Recaps

Mu Yuan discovered that the Goblin Camp contained a Challenge Secret Realm gate and learned that the entrance would remain open for seven more days. He reviewed his growing army and led it north to confront the Goblins, where Dole struck down their ambushers.

• Mu Yuan used the Hurricane War Falcon to scout the Goblin Camp, spotted three rare Goblin Warriors, and found a huge gate wrapped in a Space-Time Vortex.
• Mu Yuan heard that Luo Xing and Lord Feathered Serpent had entered Challenge Secret Realms, then decided to pursue the opportunity before the Goblin entrance disappeared.
• Mu Yuan reviewed his troops, counted their evolutions and levels, and chose his forces for the expedition while leaving guards at his territory.
• Mu Yuan led his army north, and Dole ambushed and crushed several elite Goblin spearmen who attacked from the forest.

Mu Yuan’s forces attacked the Goblin Camp, where Deathbone’s ranged troops and Silver Slimes disrupted the defenders before the battle became a melee. Deathbone defeated the Goblin Commander with a powerful sword strike, while the update notice promised another chapter at the usual morning time.

• Mu Yuan surveyed the Goblin Camp and ordered Deathbone to lead an assault with his fifty troops.
• Deathbone’s Skeleton Warriors and Strong Shooters outranged the Goblin Spearmen, killing more than twenty before the Goblins took cover.
• Deathbone charged through the camp’s defenses as Duo Lai and the Silver Slimes struck from above, throwing the Goblins into a chaotic battle.
• Mu Yuan identified a Level 9 Rare Goblin Commander, which smashed Skeleton troops and charged Deathbone.
• Deathbone unleashed a heavily empowered Cleave and killed the Goblin Commander with a single strike.
• The author announced that the next chapter would appear at the usual time in the morning and asked readers to vote and support the book.

Luo Xing defeated the Gargoyles and entered the Challenge Secret Realm, while Mu Yuan's forces won the Goblin Camp battle and Deathbone revived the fallen Skeleton Soldiers. Mu Yuan destroyed a Bloody Altar and received several valuable rewards, including a rare greatsword and a rare blueprint.

• Luo Xing used low-level troops to wear down the Gargoyles, then entered the Challenge Secret Realm after declaring his victory perfect.
• Deathbone revived the fallen Skeleton Soldiers and restored the wounded Skeleton Warriors with an improved Undead Rebirth.
• Duo Lai searched the Goblin Camp and brought Mu Yuan Soul Sand, Remnant Souls, and spare equipment, but found almost no other valuable materials.
• Mu Yuan discovered that blood was flowing toward an undamaged altar and received a notification identifying it as a Bloody Altar that could be destroyed and purified.
• Mu Yuan destroyed the Bloody Altar and received 1.5 Soul Crystals, two Common Miracle Blueprint Towers, a Rare Undead Greatsword, and a Rare Miracle Blueprint Shop.

Mu Yuan entered the Challenge Secret Realm and experienced Consciousness Descent through his projected body. After observing a failed challenge and learning the rules, he watched another player begin her challenge.

• Mu Yuan examined the Undead Greatsword and gave it to Deathbone, then studied the Blacksmith Shop blueprint and its uses.
• Mu Yuan left troops behind to guard his territory and entered the Secret Realm Gate with Deathbone, Duo Lai, and his other generals.
• Mu Yuan arrived in the waiting area in his projected body and learned that his troops remained in temporary Mark Space until summoned.
• Mu Yuan watched a lord lose a challenge, get restored by the rules, and learn that challengers had three attempts and failed if their lord died.
• Mu Yuan noticed a hooded female player enter the challenge arena and begin her challenge.

Mu Yuan entered the Challenge Secret Realm, learned about its levels from Jiang Luo Xing, and cleared the first four challenges with his skeleton troops. He chose Wandering Soul Remnant Souls for every reward, aiming to develop their powerful upper-tier troop, the Wraith.

