Recaps

Zhang Mingzhen reached level seventy-nine while players across the regions struggled with hidden robbery gangs. A system announcement revealed that the first Territory War would pit guilds from all regions against one another, prompting guilds to reconsider alliances and preparations.

• A group of masked players counted the equipment and other loot they had stolen from Zheng Guohua, then agreed to keep operating while concealing their identities.
• Players complained that robbery gangs were disrupting the wilderness, and major guilds began coordinating patrols with the Legion Guilds.
• Zhang Mingzhen continued grinding Bloodthirsty Sharks near the Undersea Dragon Palace and reached level seventy-nine.
• Zhang Mingzhen bought Chirping Fish from Gar, entered the hot springs, and checked the forums while considering returning to the mainland.
• The system announced that the first Territory War would begin Sunday and include guilds from all regions, with forced participation and rewards for occupying cities.
• Guilds reconsidered their plans, small and medium guilds debated joining alliances, and prices for combat gear and services surged.

Major guilds prepared for the first Territory War, choosing targets and forming plans, while the Hero Alliance selected Orc City based on One Sword Nine Provinces’s information. In Undersea Dragon Palace City, Zhang Mingzhen accepted a quest and learned from City Lord Shius how the Fish-Dragon Clan began after Shius absorbed a trace of sacred power; Shius’s account left the origin of the Tidal Forbidden Land central to their discussion.

• Guilds across God's Domain organized for the Territory War, with Legion Guild targeting Fragrant Cloud City and Sunshine’s followers planning to seize Neverwinter City.
• War Sky and the Hero Alliance chose Orc City as their target, relying on One Sword Nine Provinces’s unique knowledge of the city.
• Zhang Mingzhen faced questions from the Dragon Palace enforcement squad about Kambu’s disappearance, then accepted an invitation from Odysseus to meet City Lord Shius.
• Zhang Mingzhen accepted the quest [Secrets of Undersea Dragon Palace City] and met Shius, who confirmed that he wanted to learn about the Tidal Forbidden Land.
• Shius recounted how he absorbed a wisp of golden light from a sacred realm a thousand years earlier, transforming into the first Fish-Dragon and founding the clan.

Zhang Mingzhen traded temporary use of the Jade Coral Conch for the Fish-Dragon Clan’s Dragon-Eye Spirit Pearl, then created a one-person guild to compete in the Territory War. The chapter ended with his guild beginning to occupy the Undersea Dragon Palace, astonishing players who had expected the major guilds to seize the first city.

• City Lord Shius offered the Dragon-Eye Spirit Pearl in exchange for the Jade Coral Conch, and Zhang Mingzhen proposed a lease that let each of them temporarily use the other’s Holy Relic.
• Zhang Mingzhen gained the Dragon-Eye Spirit Pearl and decided to enter the Territory War, choosing the Undersea Dragon Palace as his target.
• Zhang Mingzhen formed a temporary one-person guild, drawing attention from players as hundreds of guilds registered for the battle.
• The Territory War began, and guilds teleported to wilderness areas around the contested cities while Zhang Mingzhen’s guild made its move.
• The official map announced that the One-Person Guild had begun occupying the Undersea Dragon Palace, leaving players shocked and wondering whether another guild could reach him in time.

Zhang Mingzhen reached the Undersea Dragon Palace and occupied its Core Crystal alone, earning territory experience while preparing for attackers. Elsewhere, major guilds seized cities and began defending them, while War Alliance used One Sword Nine Provinces’s knowledge to find and occupy Orc City.

• Zhang Mingzhen rode the Wildsea Candle Dragon to the Undersea Dragon Palace, used a Breath-Holding Conch, and arrived as the territory event began.
• Zhang Mingzhen touched the Undersea Dragon Palace’s Core Crystal for one minute, claiming the city for the One-Person Guild and activating its defenses.
• Lu Zheng organized the Legion Guild’s forces to defend Fragrant Cloud City against large-scale attacks.
• Chen Xiang led War Alliance through the Lost Forest and across the Orc Prairie after One Sword Nine Provinces guided them to Orc City.
• War Sky occupied Orc City for War Alliance as other guilds claimed cities and prepared defenses.
• Zhang Mingzhen left Flower Spirit to guard the crystal and went hunting while the Wildsea Candle Dragon patrolled for approaching players.

The 19th District chose to march on Undersea Dragon Palace, but demonic energy corrupted its troops near the coast. Zhang Mingzhen arrived and devastated the alliance with his powerful skills, while Gao Linzhi watched as assassins closed in on him.

• After failing to capture Fragrant Cloud City, Raphael and the 19th District leaders chose Undersea Dragon Palace over Tomb City and assembled their forces for the march.
• Shiyade led the 19th District army through dangerous wilderness toward the coast, where a wave of demonic energy corrupted the murlocs and afflicted players, throwing them into battle.
• After receiving a message from the Wildsea Candle Dragon, Zhang Mingzhen left Dragon Palace City and rushed to the beach, where he found the 19th District fighting corrupted murlocs.
• Zhang Mingzhen used Eagle Strike, Ling Yue, and other powerful attacks to tear through the army, and Shiyade identified him as Chongxing and ordered the troops to regroup.
• More than a dozen elite assassins stealthily approached Zhang Mingzhen, hoping to kill him, while Gao Linzhi watched the battlefield and judged Zhang Mingzhen's showmanship.

