Recaps

She She defeated the Northern King and became the new Northern Witch King, while Lin Yu prepared to continue their cooperation. She She left to handle his new duties and invited Lin Yu to discuss their next steps.

• She She questioned the Northern King about his defeat, and the Northern King admitted he had lost to Lu Gu before and warned She She about the cost of ruling.
• The Northern King died after using his secret technique, and She She took his sword-staff and announced his death to the gathered shamans and guards.
• She She ordered a grand funeral and the temporary detention of the Raccoon Race warriors, who tried to fight their way out and were shackled.
• Lin Yu considered whether the Spirit Race could count as a new faction now that She She had taken power and kept the agreement with the Human Race.
• Lin Yu congratulated She She and proposed continuing their cooperation with new terms, and She She invited him to come along.

Lin Yu followed She She to a secluded courtyard, where he discovered that Lu Gu had sent another human from Xiajin. The newcomer recognized Lin Yu as the Director of Order and attacked him, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Lin Yu followed She She to a courtyard in the Northern Royal Palace, believing he had gained She She's trust.
• She She revealed that Lu Gu had sent two people to meet him, and a human emerged from the courtyard.
• The newcomer recognized Lin Yu as the Director of Order and eyed him like prey.
• The newcomer summoned a Colorful Fierce Tiger and attacked Lin Yu, who dodged the pounce.
• The man introduced himself as White Sand of the Marauders.

Lin Yu tried to turn She She against White Sand, a powerful Marauder who had come to kill him, by claiming ties to Great Shaman Sutu. White Sand attacked anyway, and Lin Yu was trapped between his Guan Dao and the tiger as the Northern King intervened.

• Lin Yu recognized White Sand as a dangerous Tier 3 Marauder ranked twenty-fifth on the leaderboard, and White Sand admitted he wanted to test whether he could defeat Lin Yu and avenge Nian and Ling Xian.
• White Sand showed She She a blood-jade token and accused Lin Yu of falsely claiming to know Lu Gu, urging the Northern Witch King to help kill him.
• Lin Yu presented the Water Prayer Necklace as a Ritual Artifact from Great Shaman Sutu and convinced She She to withdraw from White Sand's conflict.
• White Sand recalled the tiger, then suddenly attacked Lin Yu under cover of thunder; lightning exposed Lin Yu's shadow escape and left him trapped between White Sand's Guan Dao and the tiger.
• The Northern King roared at White Sand for showing him contempt as Lin Yu prepared to use the Gray Spirit Eye.

Lin Yu escaped White Sand’s attack after She She intervened, but he still needed a way to join the human and Spirit factions for his Rank Advancement Mission. He decided to head toward a nearby Wolf Demon village to gather information and plan his next move.

• She She stopped White Sand from attacking Lin Yu and warned that further violence would make White Sand her enemy.
• White Sand accepted She She’s intervention after realizing Lin Yu had escaped, then resumed discussing cooperation with her.
• Lin Yu emerged from the Anchor Point with Old Zheng, Hannah, and Stiller, then fled underground using Talisman Earth Escape Armor.
• Lin Yu reflected on his failed attempts to join the Spirit faction and the dangers posed by White Sand and Zuo Xi.
• Old Zheng told Lin Yu that a nearby Wolf Demon village could provide information, and Lin Yu agreed to go there.

Lin Yu disguised himself as a native human and approached a Wolf Race village in Sanqiu, hoping to gain allies for his Rank Advancement Trial. The village guards attacked him, but he disarmed all seventeen without killing them and told them he meant no harm.

• Lin Yu disguised himself with a beast hide and traveled to a Wolf Race village near the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land.
• Three squads of Wolf Race guards surrounded Lin Yu and accused him of being a hostile human.
• Lin Yu drew his Saber-toothed Bone Twin Blades and broke the spearheads of the guards’ weapons with single strikes.
• Lin Yu disarmed all seventeen guards, caught and snapped an arrow, then told them they would be dead if he had meant them harm.

Lin Yu persuaded a Wolf Demon village patriarch that he opposed the Xiajin Human Race’s invasion and warned that the attack on the Fox Tribe Sacred Land might be a diversion. He convinced the patriarch to take him to the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land, where Lin Yu hoped to build a trusted identity among the Demon Race as the war spread.