• Jiang Luo Xing introduced himself to Mu Yuan and explained that Liu Miu Miu was the younger sister of the Cold Moon City Lord.
• Jiang Luo Xing described the Challenge Secret Realm's rising difficulty and warned Mu Yuan that later levels caused painful sensory feedback.
• Mu Yuan began his challenge and cleared the first four levels easily with Bone Four, his Skeleton Warriors, and Skeleton Soldiers.
• Mu Yuan examined the rewards and learned that Wandering Souls were fragile and weak, but could evolve into the powerful rare troop Wraith.
• Mu Yuan chose Wandering Soul Remnant Souls from the rewards of all four levels.

Mu Yuan advanced through the Lord Trial and reached its endless Sixth Level, while spectators discovered that his forces included two powerful Skeleton Warlords. After Liu Miu Miu was killed by an ogre, Mu Yuan prepared to keep fighting despite expecting the trial to end in his death.

• Mu Yuan collected Soul Crystals, Wandering Soul Remnant Souls, rare materials, and a Barbarian Berserker Inheritance Stone, then continued clearing levels.
• Jiang Luo Xing watched Liu Miu Miu's Spring Spirits overwhelm the Fifth and Sixth Levels with powerful water attacks.
• Mu Yuan faced an Ironclad Giant Scorpion in the Fifth Level; after his Skeleton Warriors fell, two Skeleton Warlords appeared and slaughtered the enemy.
• Jiang Luo Xing realized Mu Yuan was a powerful newcomer, while Liu Miu Miu was killed by an ogre and returned to the waiting area.
• Mu Yuan identified the Sixth Level as an endless battle that grew harder over time and accepted that he might have to die to secure rewards for his troops.

Mu Yuan used the sixth stage of the Challenge Secret Realm to train his skeletons against a Professional Grade Spearman, then sent Duolai into the fight when the battle turned against them. Duolai revealed its formidable abilities by hurling the Spearman into the ground, leaving the onlookers stunned by the Slime’s potential.

• A Professional Grade Spearman appeared in the sixth stage, and Mu Yuan ordered his skeletons to fight while refusing Duolai’s request to join.
• Bone Two and Bone Three gradually improved as they battled the Spearman, but two more Professional Grade Spearmen appeared and overwhelmed the skeletons.
• Mu Yuan approved Duolai’s request to fight, surprising Jiang Luo Xing and Liu Miu Miu, who had expected only an ordinary Great Slime.
• Duolai caught the Spearman’s weapon with its shifting steel body, then leapt high and smashed the enemy into a crater.
• Liu Miu Miu recognized Duolai’s unusual skills and potential, while Duolai declared that it would fight ten opponents.

Mu Yuan sent Deathbone to fight a powerful ogre in the Challenge Secret Realm, where Deathbone unleashed a limit-breaking attack and defeated it. After Mu Yuan expected another opponent to end the fight, a notification announced that he had cleared the Newcomer Challenge Secret Realm and could choose a reward.

• Duo Lai withdrew from the ogre and gave Deathbone the chance to fight.
• Deathbone used fire, sword strikes, and bone spears against the ogre, but its attacks barely hurt the creature.
• Deathbone released stored Undead Energy and launched a massive sword beam while Mu Yuan's Skeleton Warriors distracted the ogre.
• Deathbone's attack buried and killed the ogre beneath a torrent of Undead Energy.
• A notification announced that Mu Yuan had cleared the Newcomer Challenge Secret Realm and asked him to select a reward.

Mu Yuan cleared the Challenge Secret Realm and returned home with a haul of rewards, including a Life Spirit Elixir and four Perfect Breakthrough Stones. Back in Baijiang City, he began planning how to spend his Soul Crystal Coins and assessed which treasures could strengthen his troops.

