Recaps

Gao Linzhi tried to recruit independent readers as agents while God's Domain's real-world effects drew global attention. After earning three million from dungeon carries, Zhang Mingzhen discovered his legs had healed and set out to buy a gaming pod, while major guilds struggled to clear Divine Ruins without Chongxing.

• Gao Linzhi searched for slow-burn farming and management story readers to appoint as agents, while Dragon Diagram Frenzy rejected a temporary quest and missed a Golden Finger.
• Zhang Mingzhen carried Utterly Empty through the Divine Ruins boss fight; Utterly Empty died but revived after the clear, reached Level 14, and paid Zhang Mingzhen three million.
• Zhang Mingzhen found that his legs had healed, and news spread that God's Domain was improving players' real-world bodies, prompting global interest and investment.
• Dragon Diagram Frenzy sent War Sky's team into Divine Ruins, where they quickly wiped; other guilds also failed repeatedly on Easy Mode and tried to contact Chongxing.
• Zhang Mingzhen confirmed his legs were healed the next morning and went out to choose a gaming pod as God's Domain merchandise appeared throughout the city.

After confirming that God's Domain had restored his health, Zhang Mingzhen returned to the game and began organizing paid runs through the Hell-difficulty Divine Ruins. He entered the dungeon alone to finish his weekly progress, while guilds competed for the remaining party spots.

• Zhang Mingzhen ordered a gaming pod and saw medical tests showing that his physical health was now above standard, then left as customers rioted over alleged favoritism at the store.
• Zhang Mingzhen returned home, collected his weekly Tower of Heaven reward, and received experience and ordinary boots from his mailbox.
• Wandering Arrow and Utterly Empty messaged Zhang Mingzhen asking to join another Hell-difficulty Divine Ruins run, and Zhang Mingzhen decided to recruit a full team for one million per person.
• Zhang Mingzhen advertised a guaranteed ten-person Hell-difficulty run on the world channel and entered the dungeon alone to complete his own weekly progress.
• The Dragon Diagram Guild and Hero Alliance requested party spots, while Wandering Arrow's Brotherhood discussed who should go and settled on Mumu and Chaoyang, with Mumu going alone if spots were limited.

Zhang Mingzhen led a party of major guild members through Hell-difficulty Divine Ruins, defeating its monsters and bosses alone while the others watched. After the run exposed his overwhelming strength and yielded usable Black Iron Equipment, Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven asked to speak with him privately at his guild’s temporary base.

• Major guilds and wealthy players sought places in Chongxing’s party to investigate how he cleared Hell difficulty, while Zhang Mingzhen used an extra weekly entry and selected one representative from each faction.
• Zhang Mingzhen gathered the party, stated that all equipment drops belonged to him, and cleared the first group of monsters alone, leaving the members stunned and demanding to know whether he was cheating.
• Zhang Mingzhen refused to reveal his talent and led the party onward, where Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven bought a common equipment drop.
• At the Ape Clan Chieftain’s arena, the boss’s opening attack knocked down the party, but Zhang Mingzhen fought and healed through the encounter alone.
• The group gained a level, and Zhang Mingzhen cleared the dungeon and claimed three usable Black Iron Equipment drops.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven addressed Zhang Mingzhen as Great God Chongxing and invited him to discuss some matters privately at his guild’s temporary base.

Zhang Mingzhen refused to join a guild but sold limited Divine Ruins team slots to several guild leaders, while Gao Linzhi added a system for players to reroll talents after enough online time. Players began recruiting high-rank talent holders, and some exploited the helmet-based account system to create new accounts for better talents, which Gao Linzhi noticed.

• Zhang Mingzhen rejected Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven's guild offer but agreed to reserve two weekly dungeon slots for Century Imperial City in exchange for payment.
• Zhang Mingzhen made similar deals with the leaders of Dragon Diagram and Hero Alliance, filling six of his weekly team slots and leaving three vacancies.
• Gao Linzhi added a feature that let players with enough online time randomly obtain a new talent and choose whether to replace their original talent.
• Zhang Mingzhen filled his remaining slots with Wandering Arrow, Rose, and a swordsman from a military guild, then announced that reservations for next week were full.
• Guilds began recruiting high-rank talent players after the new talent system became public, and players discussed the low odds of rolling powerful talents.
• Some people bought extra helmets to create new accounts and reroll talents by exploiting the game's helmet-based player identification, but Gao Linzhi quickly discovered the loophole.