• Lin Yu explained to the Wolf Demon patriarch that he was not affiliated with the Xiajin Human Race and had come because members of its army held a grudge against him.
• Lin Yu declined an offer to travel with Wolf Demon reinforcements to the Fox Tribe and warned that the force attacking there might be bait for a larger second army.
• Lin Yu urged the patriarch to investigate how the first army had entered the Three Mounds and to intercept any second force before it arrived.
• The patriarch, alarmed by Lin Yu’s warning, decided to take him to the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land for the tribe to consider the matter.
• Lin Yu agreed, intending to use the patriarch’s introduction to establish a credible identity among the Demon Race and move more freely during the war.

Lin Yu set out for the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land with three Wolf Tribe warriors, intending to investigate how Xia Jin's army had appeared in Sanqiu. He planned to use what he learned to evade Zuo Xi, the Director, and other powerful figures while advancing his Rank Advancement Mission undercover.

• The Wolf Demon clan chief assigned three warriors to accompany Lin Yu as guarantors, explaining that Half-Demons were barred from receiving weapons or becoming warriors.
• Lin Yu and the three Wolf Demons left for the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land, but he asked them to identify dangerous, secluded places along the route.
• The warriors described several forbidden zones, including a forest inhabited by an Earth Horn Giant Elephant and two mysterious swamps.
• Lin Yu agreed to investigate the forbidden zones, hoping to uncover how Xia Jin's army reached the region and predict where another army might appear.
• Lin Yu considered how the information could help him avoid Zuo Xi, White Sand, Qianhuan, and the Director while remaining hidden in the instance.

Lin Yu and three Wolf Demons investigated forbidden zones, finding no sign of the Xiajin army while clearing several dangerous creatures and raising Lin Yu’s reputation. They approached the final site, a pool near the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land where fish and warriors had vanished, and the Wolf Demons hoped Lin Yu could solve its mystery.

• Lin Yu abandoned the wounded Earth Horn Giant Elephant and led the three Wolf Demons to investigate another forbidden zone.
• With Old Zheng’s help and the concealment of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, Lin Yu killed a mad Spirit Race shaman and found records identifying him as a high-ranking shaman.
• Lin Yu visited other forbidden lands, defeating an ancient out-of-control Demon Race totem and a mutated demonic beast while finding no evidence of the Xiajin army.
• The Wolf Demons spread word of Lin Yu’s deeds through nearby villages, strengthening his reputation as they traveled toward the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land.
• Lin Yu and the Wolf Demons reached the last forbidden zone, a pool where fish and skilled Wolf Tribe warriors had disappeared, and the Wolf Demons hoped he would investigate it.

Lin Yu investigated the Wolf Tribe's forbidden cavern pool and found fresh rope holes and a nail matching materials used by Xia Jin's Zhi Zi Department, suggesting Xia Jin's army had passed through. As he entered the water, a small submarine surfaced, spotted him, and sank again, so Lin Yu pursued it underwater.

• Lin Yu and three Wolf Demons found the cavern pool and examined its newly formed holes and rope marks.
• Lin Yu found a nail whose material matched the masks and shields of Xia Jin's Zhi Zi Department, leading him to suspect Xia Jin's army had passed through the pool.
• Lin Yu told the Wolf Demons to wait and approached the water to investigate the pool.
• A metal periscope emerged from the water, spotted Lin Yu, and retracted beneath the surface.
• Lin Yu dove after it and saw what looked like a one-person sightseeing submarine from Mist Island or the real world.

Lin Yu discovered Bandura, a high-ranking Psychology Society player, piloting a submarine and decided to kill him to create an opening among the players in the instance. Bandura refused to die, and Lin Yu launched his attack.

• Lin Yu spotted a submarine underwater and used Hannah and Old Zheng to obscure the area and identify its occupant as a player.
• Lin Yu entered the submarine and recognized its pilot as Bandura after Old Zheng warned him to hide his Mental Power.
• Lin Yu judged that killing Bandura could give him more room to maneuver in the instance and resolved to use his strongest attacks.
• Bandura praised Lin Yu's potential and said he wanted to keep him alive, but Lin Yu declared that Bandura's survival was not his choice.
• Lin Yu appeared before Bandura like a ghost and began his attack.

Lin Yu fought Bandura aboard the submarine and broke through his defensive Items with the Limit Breaking Jade Cleaver. He left Bandura severely wounded after using Mental Power to attack despite the static disabling his body.