• The Challenge Secret Realm ended before Deathbone reached its limits, and Mu Yuan collected rewards from the Fifth Level and his final clear.
• Mu Yuan left the waiting area without speaking to Jiang Luo Xing or Liu Miu Miu, while Jiang Luo Xing realized he knew almost nothing about Mu Yuan beyond the name Mu You.
• Jiang Luo Xing ignored his rival Feathered Serpent, then abandoned a forum post praising Mu Yuan because he felt words could not capture Mu Yuan's strength.
• Mu Yuan returned to Baijiang City, planned to recruit forty-six Wandering Souls and buy materials for a Mage Tower and blacksmith shop, and examined his rewards.
• Mu Yuan judged the Perfect Breakthrough Stones useful for Duo Lai and Deathbone, considered using the Thunder Warrior Experience Stone himself, and identified the Life Spirit Elixir as his most valuable prize.

Mu Yuan used a Thunder Warrior Experience Stone to acquire combat techniques, then drank the Life Spirit Elixir and awakened the Mental Link talent. He discovered that the talent could connect him with others for remote communication and information sharing.

• Mu Yuan decided to use the Experience Stone and Life Spirit Elixir on himself, while postponing plans to build the Thunder Magnetic Coil Tower.
• Mu Yuan entered the Thunder Warrior’s training experience and endured repeated lightning strikes as he practiced martial arts.
• Mu Yuan emerged exhausted but gained fluid combat techniques and learned to control and circulate energy.
• Mu Yuan drank the Life Spirit Elixir, which strengthened his body, spirit, and energy.
• Mu Yuan discovered he had awakened Mental Link, a talent that could connect him with others for remote communication and information sharing.

Mu Yuan explored his newly awakened Mental Link talent while his troops gathered resources and his rare buildings were completed. He used a Perfect Breakthrough Stone to help Dole attempt the territory’s first advancement to Professional Grade, and Dole emerged from the process with its aura restored and confidence intact.

• Mu Yuan discovered that Mental Link could let him command troops over several dozen kilometers and practiced using it while Deathbone and Dole led separate teams to gather resources.
• The Mage Tower and Blacksmith Shop were completed, and Mu Yuan moved his office into the Mage Tower while Lu Liu produced throwing spears in the Blacksmith Shop.
• Mu Yuan reviewed the territory’s troops and resources, noting that the Golden Slime had awakened Mineral Purification and that he planned to save Evolution Points for Dole.
• Mu Yuan gave Dole a Perfect Breakthrough Stone, and Dole swallowed it as its energy surged toward the Professional Grade barrier.
• After about half an hour, Dole’s energy pressure subsided and it opened its eyes, appearing confident after the breakthrough attempt.

After Dolei broke through to Professional Grade, Mu Yuan prepared to hunt the Wandering Ogre, but an early Red Mist omen signaled that the Lord Trial was approaching ahead of schedule. In Xuan Kingdom’s central capital, Association leaders discussed the accelerated fusion of Blue Star and the Eternal World and the need to prepare people for the coming dangers.

• Dolei demonstrated its new strength and energy control, then trained with the Rare Shaman Staff by swallowing a huge fireball.
• Deathbone, unsettled by Dolei’s breakthrough, went to cultivate with Bone Two and Bone Three.
• Mu Yuan decided that Dolei and the Undead Bone General were strong enough to help subjugate the Wandering Ogre.
• Red Mist filled the sky, and repeated charges by wild monsters prompted Mu Yuan to recognize the omen of the Lord Trial, despite thirteen days supposedly remaining.
• Association leaders in Xuan Kingdom’s central capital confirmed that the Lord Trial had been brought forward and discussed signs of the worlds’ intensifying fusion.
• The leaders agreed that Blue Star’s descent into the Eternal World could no longer be prevented and urged preparations for the dangers facing ordinary people.