Zhang Mingzhen learned about player merchant caravans and joined Tractor on a route where he could hunt Level 20 wolves. A monster siege mode was announced after a party reported infiltrators in Shuangyue Town, whose mayor imposed a curfew that disrupted trade and left players debating how to defend the town.

• Gao Linzhi closed the talent-farming loophole by adding facial recognition, and players complained about their poorer results.
• Zhang Mingzhen met Tractor outside Shuangyue Town and learned that merchants could earn Silver Coins by transporting local goods between settlements.
• Zhang Mingzhen persuaded Tractor to take a route troubled by wolf packs, then stayed behind to fight the Level 20 Wilderness Giant Wolves while Tractor continued to a supply station.
• A world announcement credited Rose, Little Bell, Hou Yi, and other players with triggering the Monster Siege mode.
• A party reported an invasion quest to Mayor Zhen Tianyin, who found the clothing-shop proprietress dead and ordered a town-wide search and curfew.
• The curfew halted merchant caravans, while players argued on the world channel about the siege and whether Chongxing or the guilds could defend against it.

Zhang Mingzhen killed the Silver Wolf King and learned from Zhen Tianyin that Shuangyue Town had an ancient protective barrier from a past siege. As guilds and players prepared for the coming defense, the system announced that the beast tide would begin at midnight in three waves.

• Dragon Diagram Frenzy and the other major guild leaders discussed recruiting talented players and coordinating for the siege, while Zhang Mingzhen remained out of contact and reached level nineteen.
• Zhang Mingzhen followed wolf packs to their sacrifice, fought the summoned Silver Wolf King, and earned its first-kill rewards.
• A level-six player watching Zhang Mingzhen activated the Absolute Fairness talent quest through Gao Linzhi's intervention.
• Zhang Mingzhen visited Zhen Tianyin, learned about Shuangyue Town's ten-minute protective barrier, and passed the information to the major guilds.
• The guilds divided the walls into defense zones and appointed Longtu Tengchong commander while players stocked up and prepared for battle.
• The system announced that the beast tide would start at midnight, prompting players to alert guildmates and friends who were offline.

As Shuangyue Town prepared for a monster siege, Gao Linzhi watched Chongxing enter the battle while two thieves broke into Zhang Mingzhen’s home in reality. The siege began, and Chongxing charged into the beast horde, unaware that his life outside the game was in danger.

• Longtu Tengchong organized the players’ defenses, and Zhang Mingzhen arrived at the main gate but refused to join a guild party.
• Gao Linzhi secretly set rewards for the players who dealt the most damage, scored the most kills, and showed the greatest enthusiasm.
• Two thieves broke into Zhang Mingzhen’s home, searched for valuables, and debated whether to attack him while he played the game.
• Gao Linzhi watched the thieves and chose not to intervene, leaving Zhang Mingzhen to face the danger himself.
• The monster siege began as magical beasts surged toward all four gates, and Longtu Tengchong ordered the defenders to attack.
• Chongxing healed wounded players and charged into the beast horde while the thieves remained poised to act in his home.

While Zhang Mingzhen dominated the first wave of the God's Domain siege and reached level twenty, two armed thieves broke into his home while he was logged in. He was disconnected and confronted them, leaving his real-world fate uncertain.

• Zhang Mingzhen fought through the beast horde, healed nearby players, and helped stabilize several city gates before the first siege wave ended.
• Players discussed Chongxing's enormous lead on the rankings, while Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven and Dragon Diagram Frenzy considered asking him for healing support.
• Zhang Mingzhen reached level twenty, unlocked Universal Salvation, and opened two Silver Treasure Chests containing a Radiant Staff and Divine Concealment Boots.
• The two thieves confronted Zhang Mingzhen at home, demanded that he transfer his money, and forced him offline.

Gao Linzhi watched Zhang Mingzhen survive a home invasion after players in God's Domain decoded his messages and alerted the authorities. Zhang Mingzhen returned to the game and led the defense against the second monster wave, while the third wave began with Silver-tier bosses appearing outside Shuangyue Town.