• Lin Yu rushed Bandura, pierced the rubber duck he threw, and faced his [Absolute Alert Lockdown] wire barrier.
• Lin Yu used the Limit Breaking Jade Cleaver to cut through the self-repairing wires and reached Bandura.
• Bandura activated an old television that spread static, numbing Lin Yu and disrupting his movement.
• Lin Yu controlled his own hand with Mental Power and swung the cleaver at Bandura.
• The cleaver destroyed the static and struck Bandura in the chest, leaving him severely injured.

Lin Yu overwhelmed Bandura, a Tier 3 Doctor, but Bandura used the submarine to escape and called for help. Lin Yu’s attack was deflected by an unseen accomplice, revealed only by the faint scent of jasmine.

• Lin Yu shot Bandura three times, but Bandura’s Undying Totem restored him completely.
• Bandura activated the submarine’s emergency controls, sending it racing through an underground waterway and throwing both men around.
• Lin Yu regained his footing, severed Bandura’s hand as he reached for a remote, and prepared to kill him again.
• Bandura called for help, and an unseen force knocked Lin Yu’s cleaver aside as the scent of jasmine filled the submarine.

Lin Yu faced Fluoxetine aboard the submarine and fought to escape after she caught and restrained him. He used his [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tower Scam] to reveal Old Zheng, leaving Fluoxetine ready to kill him again.

• Lin Yu recognized Fluoxetine and attacked her, but she dodged and countered with firearms, an axe, and gravity manipulation.
• Fluoxetine used an instant camera to immobilize Lin Yu, then pinned him down and bound his wrists with her hair ribbon.
• Lin Yu used [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tower Scam] to make it appear that First Generation Freud was standing behind Fluoxetine.
• Old Zheng appeared with his body briefly reconstructed, and Fluoxetine pointed her weapons at him, eager to kill him again.

Lin Yu unleashed the Calamity stored in the Black Swan's Blood to disrupt Fluoxetine and escape as the submersible broke apart. Fluoxetine rescued the unconscious Bandura and realized Lin Yu had also intended the Calamity to kill her.

• Lin Yu watched Old Zheng distract Fluoxetine while she questioned him and attacked with bullets and an axe.
• Fluoxetine discovered that Old Zheng's recreated body was temporary, shot him in the knee, and bound him with ribbons.
• Old Zheng severed Fluoxetine's connection to the ribbons through mental confusion, allowing Lin Yu to prepare the Black Swan's Blood.
• Lin Yu removed the bottle's stopper, releasing Calamity that transformed the water into corrosive Abyssal Undercurrent and battered the submersible.
• Fluoxetine steadied herself, saw Lin Yu vanish along with Old Zheng's soul, and used a ribbon to retrieve the unconscious Bandura.

After escaping the Psychology Society’s S-class Specialist, Lin Yu realized the six Players and dangerous factions had closed off most of his planned routes through the Instance. Though he considered abandoning his advancement trial, he refused to give up and decided to establish a nation.

• Lin Yu woke beside Stiller in the marsh, confirmed the area was safe, and released Hannah and Old Zheng.
• While eating roasted wild chicken, Lin Yu told Old Zheng that the attacker had been an S-class Specialist from the Psychology Society.
• Lin Yu reviewed how his abilities and allies had been exposed and concluded that the Fox Tribe Sacred Land, the Northern Royal Palace, and the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land were too dangerous to visit.
• Lin Yu briefly considered focusing on surviving the Instance instead of completing his advancement trial, but resolved to find an unconventional way forward.
• After listening to Old Zheng, Stiller, and Hannah discuss the Black Marsh World, Lin Yu declared that he would establish a nation.

Lin Yu decided to establish his own faction to complete his Rank Advancement Trial, using the Black Marsh World’s brewing war to draw people in through emotion and incitement. He set out to find a nearby Demon Race village and then the elephant.

• Lin Yu explained to Old Zheng that he planned to form a faction because the other factions were filled with hostile Players he could not defeat.
• Old Zheng warned that founding a faction could draw the attention of Zuo Xi, White Sand, Fluoxetine, the World Will, and the Death game, but Lin Yu insisted it was his only way forward.
• Old Zheng accepted Lin Yu’s decision while cautioning that Black Marsh natives would be difficult to recruit through ordinary persuasion.
• Lin Yu explained that he would use anger, revenge, honor, and courage to stir the natives and steer the war’s momentum.
• Lin Yu, Old Zheng, Hannah, and Stiller left camp to find a nearby Demon Race village and then the elephant.

