Recaps

Seaside Wave and four guild leaders failed to protect the Wolf Barbarian chief, accidentally revealing the Mechanism Island dungeon. Zhang Mingzhen entered the new dungeon alone, discovered its first mechanism required ten operators, and recruited players whose physical summons could help.

• Seaside Wave leveled up, and his party entered the Wolf Barbarian Protector dungeon to escort the chained chief to safety.
• The party failed to destroy the high-defense mechanisms in time, and the chief died; their first failed attempt announced the newly activated Mechanism Island dungeon server-wide.
• Zhang Mingzhen realized that the announcement had been triggered by the party's failure, then entered Mechanism Island on hell difficulty.
• Zhang Mingzhen defeated the wooden puppets but found the stone door required ten levers to be pulled simultaneously, and confirmed that his Wildsea Candle Dragon could operate one.
• Zhang Mingzhen recruited players with physical Summoned Beasts and assembled nine players plus his summon to begin the dungeon's first mechanism stage.

Zhang Mingzhen led a group through the Hell-difficulty Mechanism Island dungeon and defeated the Demon Armor Puppet Beast largely on his own. The first-stage clear unlocked talisman equipment, but its fragments were scarce and a completed talisman’s quality depended on random appraisal.

• Zhang Mingzhen and his summons swept through the dungeon’s mechanical monsters while the rest of the group followed behind and disabled mechanisms.
• Zhang Mingzhen engaged the Demon Armor Puppet Beast as two elite puppets attacked the group, whose members were instantly killed by the boss’s barrier except for one survivor.
• Dragon Diagram Jinghe identified the barrier’s lethal time limit, and Zhang Mingzhen avoided it while destroying the puppets and attacking the boss.
• As the boss summoned more puppets and used its barrier again, Zhang Mingzhen controlled his position and drained its health without being caught.
• Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Demon Armor Puppet Beast, earning a gold item and three talisman fragments while the first-stage clear unlocked the talisman equipment category.
• Players discussed the new talisman system and its ninety-nine-fragment requirement, random quality, and potential difficulty for ordinary groups.

Zhang Mingzhen's party navigated the dungeon's mechanical traps and defeated Venom Puppet on hell difficulty despite its lethal poison attacks. They reached the final floor and faced the Purgatory Mechanism Demon King, with the party bracing for the last battle.

• Dragon Diagram Frenzy and Dragon Diagram Jinghe crossed moving platforms and activated a mechanism that restored the broken path.
• Zhang Mingzhen's party fought Venom Puppet, whose poison mist repeatedly killed the other players while Zhang Mingzhen endured the escalating damage alone.
• Zhang Mingzhen interrupted Venom Puppet's attempts to open poison valves and defeated the boss with the party.
• The party cleared flying puppets on the way to the third floor and entered the final chamber.
• The party encountered the Purgatory Mechanism Demon King, and War Sky and Seaside Wave joked about who would survive longest.

Zhang Mingzhen’s team wiped once against the Infernal Machine Demon King, then identified and countered its lethal summon mechanic to clear the Hell-difficulty dungeon. After winning valuable loot, Zhang Mingzhen scheduled another run for noon the next day, prompting players across the server to rush toward level sixty.

• The Infernal Machine Demon King wiped Zhang Mingzhen’s team with an arena-wide attack after they failed to eliminate its small monsters, and Zhang Mingzhen suspected the monsters had triggered the finishing move.
• Zhang Mingzhen led a second attempt, killed the small monsters as soon as they appeared, and discovered the Demon King summoned weakened bosses from the first and second stages as its health fell.
• Zhang Mingzhen’s team defeated the summoned bosses and the Infernal Machine Demon King before its thirty-minute timer expired, earning Platinum equipment, ten amulet fragments, and a server-wide first-clear announcement.
• Qin Xiao Youhui asked Zhang Mingzhen to lead another run, and they arranged it for noon the next day as guilds began gathering players for the dungeon.
• Dragon Diagram Jinghe and the other players discussed the difficulty of fighting mirror-image opponents in the Ranking Tower, while news of the next dungeon run spread across the server.

Sunshine accepted the Evil God’s offer to become its dependent after receiving a triple-experience boost, giving the abandoned players of District 77 a possible path to catch up. The game then introduced seven cross-server rankings whose rewards would benefit the regions of top-ranked players.