• Two thieves threatened Zhang Mingzhen for money, then decided to keep him captive and force him to buy gold after his transfer limit blocked them.
• Gao Linzhi observed the robbery, while players contacted Zhang Mingzhen after he suddenly logged off during the siege.
• A Dragon Diagram Guild liaison decoded Zhang Mingzhen's disguised messages as a plea for help, and players located him and alerted the local public security bureau.
• Public security officers rescued Zhang Mingzhen after the skinny thief's knife failed to injure him and officers shot the thief; Zhang Mingzhen later returned to God's Domain and planned to move to a safer home.
• Zhang Mingzhen fought on the front line through the second monster wave, supporting nearby guild members with his powerful healing as the wave ended with him still leading the rankings.
• The third monster wave began, and Silver-tier boss monsters appeared outside Shuangyue Town's four gates.

Zhang Mingzhen soloed all four Silver Tier bosses and helped Shuangyue Town win the Monster Siege, earning generous rewards and reaching level 27. After the event, he logged off and left the hospital, while people in positions of power began taking an interest in him.

• Longtu Tengchong rallied the players and assigned guild elites to hold back the bosses while Zhang Mingzhen attacked them.
• Zhang Mingzhen defeated the east, south, north, and west gate bosses in succession, turning the tide of the battle.
• The players cleared the remaining Warcrafts, and the system declared a glorious victory and awarded Zhang Mingzhen experience and Silver Equipment Chests.
• Zhang Mingzhen gained roughly one million experience, reached level 27, learned new skills, and equipped or auctioned his Silver equipment.
• After the battle, players discussed the event online while Dragon Diagram Guild managers calculated compensation for their fallen members.
• Zhang Mingzhen was discharged from the hospital despite the doctor's recommendation to remain under observation, and influential people began pulling strings around him.

After accepting a quest to investigate an abandoned village, Zhang Mingzhen fought through a fog filled with dangerous walking corpses and entered Little Creek Village, where the ruins gave way to a seemingly lively settlement. He shared a meal with Xiao Qing and her grandmother, learning about their household and the village as he began investigating its mystery.

• Zhang Mingzhen moved into a rented villa, rejected a call from the Shen Family, and went to sleep while Young Master Shen ordered his secretary to keep Zhang from leaving the country.
• After logging into God's Domain, Zhang Mingzhen accepted Zhen Tianyin's quest to investigate Little Creek Village, where a dragon had reportedly taken an herb-gathering party.
• The herbalist led Zhang Mingzhen to the village's mountain boundary and fled, leaving Zhang to face the fog and the Level 20 walking corpses that could inflict deadly confusion.
• Zhang Mingzhen fought his way through the fog and discovered that the walking corpses would not cross Little Creek Village's boundary.
• Inside the village, Zhang Mingzhen met Xiao Qing and her grandmother, shared their meal, and learned that they lived together by gathering wild vegetables and tending a garden.

Gao Linzhi added a crossover instance to his game, while Zhang Mingzhen uncovered the truth behind the Abandoned Village and unlocked pet taming by contracting the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python. Zhang Mingzhen then prepared antidotes and began grinding in the village as players across the Third Zone rushed to find pets.

• Gao Linzhi created an instance entrance that could summon Earth players to face strange quests in Blue Star and reward them with physical enhancement and longer lifespans.
• Zhang Mingzhen witnessed an illusion of Little Creek Village’s destruction, discovered Xiao Qing had died from zombie poison, and watched her transform alongside the village’s dead.
• Zhang Mingzhen cleared the real Abandoned Village’s walking corpses, killed Xiao Qing at her request, and unlocked the secret realm and pet taming before the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python accepted a Soul Contract.
• Zhang Mingzhen studied an antidote formula, planned to sell doses through the Dragon Diagram Guild, and entered the village to fight its stronger undead.
• Zhang Mingzhen sent the mature Azure-Scaled Dragon Python to battle independently while he farmed experience, as players in the Third Zone searched for tamable creatures and other zones prepared to imitate its beast-siege strategy.

Gao Linzhi turned his attention to Blue Star’s aberration crisis and prepared to place pawns there, while District 42 launched a carefully organized defense of Shuangyue Town. The players repelled the first two monster waves, but as the third wave arrived with Silver-rank bosses, the British command deployed a suicide-squad strategy to hold them back.