Xia Jin’s forces breached the Tanuki Race’s sacred ground, seeking to capture demons for the Kuiwen Hundred Tribulations Refining King Tower rather than occupy the territory. As Qianhuan and the Tanuki Tribe Leader fought to delay them, Chu Ju revealed to Zuo Xi that the tower was part of Xia Jin’s effort to reach godhood.

• The Tanuki Tribe Leader abandoned the fallen city wall and withdrew with Qianhuan into interconnected defenses, while Qianhuan confirmed Xia Jin’s forces were trying to capture demons and that the tower’s captives were still alive.
• Xia Jin soldiers reached the fortified smithy, and Qianhuan taunted the Young Lord before striking him; the Tanuki Tribe Leader then clashed with Chuncang.
• Fighting spread across the sacred ground as the Tanuki Race suffered heavy losses and Xia Jin soldiers carried Tanuki warriors and captives to the Giant Tower.
• Chu Ju supplied spiritual power to the tower, which drew the captives inside as its dragon patterns brightened.
• Zuo Xi asked Chu Ju about the tower, and he explained that it transformed demons into aid for achieving godhood, prompting her to recognize the Path to Godhood.

Fluoxetine rescued Bandura after their encounter with the Director, and the two discussed their progress in the Instance and the Xiajin Human Race’s movements. They left the question of how the army crossed Sanqiu unanswered while Fluoxetine turned to catching fish with her Stun Gun.

• Bandura woke on a boat surrounded by large fish and confirmed that Fluoxetine had kept him alive during the encounter with the Director.
• Fluoxetine said the Director had escaped, and she and Bandura agreed to prioritize clearing the Instance rather than pursuing him.
• Bandura described his progress among the Demon, Wolf, Snake, and Hou Races, while Fluoxetine identified White Sand, Pen Name, and Magician as the other players.
• Fluoxetine told Bandura that the Xiajin army had traveled through underground waterways near Fengze, and Bandura wondered whether Great Shaman Sutu had helped them cross Sanqiu.
• Fluoxetine spotted a fish, shocked it with her Stun Gun, and happily collected it along with several nearby fish.

As the new Northern King, She She prepared to send troops as the Human Race’s campaign threatened the Northern Border’s balance. White Sand revealed Lu Gu’s massive invasion plan and its goal of creating a Path to Godhood, then sought to make She She his ally.

• She She listened to reports that Hou Race and Snake Race reinforcements were approaching the battlefield while the Human Race continued its assault.
• She She told White Sand he would send troops soon, citing pressure from other rulers and the danger of leaving the Northern Border vulnerable to the Human Race.
• White Sand revealed that Lu Gu planned to deploy fifteen thousand troops and additional forces to attack the Hou Race and Fox Race sacred grounds.
• White Sand explained that Lu Gu’s Ritual Artifact would sacrifice countless lives to activate the Hundred Tribulations King Refinement and create a Path to Godhood.
• White Sand urged She She to join him for personal gain, saying he wanted greater chaos and believed She She could become a better partner than Lu Gu.

The battle around Fengze intensified as Xiajin forces, Sanqiu demon clans, and the newly arrived Ling Race distrusted one another. Qianhuan escaped the Fox Race's ruined sacred ground with its surviving children, while She She’s army camped outside Fengze and a greater upheaval went unnoticed.

• Xiajin and Sanqiu forces fought across Fengze as Hou Race and Snake Race reinforcements were intercepted, and attacks threatened their sacred grounds.
• The Fox Race Tribe Leader died defending the sacred ground and asked Qianhuan to save the children.
• Qianhuan led more than a hundred surviving Fox Race youths through the human encirclement but found no safe destination nearby.
• She She led the Ling Race army to a camp a hundred li outside Fengze instead of joining the battle.
• The Ling Race, Xiajin, and demon forces eyed one another warily as the fighting spread and an even more chaotic event unfolded unnoticed.

As Xia Jin’s campaign advanced through villages, ominous signs near the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land culminated in a Beast Tide and the apparent defeat of the Ming Zi Department. Zuo Xi volunteered to investigate the unexplained alliance of beasts and Demon Race, and Chu Ju prepared to send her to the front.