• Lu Zheng urged Sunshine to level District 77’s players quickly, but Sunshine accused the authorities of neglecting the lower-ranked districts and said he had found another way to raise their strength.
• Dong Fangming led Sunshine through a hidden Teleportation Array to meet the Evil God, which promised to help him catch up in exchange for becoming its dependent.
• The Evil God granted Sunshine triple experience for 24 hours, and Sunshine accepted the dependent title and a quest to recruit more dependents.
• Sunshine’s wariness began to fade as he grew eager to recruit others, while the Evil God told Dong Fangming that its efforts would help restore the Yaksha Clan.
• A game-wide announcement introduced seven cross-server leaderboards and server-wide buffs for the regions of top-ranked players.

The cross-server rankings intensified competition, while Sunshine recruited Xuancheng administrators into the Holy Church by promising power from the Evil God. Chongxing led a second Mechanism Island run, and Showoff Guild worked to unlock the still-empty Housing Rankings first.

• The Legion Guild planned to send Level 60 members to Server 3 and push its branches onto the cross-server rankings, while Lu Zheng wondered why Sunshine had stopped communicating with headquarters.
• Sunshine showed Xuancheng administrators his triple experience bonus and persuaded them to follow the Evil God, urging them to recruit discreetly without informing headquarters.
• Players across God's Domain rushed to grind levels, challenge dungeons, and hire power-leveling guilds after the rankings opened.
• Chongxing led representatives from several districts through Hell-difficulty Mechanism Island, clearing monsters quickly with the Wildsea Candle Dragon as Death Scythe explained his speed-clear style to the newcomers.
• Players began searching for ways to unlock the Housing Rankings, and Slacker told Big Gold Tooth that Showoff Guild would meet the conditions that day after Slacker built a relationship with Welcome Inn owner Xiaoyaozi.

Slacker and Big Gold Tooth learned from Xiaoyaozi how homes worked and discovered that level three residences slowly increased experience, though their upkeep was costly. After seeing how special furniture could reduce maintenance costs, they planned to recruit artisans and went to the City Lord's Mansion to buy a residence.

• Slacker and Big Gold Tooth spent gold to earn Xiaoyaozi's favor, and he explained that players could register for homes in Fragrant Cloud City at different prices and levels.
• Xiaoyaozi took Slacker and Big Gold Tooth to his level three home, where they felt their energy recover and noticed their experience slowly increasing.
• Xiaoyaozi explained that level three homes improved cultivation but cost a thousand gold coins per month to maintain, and that special-tier furniture could reduce repair costs.
• Big Gold Tooth realized artisan players could make valuable furniture and ordered the Showoff Guild to recruit artisans and raise their subclass levels.
• Slacker and Big Gold Tooth visited the City Lord's Mansion, where the clerk said Xiaoyaozi had already recommended them and asked what tier of residence they wanted.

Big Gold Tooth and Slacker unlocked the Home System, sparking a rush for homes and lifestyle skills after players learned homes could restore stamina and grant experience. Showoff Guild recruited Exquisite Craftsmanship, whose discovery of Tier 1 furniture revealed the value of rare materials, and the chapter ended with demand for high-tier furniture outstripping supply.

• Big Gold Tooth bought a Tier 3 home while Slacker bought a Tier 2 home, and both received achievement points for unlocking the Home System first.
• Big Gold Tooth explained the homes’ benefits on the world channel and published a detailed forum post, prompting players to compete for homes and debate their costs.
• Showoff Guild recruited lifestyle specialists, and Exquisite Craftsmanship joined after discovering that unusual wood could produce glowing Tier 1 furniture.
• Big Gold Tooth learned from Exquisite Craftsmanship that materials affected furniture grade and promised to support his development as a master craftsman.
• Showoff Guild’s orders surged as top players bought Tier 3 homes, and Hero War Sky confronted Big Gold Tooth over the shortage of Tier 3 furniture.

Zhang Mingzhen found Golden Lightning Dharma Bamboo in a poisonous grove, used it to strengthen his Death Scepter, and returned to preparing his home. Meanwhile, District 77 player Sunshine broke into the server-wide level rankings, prompting other districts to investigate how the exiled district had begun catching up.