After learning that the Lord Trial had been moved forward and that a dangerous Border Area had appeared near Baijiang City, Mu Yuan evolved Deathbone to prepare his territory for the trial. Deathbone gained a powerful bone-manipulation skill and spontaneously comprehended a field skill, leaving Mu Yuan surprised by his rapid progress.

• Mu Yuan read the Association's warning about the Border Area near Dragon Lake Mountain and the increase in wandering monsters, while newcomer players discussed the danger and an overconfident Whale Player showed off his defenses.
• Mu Yuan concluded that the advanced Lord Trial might begin in about eight days and worried that Bone Two and Bone Three would not reach Professional Grade in time.
• Mu Yuan used the light of miracles to evolve Deathbone into an Undead Bone Funeral Master, who learned the advanced skill Undead Bone Lament.
• Deathbone entered a focused state, and Mu Yuan secured the Training Field while the earth rippled and bones rose around him.
• Deathbone comprehended the special field-type skill Withered Bone Land, leaving Mu Yuan astonished.

Mu Yuan discovered an active Guardian Barrier inside ancient ruins deep in the Gloomy Forest, where powerful monsters—including a fire-breathing Wyvern—guarded the site. After repelling a Snake People raid, he decided to bypass the forest’s spider nests by sending Duolai with the Hurricane War Falcon on a solo aerial mission to reach the ruins.

• Mu Yuan explored the Gloomy Forest with the Hurricane War Falcon and found ancient ruins surrounded by monsters and an active Guardian Barrier.
• A Wyvern emerged from the ruins and breathed fire, so Mu Yuan had the War Falcon retreat.
• Mu Yuan directed his territory’s troops as they defeated an invading group of Snake People and collected their Soul Sand and equipment.
• Mu Yuan decided to send Duolai to the ruins with the Hurricane War Falcon rather than clear the monster nests along the route.
• Mu Yuan secured a Storage Pouch to the War Falcon and had Duolai hang from its claw, launching the operation codenamed Slime Strike.

Mu Yuan sent Duo Lai into the Gloomy Forest, where it defeated a group of powerful monsters by exploiting the Wyvern’s fire and then killing it. While collecting loot in the ruins, Duo Lai found a corpse beside a barrier and discovered an incomplete message about an important item buried behind it.

• Mu Yuan had Hurricane War Falcon Two carry Duo Lai to ancient ruins in the Gloomy Forest, where Duo Lai launched itself into a crowd of monsters.
• Three Professional Grade spiders, a Wyvern, and numerous other monsters surrounded Duo Lai, so Mu Yuan ordered it to use fire and evade the Wyvern’s attacks.
• Duo Lai lured the Wyvern into setting its allies ablaze, killed the spiders and other monsters, then brought down and finished off the Wyvern with repeated strikes.
• Duo Lai collected Soul Sand, Remnant Souls, and relics before walking deeper into the ruins because it could not carry everything.
• Duo Lai found a dead, armored man sitting before a barrier and read an incomplete message saying an important item was buried inside and the method to open the barrier was about to be revealed.

Mu Yuan’s expedition uncovered a corpse with valuable rare items and a sealed underground area that Dolei could not break through. He also learned of a nearby Snake Person Tribe and a dangerous Filth Land, then debated whether to explore farther before the Lord Trial.

• Mu Yuan had Dolei inspect the ruins, and Dolei found a Storage Ring, a Greater Amulet, two soul crystals, and a rare Guiding Beacon blueprint on the corpse.
• Mu Yuan buried the unknown powerhouse but ordered Dolei to strike the Guardian Barrier; the attack failed, so he decided to seek another way inside later.
• Mu Yuan learned that a Snake Person Tribe guarded a temple southwest of his territory and that a large Filth Land lay twenty kilometers to the east.
• Mu Yuan considered delaying the journey to purify the Filth Root, then read forum warnings about exploring too far and encountering Professional Grade monsters.
• Mu Yuan resolved to stop being indolent and reconsidered traveling twenty kilometers to the Filth Land.

