacked and its airflow was stopped by golden light.
• Linsey and Red found a crystal wall and human writing naming Ryan Olma and threatening an Exterminator, and Red collapsed after recalling someone stabbing her with a sword.
• Linsey knocked Red unconscious to stop her painful memory from awakening and searched the crystals alone for a way to help her.

Linsey and Red escaped Crystal Valley, learned the truth about Red’s past and the Dragon Beast’s plans, then traveled to Black Mountain. They discovered a hidden city beneath the glacier and found that it was a Revivalist base.

• Linsey and Red escaped underground through the battles in Crystal Valley, reached the surface, and set out to confront the Dragon Beast.
• Linsey and Red survived a blizzard and fought a group of mutated Revivalists, whose captive called Red his master and urged her to reclaim her power.
• Red’s struggle with the Extinction Crown’s ancient soul ended after Linsey disrupted its control, and she revealed that Dark Abyss had planned for her to devour the Dragon Beast.
• Linsey and Red learned that Dark Abyss intended to guide Red through a secret passage beneath the glaciers, then traveled for months to Black Mountain.
• Linsey and Red dug beneath the river and glacier, crossed dangerous ice tunnels, and found a deep cavern that Linsey’s Task Bar identified as a city.
• Linsey and Red uncovered a black tower and found an enormous domed city beneath the glacier, where Linsey spotted a Revivalist among hundreds of dangerous Red Dots.

Linsey and Red uncovered the Revivalists’ plans, survived the battle between Dark Abyss and the Dragon Beast, and helped bring about the beast’s death. Linsey reached the Courtyard in the Forest with rescuers, while Red headed toward Nal Kebandek and a mysterious carriage driver took notice of Linsey.

• Linsey found Brutal Domination in a hidden chamber, then rescued Bo Gong, Oma, and Ethan from Revivalists and learned their passage back to the Courtyard in the Forest had been destroyed.
• Linsey’s group discovered a trapped Teleportation Array and the Sea of Silent Death, where Dark Abyss confronted them, and Ethan sacrificed himself to hold Dark Abyss back as Linsey and Red escaped into the Negative Phase.
• Linsey reunited with Oma and realized the Dragon Beast had possessed him, then found Red unconscious in the Sea of Silent Death and pulled her out while Dark Abyss and the Dragon Beast fought above.
• Linsey and Red returned to the battle and worked together against Dark Abyss and the Dragon Beast as Black Mountain collapsed and their enemies weakened.
• An Ancient Frostflow Elemental pinned the Dragon Beast, allowing Linsey to kill it with a Glorious Bullet, and the Black Mist cleared, Linsey’s Willpower Source Material advanced, and Stone’s Breath cushioned his fall.
• Linsey recovered beneath Black Mountain, discovered the Human Wisdom Codex had bound itself to him, and searched the ruined Icebound City for Red while rescuers from the Courtyard in the Forest approached.
• Han Si Ke and Ke Saiwei Lait took Linsey by boat through the waterfall into the Courtyard in the Forest, where Linsey heard about conflict in the City of Law and a purple-coated carriage driver stared at him.
• Red killed an Awakened bandit, seized a merchant, and crossed Consonis Mountain toward Nal Kebandek.

Linsey left Lookout Point City after repeated attacks on the Forest Veins and traveled with Ailini toward Nine Bends City, where he sought help for his injured arm. Physician Tang recognized the value of Linsey’s Banyan Forest Seed and offered him a treatment method.

• Kuit reported the Dragon Beast’s death and Oma’s death, while the old wizard warned Linsey to conceal that he had killed the beast and examined the negative energy in his left hand.
• Linsey settled in Lookout Point City, built a home, sold Black Mountain goods to Ailini, and learned that the journey to the City of Law would take years.
• Linsey discovered that the Forest Veins had been attacked repeatedly, shared his findings with Ke Saiwei Lait, and declined a City Hall request to help investigate Black Mountain.
• Kuit offered Linsey a Double Serpent Coin for his complete memories of Black Mountain World, but Linsey refused, and Green Fir urged him to become a Life Scholar and help explore the borderland.
• After a fourth forest disturbance, Linsey left Lookout Point City in secret with his cultivation notes entrusted to Rui Li, then joined Ailini on the road.
• Linsey tested his Fishing Master skill, pulled useful gear and materials from the river, and built a boat after Ailini’s horse became ill.
• Linsey and Ailini reached Nine Bends City, where Linsey established a riverside shop and went to a clinic to seek treatment for his arm.
• Physician Tang said the Eighth Stage source essence erosion was difficult to treat, but offered a method for ten gold coins and accepted Linsey’s Banyan Forest Seed toward the fee.