• War Sky asked Big Gold Tooth for level-three furniture, but backed down when he learned Chongxing had bought the finished pieces and supplied rare materials.
• Zhang Mingzhen took Exquisite Craftsmanship to a level-eighty wilderness area, gathered bamboo from a poisonous grove, and then entered it alone to investigate the golden bamboo within.
• Zhang Mingzhen defeated and collected the Golden Lightning Dharma Bamboo, causing the surrounding grove to wither as the demonic mist spread.
• Zhang Mingzhen tempered his platinum Death Scepter with the bamboo, gaining resistance to dark-attribute monsters and increased damage against them.
• Players discussed home decorating and the rankings, then noticed Sunshine of District 77 had overtaken Pengpeng's Hair for tenth place on the level rankings.
• District 1 officials ordered an investigation into Sunshine, while players across other districts speculated about District 77's sudden progress.

Lu Zheng investigated Sunshine’s sudden rise, but Sunshine concealed the Evil God’s influence and the group’s rapid leveling behind a fabricated quest. After the investigation team left, headquarters kept District 77 under surveillance while players across the regions focused on leveling and dungeon runs.

• Lu Zheng contacted Sunshine about his abnormal growth, and Sunshine dismissed his concerns before ending the call.
• Sunshine and Exhausted Youth discussed the investigation as the Evil God’s followers prepared to hide their allegiance and continue leveling under its orders.
• Weary Wind arrived in Xuancheng to investigate, and Sunshine claimed the group had gained experience through a temporary teleportation array and a hidden quest from an NPC named Dixi.
• Weary Wind reported Sunshine’s explanation to Lu Zheng, who ordered stronger surveillance of District 77 and nearby regions.
• Zhang Mingzhen obtained the priest skill Thousand Mechanisms Meteor, prompting more priests to seek teams for the Wolf Barbarian Escape dungeon.

Dragon Diagram Frenzy’s team cleared the Wolf Barbarian Escape dungeon for the first time among normal players, then found an assassin-exclusive Stealth Skill Book in the treasure chest. Frenzy won the ensuing auction for Dragon Diagram Jinghe, while the team left without a Skill Book for its own party classes.

• Dragon Diagram Frenzy led a team with two priests and two ranged attackers through the trap rooms, and they cleared the first room without losing anyone.
• The team focused on the puppet archer in the second room, and Xuanyuan Yi revived Fireworks in the Rain while Seaside Wave kept the others alive.
• The team defeated the puppets and cleared the Wolf Barbarian Escape dungeon, becoming the first normal-player team to do so.
• Seaside Wave opened the treasure chest and found the assassin-exclusive Stealth Skill Book, which players across the region quickly sought to buy.
• Dragon Diagram Frenzy outbid the other guild leaders at 4,000 Gold Coins and secured Stealth for Dragon Diagram Jinghe.

War Sky’s team cleared the Wolf Barbarian Escape Dungeon with only one priest, and War Sky obtained and learned an exclusive Heavenly Strategist skill. The three major guilds and other experts then entered the harder Wolf Barbarian tribe dungeon, armed with Chongxing’s warnings, while players questioned the Legion Guild’s rapid leveling.

• War Sky’s officers struggled to find a second priest, so they formed a team around Early Summer and added Linghu Zhazha instead.
• War Sky’s team cleared the escape dungeon with Early Summer as their sole priest, though Taunt was downed during the second checkpoint.
• War Sky opened the chest, obtained the exclusive Heavenly Strategist skill Sword Annihilation, and learned it after showing it off in the world channel.
• Players began targeting the harder Wolf Barbarian tribe dungeon, and experts from three major guilds and other groups assembled for a run.
• Wandering Arrow relayed Chongxing’s warnings about the dungeon’s three encounters before Dragon Diagram Jinghe split the team and opened the gate.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven asked Qin Xiao why Legion Guild players, especially Sunshine, were leveling so quickly.

Qin Xiao and the others repeatedly challenged a level 60 dungeon, learning to survive its bosses by adapting their tactics and using the assassins’ Dragon Breath to interrupt a devastating attack. They cleared the second stage and headed toward the third, with War Sky mocked for opening a Silver-quality chest.

• Qin Xiao’s party lost two members to the first boss’s traps and beam, then regrouped and defeated it after learning its attack patterns; Death Scythe won the Gold assassin weapon from the chest.
• The party split to fight the Wolf Barbarian War General and Wolf Barbarian Shaman, but shadow attacks and the War General’s Wind Blades killed Qin Xiao and others, forcing several retries.
• After Dragon Diagram Jinghe suggested the War General’s Savage War Cry activated below half health, the party realized Dragon Breath could interrupt its charge.
• Dragon Diagram Jinghe and Death Scythe took turns using Dragon Breath to stop the war cries, and the party eventually defeated both bosses despite suffering further setbacks.
• War Sky opened the second-stage chest and found only a Silver item, prompting the party to tease him and warn him away from the next chest as they advanced toward the third stage.