• Gao Linzhi observed the growing aberration crisis on Blue Star and prepared to find pawns from the Earth world to station there.
• Guild representatives in District 42 coordinated defenses for Shuangyue Town and prepared players for a midnight monster siege.
• The first two waves of monsters attacked, and District 42’s players repelled both after several hours of fighting.
• The command staff prepared a final plan after judging their firepower insufficient, then ordered players to avoid the Silver-rank bosses during the third wave.
• Official British player squads used Neural Catalysis Elixirs to trigger destructive energy bursts and keep the Silver-rank bosses away from the city gates.

War Zone Forty-Two’s players struggled to defend Shuangyue Town with suicide squads, guild reinforcements, and a temporary barrier, but the four berserk leaders broke through the gates before the siege ended. The town was conquered and vanished, leaving its players displaced and prompting other war zones to reconsider attempting sieges before they were ready.

• District 42 players used secret potions to launch suicide attacks that held the Silver bosses back while forum users watched and argued about their strategy.
• With the siege nearing its end and the suicide squads running low on experience, Archangel Migalie ordered guild reinforcements and offered Rogue Players one thousand euros to join the attacks.
• Fifteen minutes before the event ended, the four leaders entered a super armor state, broke through the defenders, and attacked the city gates; the town’s barrier activated but would last only ten minutes.
• Dragon Han’s upper ranks sought help from Zone Three and skilled civilian players, but the players refused or could not offer a solution in time.
• The four leaders smashed through all four gates, and the system announced that Shuangyue Town had been conquered and would vanish, canceling its side quests and leaving War Zone Forty-Two’s players as displaced refugees.
• Players across other zones reacted to the defeat, and many decided not to challenge a magical beast siege until they had built up enough strength.

After District 42’s defense failed, Zhang Mingzhen continued leveling in District 3 and became the top player when the combat power rankings launched. The double experience event ended with him reaching level thirty, and after logging off he discovered that his real body had grown stronger.

• District 42 players learned that their failed defense had turned them into refugees and cost them their accumulated experience, while Ying Kingdom authorities began regrouping survivors and scouting for other settlements.
• Zhang Mingzhen reached level twenty-eight, then saw the new combat power rankings place him first with the title “King” and a score exceeding 100,000.
• Zhang Mingzhen considered seeking district-crossing items so he could help other districts and complete his Silver Tier equipment sets.
• As the double experience event ended, Zhang Mingzhen reached level thirty, learned and upgraded two defensive skills, and topped the experience rankings.
• After logging off, Zhang Mingzhen ordered food and discovered that his old ailments had healed and his body had become much stronger.

Zhang Mingzhen confirmed that his body and the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python were changing as the game seeped into reality, while Dragon Kingdom's authorities debated how to advance players without provoking the mysterious force behind the game. The authorities decided to seek a district-transfer item and approach Chongxing through the game, while Zhang Mingzhen went looking for a secluded home to accommodate his growing pet.

• Zhang Mingzhen summoned the juvenile Azure-Scaled Dragon Python into his living room and worried that game monsters might eventually appear in reality.
• Researchers reported that leveling up strengthened players' real bodies, and Lu Zheng directed officials to accelerate player growth while avoiding actions that might attract the mysterious gentleman's attention.
• At a joint conference, Lu Zheng rejected proposals to locate Chongxing in reality and decided to seek a district-transfer item to approach him through normal gameplay.
• Zhang Mingzhen visited a real estate sales center to find a quiet detached home where he could make security modifications and house the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python.

After moving into a secluded villa to accommodate the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python, Zhang Mingzhen logged into God's Domain and learned that Rose and Little Bell had discovered the Monster Altar dungeon. The dungeon opened to players with a level-30 recommendation, leaving most gathered players unable to enter.

• Zhang Mingzhen bought a secluded villa in Cloud Fir District and moved in, planning to explore new secret realms and pursue immortality and his parents' resurrection.
• Rose took Little Bell to a mine to collect ore for a blacksmith quest, and Little Bell accidentally opened a hidden passage.
• Rose and Little Bell found an ancient altar and read a tome explaining the origins of monster attacks and the sealing of monster souls.
• The system announced that Rose and Little Bell had unlocked the Monster Altar dungeon and awarded them achievement points and experience.
• Players gathered at the altar and discovered that it allowed five-person parties, offered three difficulty settings, and recommended level 30.