Mu Yuan planned his next campaign and considered ways to earn income from plant-type troops. He evolved Duo Lai, which gained a space-related skill that let it store things inside its mouth.

• Mu Yuan read forum discussions about territorial income and considered using plant-type troops to produce valuable crops or materials.
• Mu Yuan learned about Border Area incidents involving a Rare Troop building, the Twilight Order, Wanted Players, and roaming monsters.
• Mu Yuan decided to campaign against the Filth Land the next day and called Duo Lai over for evolution.
• Duo Lai advanced to Superior★, improved its Devouring talent, and learned Dimensional Pocket.
• Duo Lai revealed that its mouth contained a four-dimensional space.

After Dolei evolved, Mu Yuan tested its new Dimensional Pocket and watched Deathbone develop a new attack skill. Mu Yuan led an elite squad to the Filth Land, where he used Mental Link to direct the battle and Dolei swallowed a Professional-Grade Thunder Goblin’s lightning, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Dolei gained Dimensional Pocket, while Deathbone created Bone Wings and the skill Lament of Decay.
• Mu Yuan read that Xiong Tianba’s Black Knight had passed the Hero Trial and become a Hero Unit.
• Deathbone led the vanguard, killed monsters, and captured a Kobold camp before Mu Yuan set out with his elite squad.
• Mu Yuan reached the Filth Land and used Mental Link to coordinate his troops as they killed more than a hundred monsters.
• A Professional-Grade Thunder Goblin emerged and unleashed lightning, which Dolei swallowed with its Dimensional Pocket.

Mu Yuan's forces defeated the remaining powerful monsters in the Filth Land, and he purified a Filth Root to claim several rare rewards, including a World Breaking Stone. He used the stone to break the barrier at the Ancient Architectural Ruins, where a prompt identified the hidden item as the Proof of Hero.

• Deathbone used Bone Spikes imbued with decay to weaken the Gargoyle and Goblin Warrior, then struck down the Gargoyle as Mu Yuan's forces finished the battle.
• Mu Yuan purified a Filth Root and obtained Soul Crystals, a Rare Remnant Soul, a Thunder Magnetic Core, a World Breaking Stone, and an Undead Bone Warhorse.
• Mu Yuan decided to keep the Thunder Magnetic Core and Bone Warhorse and sell the other Remnant Souls for Soul Crystals.
• Deathbone and Dole traveled to the Ancient Architectural Ruins, where Deathbone used the World Breaking Stone to shatter the underground barrier.
• Mu Yuan received a prompt asking whether to use the special item Proof of Hero.

Mu Yuan learned how the Hero Trial worked and decided to use the Proof of Hero on Deathbone, believing the Undead Bone General had a good chance of passing. Deathbone entered the trial, and Mu Yuan’s consciousness followed as a spectator with three chances to offer hints.

• Mu Yuan asked about the Hero Trial in a news discussion and received an explanation from the veteran player Qiu Qianyuan about its challenges and baptism grades.
• Mu Yuan decided not to delay and used the Proof of Hero on Deathbone, despite Deathbone admitting it had little confidence.
• The Proof of Hero shattered and transported Deathbone into the special Trial Space, while Mu Yuan’s consciousness descended there as a spectator.
• Mu Yuan saw a gray, Red Mist-filled landscape where damaged Undead System troops rested, and Deathbone awoke among them.

Deathbone led its undead troops through the Hero Trial, recruiting forces and using its abilities to overcome the powerful Mountain Rock Giant. It earned a Perfect evaluation without using any of Mu Yuan’s prompt attempts, and Hero Baptism began.