The team repeatedly fought the Wolf Barbarian chief, learning how to handle his traps, ground slams, and damage-stacking buff before triggering his berserk phase. The chief regained all his health after his son sacrificed himself, and the survivors continued fighting to learn his new mechanics.

• War Sky died instantly to a catapult during the team's first attempt, and Wandering Arrow later fell to traps as the party wiped.
• After many failed attempts, the team cleared the traps and learned to jump over the chief's ground slams, discovering that each player hit granted him an attack buff.
• Wandering Arrow avoided a ground slam by standing on a stone platform, and the team assigned Seaside Wave and War Sky to platforms after War Sky repeatedly took hits.
• The team executed a flawless ground-slam phase, but the chief's son took a fatal blow for his father, triggering a cutscene in which the chief entered a berserk state and recovered all his health.
• The berserk chief overwhelmed the team, killing several players; when his health reached half, he summoned two slow monsters and marked Shore Wave, teleporting them to the arena's center and preventing them from moving or using skills.

The stalled Wolf Barbarian Escape raid ended without a clear as players across God's Domain advanced and debated the changing importance of combat power. A server-wide announcement then began a twenty-four-hour cross-district integration, while Zhang Mingzhen examined a manifested Jade Coral Conch that could revive the Tide Clan.

• Jing He and the raid team discovered that both summoned monsters had to be destroyed simultaneously, but repeated attempts ended in wipes and the party called off its run.
• Teams began clearing Wolf Barbarian Escape, class skill tomes spread, and Sunshine shared most of his double-experience elixirs with Xuancheng players while remaining fifth in the rankings.
• Players discussed rising levels and the growing importance of combat power as districts outside District 3 caught up in experience rankings.
• A server-wide announcement activated Battle Mode and ordered all districts into a twenty-four-hour integration, introducing wilderness equipment drops, Kill Value, and territory battles.
• Zhang Mingzhen examined the Jade Coral Conch, a special item holding the Tide Clan's soul-fire and hope of revival, after it manifested in reality.

Zhang Mingzhen explored beyond the Snowy Mountains, discovered a level-84 fishman hunting ground, and used an achievement reward to reach the Undersea Dragon Palace. After paying to enter and buying Kambu’s map, he triggered a one-of-a-kind hidden treasure quest.

• Gao Linzhi watched Zhang Mingzhen and considered how to become an irreplaceable piece on heaven and earth’s chessboard by studying the Skyfall Game System.
• Zhang Mingzhen flew east from the Snowy Mountains, found Fishman Beach, and fought polluted level-84 fishmen with help from the Wildsea Candle Dragon and Flower Spirit.
• After killing one thousand fishman monsters, Zhang Mingzhen received a teleportation talisman to the Undersea Dragon Palace and used it to travel there.
• Zhang Mingzhen paid Kambu ten gold to enter Dragon Palace City and bought the fishman’s hand-drawn map for one hundred gold.
• Zhang Mingzhen triggered a unique hidden treasure quest when he completed the purchase from Kambu.

Zhang Mingzhen entered the Tide Clan Ruins and learned from Xi He that defeated worlds were erased and their inhabitants turned into residents and monsters in God's Domain. Xi He revealed that the Tide Clan had fled into the holy land with its sacred artifact but died as demonic energy spread, while the high priest sealed himself away with the threat; Zhang Mingzhen completed the quest and received Tide Clan Affiliation.

• Zhang Mingzhen returned to Kambu, paid him to guide him toward the map's marked site, and recognized the whirlpool-surrounded cave entrance as a teleportation array.
• Zhang Mingzhen used Kambu to test his defenses against the whirlpools, then endured them himself and entered the Tide Clan Ruins.
• Zhang Mingzhen met the Tide Clan Saintess, Xi He, who explained that God's Domain absorbed defeated worlds and turned their survivors into game inhabitants and monsters.
• Xi He told Zhang Mingzhen that the Tide Clan's survivors had escaped into a holy land with their sacred artifact, but demonic energy killed them as their refuge weakened.
• Xi He said the high priest sealed himself and the demonic energy in the deepest part of the holy land, and Zhang Mingzhen completed the quest and received Tide Clan Affiliation.