Zhang Mingzhen entered the Hell-difficulty Monster Altar and defeated its Silver bosses, earning first-clear rewards as he advanced through the dungeon. After he defeated the Wind Whetstone Bat and obtained Wings of Flight, Gao Linzhi decided to raise the difficulty for cheaters.

• Zhang Mingzhen accepted Qin Xiao Youhui's invitation to visit the Legion Guild headquarters after the dungeon and entered the Hell-difficulty Monster Altar alone.
• Zhang Mingzhen cleared hordes of Shadow Beasts and defeated the Sandstorm Beast by suppressing the wind that replenished its health, earning a Prefix Stone and a first-clear announcement.
• Zhang Mingzhen let the countdown expire among the praying monsters, summoned the Lord of Magma, and defeated it after enduring its burning attacks.
• Zhang Mingzhen fought through a vast shadow-beast horde, destroyed four winged stone monsters, and defeated the Wind Whetstone Bat, obtaining Wings of Flight.
• Gao Linzhi watched Zhang Mingzhen and decided it was time to raise the difficulty for cheaters.

Zhang Mingzhen unlocked the Flying Wings system, then entered a simulated Blue Star instance to learn about the Hell Demon King. He took control of a bus of frightened college students and received partial information about the boss, unaware that God's Domain Game was deceiving him into treating real people as game characters.

• Zhang Mingzhen obtained a Feather after defeating the Hell-level Windstone Bat, and the system announced that aerial flight had been unlocked.
• Zhang Mingzhen entered a highway-survival instance on Blue Star, where college students had been trapped by a strange entity that fed on fear.
• Zhang Mingzhen intimidated the students into making him bus owner, then let one of them drive the bus along the mist-covered highway.
• Zhang Mingzhen jumped from the moving bus and killed pursuing wild beasts, obtaining fuel, bread, and water for the group.
• Zhang Mingzhen received information that the Hell Demon King specialized in single-target attacks and dealt less damage at close range, though its attacks became denser.
• Zhang Mingzhen believed the Blue Star world was only a game instance, unaware that Gao Linzhi's AI strategy was misleading him.

After losing his chance to resurrect a mechanic in the illusion, Zhang Mingzhen returned to God's Domain and defeated the Hell Demon King, earning rare rewards and a new invitation from the Iron-Blood Banner guild. He shared dungeon information in exchange for protection and intelligence, then agreed to help with city battles in other regions after negotiating further rewards.

• During a zombie-crow attack in the illusion, a student burned the infected mechanic to ashes, leaving Zhang Mingzhen unable to resurrect him; Zhang Mingzhen then vanished and returned to God's Domain.
• Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Hell Demon King despite its minions, became the first player to clear the Hell-difficulty Monster Altar, and received a gold necklace and other rewards.
• Zhao Biguo escorted Zhang Mingzhen to the Iron-Blood Banner headquarters, where Qin Xiao Youhui asked him to share a strategy for the new dungeon.
• Zhang Mingzhen agreed to disclose the dungeon's mechanics in exchange for a promise not to investigate his real identity, access to guild intelligence, and help locating flying-type monster leaders.
• Qin Xiao Youhui asked Zhang Mingzhen to assist with city battles in other regions, and Zhang Mingzhen agreed after negotiating protection for his personal information and three Immortal-grade medicines.

Zhang Mingzhen agreed to use the Spatial Backflow Talisman to help Dragon Han defend District 12, while Gao Linzhi judged him too easy to exploit. Dragon Han’s leaders chose District 12 as the first battlefront, and its guild leaders argued over tactics before Eagle Strikes the Sky forced them to cooperate.

• Zhang Mingzhen accepted three immortal medicines from Qin Xiao Youhui and revealed that his Spatial Backflow Talisman could transfer a player to another district for up to twenty-four hours.
• Zhang Mingzhen told the administrators that the talisman had come from the Monster Altar on Hell difficulty, prompting Dragon Han’s leaders to reconsider their negotiations and arrange compensation for his district transfers.
• Commander-in-Chief Lu Zheng selected District 12 as the first district to face a magical beast siege, and Dragon Han’s legion guilds agreed to pay Zhang Mingzhen fifty Gold Coins each time he transferred districts.
• News of District 12’s planned siege spread through the forums, while Zhang Mingzhen ignored foreign offers and agreed to assist Dragon Han’s districts instead.
• Eagle Strikes the Sky and District 12’s guild presidents disputed which gate Chongxing should defend first, until Eagle Strikes the Sky threatened to cancel the operation and ended the argument.