• Chun Cang reported that Xia Jin was gathering the living beings needed for the Kuiwen Hundred Tribulations Refining King Tower faster than expected, while the High Shamans discussed their next target.
• Qin Cheng warned that armies near the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land had stopped reporting and that the area’s Vein Eye and supply routes were at risk.
• The Wind-Catching Bone Talisman relayed that the Ming Zi Department had been wiped out by a Beast Tide and that the Demon Race and beasts were fighting together in coordinated attacks.
• The High Shamans debated whether to withdraw troops or request reinforcements, while Zuo Xi said she could investigate what had happened.
• Chu Ju agreed to take Zuo Xi to the area with an elite unit and began arranging the totem at the ruins of the Raccoon Tribe Sacred Land.

The Wolf Tribe Tribe Leader mistook the Half-Demon rebellion for a Xiajin plot against his sacred land and ordered the villages abandoned while seeking reinforcements. As reports arrived of Xiajin troops, outside warriors, Northern Spirit shamans, and Fox Tribe refugees converging nearby, he began to suspect something unusual was happening.

• Wolf Tribe headmen reported that coordinated Half-Demons had seized weapons and supplies, tamed wild beasts, and escaped their villages.
• The Wolf Tribe Tribe Leader decided Xiajin was targeting his sacred land and ordered the villages evacuated while requesting aid from the Fox Tribe and Northern Spirit Race.
• A guard warned that Lu Gu's elite troops had appeared in the forest, and the Tribe Leader ordered defenses and scouts deployed.
• The Tribe Leader learned that two warriors who had beheaded the Xiajin commander were investigating the Half-Demon rebellion rather than coming to the sacred land.
• The Tribe Leader received reports of ten masked Northern Spirit shamans and a human warrior escorting a hundred young Fox Tribe members to the sacred land.
• After hearing the reports, the Wolf Tribe Tribe Leader wondered why the area around his sacred land had suddenly become so lively.

Lin Yu used the chaos around the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land to bring Players and oppressed Half-Demons together, aiming to resolve the exposed problem in the Instance. He urged the Half-Demons to seize a city so their rebellion could become a lasting force.

• Old Zheng told Lin Yu that forces from all sides, including Players, were converging on the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land, and warned that others might detect his Mental Power scanning.
• Lin Yu explained that he had incited Half-Demons to resist the Demon Race by amplifying their existing resentment and spreading ideas of rebellion.
• A Wolf Tribe Half-Demon reported that envoys had begun recruiting Half-Demons in Fox Race and Snake Race territories, while other Demon Races were starting to take precautions.
• Lin Yu said the Half-Demons should stop merely building strength and instead take advantage of the chaos to make themselves a force in the Black Marsh World.
• Lin Yu declared that the Half-Demons' most urgent task was to capture a city.

Lin Yu reassured the half-demon leaders that he had a plan and told them to wait for war to break out among the Spirit, Demon, and human races. As the half-demons gathered and revered him as their spiritual leader, Lin Yu realized he had accelerated a rebellion that might have arisen on its own.

• A wolf-clan half-demon questioned whether Lin Yu's newly assembled force could capture and hold a city, given the strength of the demon-race sacred grounds.
• Lin Yu told him to wait for the inevitable war and follow his orders when the fighting began, without revealing his full plan.
• Lin Yu recognized that his mental-power seeds let him transmit commands to the half-demon leaders almost instantly.
• The half-demons' leaders spread their admiration for Lin Yu, and he realized his influence had grown with little resistance.
• Lin Yu concluded that he had merely accelerated the half-demons' growing resistance by borrowing the momentum of events.

Lin Yu learned that Xiajin’s Human Race and the Wolf Tribe were fighting outside the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land, but waited for the Players to gather before leading the Half-Demons into the chaos. The Wolf Tribe Tribe Leader’s surprise attack initially gained ground, then left him and his elite warriors surrounded by Lu Gu’s Witch Soldiers and shaman barriers.

• Old Zheng detected Xiajin’s shamans and the Wolf Tribe Sacred Land guards fighting near the cavern Lin Yu had visited.
• Lin Yu told the Wolf Tribe Half-Demon to prepare the others but wait until the fighting became more chaotic, explaining that he was waiting for the Players to act.
• Lin Yu told Old Zheng that he planned to have the Half-Demons target Xiajin’s Human Race because they had something he wanted.
• The Wolf Tribe Tribe Leader led a surprise charge into Lu Gu’s Witch Soldiers and nearly reached their commander before Human Race shamans forced him back with a totem.
• Lu Gu’s Witch Soldiers surrounded the Wolf Tribe Tribe Leader and his hundred elite warriors while shaman-made barriers cut them off from the rest of the Wolf Tribe army.