Zhang Mingzhen entered the Tide Clan’s sacred altar to learn what became of Xi Feng and discovered that God’s Domain had destroyed the Tide Clan’s world after it failed a challenge. Xi Feng revealed that demonic energy had corrupted him, then attacked Zhang Mingzhen to seize the clan’s sacred artifact, trapping them both inside a dungeon.

• Xi He asked Zhang Mingzhen to enter the sacred land’s altar and find out whether the High Priest, Xi Feng, still existed, and Zhang Mingzhen accepted her quest.
• Zhang Mingzhen broke the Yin-Yang Separation Array and found Xi Feng alive but confined behind the sealed door.
• Xi Feng told Zhang Mingzhen that God’s Domain selected worlds for challenges, erased worlds that failed, and that the Tide Clan’s level-two world had been devoured after losing its second challenge.
• Xi Feng explained that he had sealed demonic energy inside the altar, but his own corruption grew apparent when he spoke of obtaining the sacred artifact.
• Zhang Mingzhen agreed to retrieve the sacred artifact, but Xi Feng attacked him as he tried to leave, sealing the chamber into a Dungeon Space.

Zhang Mingzhen fought the demon possessing Xi Feng, surviving its attacks through his skills and repeated revivals. After the demon abandoned Xi Feng’s body and unleashed its true power, both fighters reached zero health, but Zhang Mingzhen revived again as the demon disintegrated.

• Zhang Mingzhen swallowed his buff potions and summoned two Flower Spirits before challenging the demon possessing Xi Feng.
• The demon revealed that Zhang Mingzhen’s world was a Level One world and attacked with a devastating tide, but Zhang Mingzhen survived and wounded it with a series of strikes.
• Zhang Mingzhen used vines and attacks to wear down the demon, which began healing itself through Xi Feng’s abilities and eventually emptied Zhang Mingzhen’s health bar.
• Zhang Mingzhen revived through the Heart of Undeath, grew stronger, and continued fighting as the demon failed to persuade him to stop.
• The demon left Xi Feng’s body and engulfed the hall in black mist, but Zhang Mingzhen tracked and attacked its shadow form.
• Both fighters’ health bars reached zero in their final clash, but Zhang Mingzhen revived once more as the demon disintegrated.

Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Demon Race monster sealed inside Xi Feng and learned how Life Levels shaped the strength of different races. After Xi He vanished, he was expelled from the Secret Realm as the system announced that Bloodsport Mode would soon begin.

• Xi Feng’s remnant soul thanked Zhang Mingzhen, explained the Demon Race’s strength and the hierarchy of Life Levels, and asked him to pass a message to Xi He.
• Xi He received Xi Feng’s message, then began to disappear after giving Zhang Mingzhen the Jade Coral Conch and asking him to help restore the Azurewave Clan.
• Xi He explained that the Tide Clan could produce Spirit Cores to help Zhang Mingzhen raise his Life Level, but he made no promise to revive her people.
• Gao Linzhi realized that the Skyfall Game system drew worlds into its invasion by tempting their inhabitants with eternal life, and resolved to acquire more pieces of the system.
• A force expelled Zhang Mingzhen from the Secret Realm, and the system announced that the Azurewave Clan was annihilated and Bloodsport Mode would activate after a 48-hour grace period.

Guilds prepared for the coming territory battles as Legion Guild learned that Orc City held powerful potions and resolved to claim it first. One Sword Nine Provinces revealed that his quest had led him there, and War Sky asked him to explain what he had discovered.

• Legion Guild commanders discussed the risks of the new PK rules and the absence of ten district commanders, who had gathered in Xuancheng; Lu Zheng ordered the Shadow Team to watch their movements.
• A medium-sized guild considered cooperating with Showoff Guild, while Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven weighed safer city targets against exploring places such as Orc City and Undersea Dragon Palace.
• A scout told Lu Zheng that Orc City offered medicines that could halve a priest's resurrection cooldown, boost attack power, or permanently improve attributes, and Lu Zheng ordered Legion Guild to aim to occupy it first.
• One Sword Nine Provinces told War Sky that a side quest to return a Wolf Barbarian chieftain to his homeland had brought him to Orc City.
• One Sword Nine Provinces described Orc City's inhabitants, prompting Jingjing to argue with him, and War Sky asked him to explain what happened during his visit.