Zhang Mingzhen traveled to District Twelve and helped defend Shuangyue Town, crushing the monster siege and earning rewards before returning to District Three. He discovered his flower spirit could keep farming across districts, entered the Training Tower, and Gao Linzhi added a system prompt offering players a chance to redraw their talents.

• Zhang Mingzhen tested his flower spirit across districts, then joined Eagle Strikes the Sky and District Twelve’s guild leaders to prepare Shuangyue Town’s defense.
• Zhang Mingzhen swept through the first wave with Ling Yue, then sent his Azure-Scaled Dragon Python to help clear the second wave.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed all four Silver-rank bosses in the third wave, securing an overwhelming victory and reaching Level 32.
• Zhang Mingzhen returned to District Three, confirmed his flower spirit had been gaining experience there, and entered the Training Tower’s thirty-second floor.
• Gao Linzhi reviewed how the game drew Source Energy from Earth and added a system prompt offering players a talent redraw for clearing an instance dungeon.

Zhang Mingzhen rejected every guild's attempts to recruit him and focused on leveling, while the major guilds prepared for the first cross-server guild war and feared his influence. After he warned them to stop interrupting his training, the Game System opened a temporary illusion-instance simulating a guild war, where his choices could affect reality.

• A troll player died after accepting a random encounter dungeon, while Gao Linzhi's restrictions kept most players alive.
• Zhang Mingzhen defeated his own projection on the Training Tower's thirty-second floor by exploiting its lack of flexibility.
• The major guilds prepared for the first cross-server guild war, and their leaders worried that Zhang Mingzhen might join a rival faction.
• Zhang Mingzhen rejected recruitment offers from the major guilds and continued grinding monsters to reach level 40.
• Zhang Mingzhen told Utterly Empty to warn every faction not to disturb his leveling, and threatened to join the guild conflict if they kept pressing him.
• The Game System announced that Zhang Mingzhen had activated an illusion-instance simulating a guild war, with events inside having a 90 percent chance of occurring in reality.

Zhang Mingzhen woke from an illusion realm convinced that trusting others would lead to betrayal, while District Three's guilds prepared for a fiercely contested war. The opening battle between Hero Alliance and Century Imperial City turned into a desperate fight for the central stronghold, and the chapter ended as Hero Alliance received reports that its other strongholds were falling.

• Zhang Mingzhen experienced an illusion in which Long Tiande killed him after he obtained the Revival Stone and the Longevity Stone, and his wife and guild betrayed his memory.
• Zhang Mingzhen revived through his Yin-Yang Talent, discovered Long Tiande's affair with his wife, and woke from the illusion vowing to act alone and seek revenge.
• District Three's guilds recruited players and hired lone players ahead of the Guild War, while players debated the tournament rules and Chongxing's possible involvement.
• More than forty guilds began competing at six in the evening, with Hero Alliance facing Century Imperial City and Red Rose fighting Sisters Rise Up.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven led Century Imperial City in a coordinated assault on Hero Alliance's central stronghold, while War Sky struggled to keep his guild members following orders.
• Century Imperial City's forces appeared to retreat from the central stronghold, but reports then flooded in that Hero Alliance's other strongholds were under attack and falling.

After the guild league ended with Century Imperial City in first place, Zhang Mingzhen learned that God's Domain was granting extraordinary abilities to people around the world and chose to avoid involvement in the growing conflict. Dragon Han's leaders debated how to govern ability users and Thorn Bramble, while Gao Linzhi watched their divisions and considered how the new system could help him seize Earth's World Source.

• Century Imperial City won the guild league, Third Legion placed second, and Hero Alliance fell apart as its members blamed their backers for the loss.
• Zhang Mingzhen watched news about ability users, summoned his Flower Spirit clone, and considered testing whether he could use Resurrection on a stray cat.
• Dragon Han's leaders argued over whether to strictly control ability users, and discussion of Thorn Bramble's growth shifted support toward the hawkish Second Elder.
• Gao Linzhi watched the meeting and compared the elders' rival positions with the factions in the Blue Star world he had come from.
• The chapter revealed that Thorn Bramble sought power, had moved its headquarters to Xiang City, and benefited from God's Domain's lack of management.