Recaps

Yan Qing used his game characters and newly gained Herald abilities to prepare a coordinated robbery of Anguo Temple. The thieves broke into the temple, rescued its captives, and filled their bags with treasure, while Yaoshi Yuan and Ying Ru Shi clashed over Bingzi Jiaolin.

• Yan Qing discovered he had become Yellow Dog in the game world, then created game characters to explore its dangers and transfer supplies into reality.
• Yan San cleared Zheng Shan’s secret realm, became a Battlefield Herald, and later killed Uwan Ryu after Uwan threatened him.
• At the Thieves’ Den, Yan Qing showed the others how to enlarge the Sand Table and claimed he could break open Anguo Temple’s golden cabinets.
• Yan Qing sent characters into Chang’an to investigate Anguo Temple, where An Wu was captured and discovered the temple’s underground prison for trafficked captives.
• Yan Qing and his team planned the heist as An Wu and An Liu held off the warrior monks, and Yan Qing advanced into a Martial Dao Herald.
• An Wu and An Liu freed the prisoners, set fire to block the monks, and helped Yan Qing’s group begin the robbery.
• Yan Qing entered Anguo Temple’s inner hall, spared the rescued nobles, and ordered his characters to block the exits while he broke into the treasury.
• Yan Qing’s group looted spiritual jade, Blood Replenishment Pills, and precious materials, while Yaoshi Yuan and Ying Ru Shi disputed who would claim Bingzi Jiaolin.

Yan Qing secured Bingzi Jiaolin from the Thieves’ Den mission, then entered the Wandering Star Forest through Jiang Shi and helped her group survive its trials. Jiang Shi drew the attention of powerful families, accepted Qun Yushu’s jade pendant, and returned to the forest with Qian Gongyu and Shang Xin Lei as Yan Qing learned the event’s milestone stages.

• Yan Qing led Yaoshi Yuan, Ying Ru Shi, and Shang Xin Lei out of Anguo Temple, while An Wu and the other rescuers burned the temple and died, and Yan Qing later won Bingzi Jiaolin in the Thieves’ Den auction.
• The Divine Marquis Manor declared the four Anguo Temple thieves wanted, drawing the attention of Yaoshi Mo Ke, Ying Le, and Shang Qia, while Yan Qing noticed Night Four’s Demolition Team milestone.
• Yan Qing created Jiang Shi for the Wandering Star Forest event, where she killed the constables who tried to detain her and joined Qian Gongyu as her attendant.
• At the forest trial, Jiang Shi led Qian Gongyu, Shang Xin Lei, and Jie Yuanshao in building defenses and defeating waves of demons, earning top personal scores before they left to recover.
• Jiang Shi’s success attracted Jie Zilong and the noble families, and Qun Yushu proposed marriage before offering her family resources and protection in exchange for joining him.
• Jiang Shi accepted Qun Yushu’s jade pendant in return for identifying its shield abilities, then refused his offer to become a Qun Family Offering.
• Jiang Shi took half of Qian Gongyu’s spirit jade as payment, and the group entered the Wandering Star Forest again as Yan Qing received information about its milestone stages.

Jiang Shi and her companions survived the forest trials and fought through the tenth wave, but a murder accusation and court intrigue turned the camp against her. After killing Lu Wangji and defeating several nobles, Jiang Shi left the survivors facing Chen Liexia, a powerful Herald.

• Yan Qing upgraded the group’s shelter, developed its statues and weapons, and led the team through successive demon waves until they defeated the Thunder Maned Lion.
• Qian Gongyu revealed that Lu Wangji had tried to recruit Jiang Shi into the imperial court, while Jiang Shi accepted the companionship of Qian Gongyu, Jie Yuanshao, and Shang Xin Lei during the trials.
• Jiang Shi and her companions cleared the tenth wave, with Qian Gongyu risking her humanity to help Jiang Shi break through the final battle.
• Lu Wangji accused Jiang Shi of murdering Luo Weijin, and the Blood Reflection Mirror produced evidence linking her clothes to the corpse.
• Shang Yue offered the Huainan Underground Palace as collateral, and the court agreed to give Jiang Shi a year to prove her innocence while restricting her gains and ordering her to serve with the Silver Spear Guard.
• Jiang Shi admitted killing Lu Wangji and beheaded him, then turned on the nobles and soldiers who attacked her.
• Yan Qing chose the Wandering Herald class for Jiang Shi, who used her relics and sword skills to kill Zhou Ye and Chen Lincuan and maim Qun Yushu.
• Jiang Shi claimed a crystal chest reward and escaped Chen Liexia’s thunder blade as the survivors knelt before the Fourth Rank Herald.

Yan Qing infiltrated Jiangnan and joined the Shang household as Rat Monk, while the thieves planned to steal the Relying on Heaven Sword and exploit the palace turmoil. Shang Xin Lei’s attempt to assassinate the Emperor failed when a Foundation Establishment Herald intervened, leaving her and Yan Qing fleeing through the palace toward the Imperial Secret Vault.

• Chen Liexia drove Jiang Shi away with her Return Token, and Night Four found and helped the injured Jiang Shi outside Ping City.
• Yan Qing claimed the Wandering Star Forest reward, tested the Treasure Hunting Token, and began selling manuals and weapons through the Trading Boards.
• Yaoshi Yuan contested the manual auctions before the thieves received a mission to steal the Relying on Heaven Sword from Shang Xuanwen.
• Yan Qing created Rat Monk and infiltrated Jiangnan, where he saved An Cuihua, escaped an assassination trap with Shang Xuanwen, and entered the Shang household as a guard.
• Shang Xin Lei revealed that her father had arranged Qian Gongyu’s imprisonment and Relic seizure, while she and Shang Qia clashed over their family’s control of their lives.
• The thieves planned to steal the Relying on Heaven Sword and considered raiding the Imperial Secret Vault, but explosions at the armory and palace disrupted their plans.
• Shang Xin Lei lured the thieves into the palace and revealed that she intended to kill the Emperor to protect Qian Gongyu and the Shang Family.
• A Foundation Establishment Herald blasted through the wall and stopped Shang Xin Lei’s attack, so Yan Qing rescued her and helped her flee across the palace square toward the Imperial Secret Vault.