One Sword Nine Provinces escorted the injured Wolf Barbarian chieftain through the Lost Forest to Orc City, earning a special pet egg and resident status. While exploring the city’s pet shops, he learned that appraising an egg could awaken the creature’s potential, and he began reconsidering whether the costly service was worth it.

• One Sword Nine Provinces accepted the solo quest to return the injured Wolf Barbarian chieftain to his homeland and used a Northfinder Stone and Fire-Gathering Arrays to guide them through the Lost Forest and escape Giant Devouring Bees.
• One Sword Nine Provinces and Wolf Barbarian crossed the Orc Prairie, where Lang Feng and other wolf beastmen welcomed the chieftain home and led them toward Orc City.
• One Sword Nine Provinces received experience, 500 Gold Coins, a special pet egg, and the status of Foreign Resident of Orc City for completing the quest.
• One Sword Nine Provinces explored a pet shop run by Xiong Ping and discovered that it sold eggs of many magical beasts, including valuable support types.
• Xiong Ping told One Sword Nine Provinces that appraising a pet egg for 1,000 Gold Coins awakened the creature’s potential and made it stronger after hatching.

One Sword Nine Provinces borrowed gold to appraise a special monster egg, which Xiong Ping identified as a rare support-type Fluorescent Butterfly. After returning to Fragrant Cloud City, he told the War Alliance about Orc City, and Chen Xiang began planning how to claim it while urging War Sky not to pressure him to sell the egg.

• One Sword Nine Provinces borrowed gold from One Sword Eight Wastes and paid Xiong Ping to appraise his special monster egg.
• Xiong Ping identified the egg as a rare support-type Fluorescent Butterfly, and One Sword Nine Provinces decided to keep it for now.
• Lang Yin thanked One Sword Nine Provinces for bringing Lang Man home, revealed that Lang Ying had died, and raised his affinity with the Wolf Clan.
• Lang Yin teleported One Sword Nine Provinces back to Fragrant Cloud City so he could turn in his quest.
• War Sky asked to buy the Fluorescent Butterfly, but Chen Xiang advised him to wait and avoid pressuring One Sword Nine Provinces.
• Chen Xiang proposed adding Orc City to the War Alliance's future targets and planned to persuade One Sword Nine Provinces to help them claim it.

Chen Xiang persuaded One Sword Nine Provinces to sell the Fluorescent Butterfly to War Sky, while Gao Linzhi withdrew his plan to give One Sword Nine Provinces a cheat. After God's Domain reopened following the fusion, War Sky hatched the butterfly as tensions between guilds escalated, and Haoran's ambush of City of Ambition ended in betrayal.

• Chen Xiang convinced One Sword Nine Provinces to sell the Fluorescent Butterfly to War Sky in exchange for Gold Coins and a guild management position, so Gao Linzhi abandoned his plan to give One Sword Nine Provinces the Get Stronger by Walking cheat.
• After the twenty-four-hour fusion ended, War Sky bought a Beast-Nurturing Pill, hatched the Fluorescent Butterfly, and tamed it after seeing its Starlight's Blessing ability.
• War Sky told Chen Xiang to help raise the butterfly and keep One Sword Nine Provinces satisfied, while ordering the guild to prepare for danger outside the city.
• As players returned to God's Domain, reports of robberies and rising guild hostility spread, especially in the Seventh Major District, where Righteous Spirit and City of Ambition had a history of conflict.
• Haoran led fifty Righteous Spirit members to ambush a City of Ambition squad, but more than ten of his own members defected to Ambition's side, and Ambition mocked Haoran's idealistic guild policies.

Righteous Spirit collapsed after defections and defeat, while the Training Tower’s items enabled increasingly dangerous ambushes in the wilderness. Zheng Guohua was trapped in a repeated killing by an organized group, and his sons vowed to uncover the attackers after they escaped.

• World of Flowers left Righteous Spirit for City of Ambition, and Ambition’s guild defeated the remaining members and recruited the defectors.
• Players discussed the Training Tower’s challenges and items as Gao Linzhi recognized that the system’s limited AI gave them a chance to win.
• The Legion Guild and other major guilds urged members to exchange points for teammate Summoning Talismans to guard against attacks.
• Zheng Guohua was ambushed during a trade route and repeatedly killed near a Temporary Resurrection Array while his attackers concealed their identities.
• Zheng Yingcai and Zheng Yingjie learned how the resurrection array enabled the ambush, but arrived after the attackers had fled.
• The Zheng brothers promised to investigate and accompanied their father to finish his trade route.