• Deathbone restored its injured undead troops and set out to reach the trial’s final enemy within the time limit.
• Deathbone scouted and conquered monster-guarded areas, raising Skeleton Monsters from corpses and replenishing its army at supply points.
• After five hours, Deathbone led an army of more than a hundred troops and hundreds of Skeleton Monsters toward the Mountain Rock Giant.
• Deathbone’s forces repeatedly attacked the Mountain Rock Giant, then revived under black mist after being nearly wiped out and killed it.
• The trial declared Deathbone’s performance Perfect and began Hero Baptism.

Mu Yuan watched Deathbone pass the Hero Trial and undergo a baptism that made it a Hero, granting it powerful abilities and the weapon Death Lament. After testing the weapon, Deathbone prepared to serve as a stronger commander in future large-scale battles.

• Deathbone completed the Hero Trial and became a Hero, gaining the Death Legion Strategic Skill, the Undead Domination talent, and a Hero Aura.
• Deathbone forged Death Lament, a special weapon that drained the life and soul of anyone except Deathbone and could absorb the surrounding aura of death.
• Deathbone awoke and said it had not failed Mu Yuan, then went to test its new abilities.
• Deathbone used Death Lament to kill a Gray Wolf with a single slash, draining it until it collapsed as Mu Yuan watched.
• Mu Yuan concluded that Deathbone's new abilities and weapon made it especially suited to large-scale battles.

Mu Yuan strengthened his territory and evolved two unusual ghosts into Rare Grievous Spirits as the Lord Trial drew near. The new spirits attached themselves to his wristband, while he continued preparing for the coming challenge.

• Deathbone's promotion to hero strengthened the troops in his legion, and Mu Yuan incorporated himself to benefit from the Hero Aura.
• With the Lord Trial about four to four and a half days away, Mu Yuan worried that the Red Mist would make this season more dangerous than previous trials.
• Mu Yuan collected purchased Remnant Souls and equipment from the Bai Jiang Association, paid the taxes and fees, and sent the souls into his territory.
• Mu Yuan visited the underground cavern where his Wandering Souls lived and selected two unusual ghosts for evolution.
• The two ghosts evolved into Rare Grievous Spirits with the Resentment Absorption talent and attached themselves to Mu Yuan's wristband.

Mu Yuan reflected on the changing real world and prepared to focus on his Lord Trial rather than hunt monsters. When three barbarians appeared in a Residential District, Tan Moumou fought them off, but a new spatial rift opened and released more figures.

• Mu Yuan considered delaying his Snake Person Tribe campaign until Deathbone reached Professional Grade and noted the growing number of monsters entering reality.
• News and official announcements described supernatural research, new products and martial arts programs as the Xuan Kingdom and other nations responded to the changing era.
• Newcomer Ranger Players organized to hunt monsters for Soul Sand, but Mu Yuan declined to join them and focused on preparing for the Lord Trial.
• After hearing a commotion nearby, Mu Yuan summoned Red Garment as a soul pearl, concealed troops in his Lord's Mark, and went outside.
• Tan Moumou used his troops to kill two of three barbarians while nearby players watched; then a spatial rift opened and spat out more figures.

Mu Yuan, Liver Emperor, and other players fought off a rift’s monster invasion in Baijiang City. Afterward, Mu Yuan sensed a possibly wanted Twilight Order player nearby, reported him anonymously, and sent the War Falcon to search the area.

• Mu Yuan and Liver Emperor joined the players confronting Great Goblins, barbarians, and gnolls spilling from a rift.
• Liver Emperor deployed Wolf Cavalry, while Whale Player Tan Moumou summoned his Rare Troop Types to reinforce the fighting line.
• Mu Yuan summoned Skeleton Warriors and Strong Shooter Seventeen, helping the players defeat the monsters and close the rift.
• Whale Player Tan Moumou acknowledged Mu Yuan’s strength but declared that he would win when the trial began.
• Association officials warned the players that wanted Twilight Order members had entered Baijiang City through the Border Area.
• Grievance Spirit Red Garment detected intense resentment from a departing gray-hooded player, so Mu Yuan anonymously reported him and activated the War Falcon to search.