Zhang Mingzhen wiped out a huge force attacking the Undersea Dragon Palace, sending the One-Person Guild soaring up the Territory War rankings. Meanwhile, the Xuancheng Allied Forces infiltrated and captured Tomb City, leaving the other districts stunned by their strength.

• Zhang Mingzhen destroyed the 19th District assassins and the rest of their force, then searched the beach for resurrection arrays and left the Wildsea Candle Dragon to guard it.
• Players discovered the One-Person Guild's enormous kill count and learned that Zhang Mingzhen had single-handedly crushed the attackers at the Undersea Dragon Palace.
• Sunshine used a secret treasure from the Holy God to infiltrate Tomb City and summon the Xuancheng Allied Forces inside its walls.
• The Xuancheng forces shattered Tomb City's core crystal and established a new one before the defenders could stop them.
• The Xuancheng Allied Forces defeated the remaining defenders and secured Tomb City as the Territory War's countdown neared its end.

The first Territory War ended with ten guilds claiming cities and Zhang Mingzhen receiving loot boxes that yielded Experience Pills, socketing materials, and talisman fragments. After learning that Guandong Quake had won a powerful Starlight Talisman, Zhang Mingzhen offered Experience Pills in exchange for fragments, and an unexpected player contacted him to propose a trade.

• The 19th District alliance abandoned its attempt to take Tomb City, and the Territory War ended with guilds holding ten territories, including the 77th District Holy God Followers in Tomb City and War Alliance in Orc City.
• War Alliance retook Orc City with help from Contending for the World, and War Sky negotiated a larger share of the loot boxes for War Alliance with Under One Person.
• Zhang Mingzhen opened his loot boxes, receiving hundreds of Experience Pills, socketing items, and twenty talisman fragments.
• Zhang Mingzhen saw that Guandong Quake had received a Starlight Talisman with better attributes than his crafted Wonderful Dharma Talisman.
• Zhang Mingzhen posted an offer to trade five hundred Experience Pills for seven talisman fragments, and an unexpected player contacted him about trading a Starlight Talisman.

Zhang Mingzhen rejected Guandong Quake’s guild offer, traded fragments with Langya Pavilion, and synthesized a Holy Talisman with disappointing stats before dismantling it. After failing to find more fragments in Fragrant Cloud City, he was dragged into combat as he left through the city gate.

• Zhang Mingzhen refused Guandong Quake’s offer to become an honorary guild member and chose to trade with Langya Pavilion instead.
• One Arrow Shoots the Sun traded Zhang Mingzhen seven Amulet Fragments for five hundred Experience Pills and discussed the next Territory War.
• Zhang Mingzhen synthesized ninety-nine Amulet Fragments into a Holy Talisman whose evasion and accuracy stats disappointed him.
• Zhang Mingzhen dismantled the talisman, recovering thirty Amulet Fragments, then teleported to Fragrant Cloud City to search for more.
• Zhang Mingzhen found no fragments at the guilds or auction house and was forcibly dragged into combat after leaving the city gate.

Zhang Mingzhen crushed a raiding gang that attacked him and helped the Legion Guild capture its members. In District 33, Zheng Guohua’s sons traced his stolen weapon to Wolf Smoke, prompting the rest of the gang to flee toward Xuancheng and seek refuge with the Holy God Followers.

• Zhang Mingzhen killed all ten raiders who ambushed him, then asked Qin Xiao to surround Fragrant Cloud City's revival array.
• Qin Xiao and the Legion Guild captured the resurrected raiders, and Zhang Mingzhen ordered them repeatedly killed until their levels fell to one.
• Zheng Guohua’s sons learned from Love Song that Wolf Smoke had equipment with attributes identical to their father’s stolen off-hand weapon, so they began investigating him.
• The raiding gang realized Wolf Smoke’s equipment had exposed him and feared that the investigation would uncover them.
• The gang’s Captain revealed that the Holy God Followers had offered to transfer them to another district, and the members agreed to travel to Xuancheng.

While the Legion investigated the Evil God Faction’s cross-district transfers, Zhang Mingzhen led a team through Mechanism Island as major guild leaders challenged the dungeon on normal difficulty. In District 77, the Evil God learned that Chongxing occupied the unexpected Undersea Dragon Palace, which held a Holy Relic he had not known existed.

• After Wolf Smoke revealed the raiders’ identities, the military learned they had transferred to Xuancheng and ordered an investigation into cross-district transfers.
• Zhang Mingzhen led his team into hell difficulty Mechanism Island and let his teammates handle the monsters while he focused on bosses.
• Leaders from Contending for the World, the War Alliance, and other guilds tackled Mechanism Island on normal difficulty and discussed Chongxing, Xuancheng, and the Evil God Faction.
• Sunshine reported that the Evil God’s followers had occupied Tomb City and were searching for its Holy Relic to gather spiritual energy.
• The Evil God learned that the Territory War had included the Undersea Dragon Palace, a city occupied by Chongxing that might contain a Holy Relic.

The Evil God ordered Sunshine to capture the Undersea Dragon Palace and wondered whether Chongxing belonged to a higher race. Meanwhile, Zhang Mingzhen met with the Starlight Merchant Guild to discuss Amulet Fragments and discovered a list of unusual items, including a token that let players attack non-player characters.

• The Evil God ordered Sunshine to defeat Chongxing and capture the Undersea Dragon Palace, then suspected Chongxing was descended from a higher race.
• Zhang Mingzhen led a team through two hell-difficulty dungeons and agreed to auction the equipment drops while trading for any Amulet Fragments they found.
• Utterly Empty invited Zhang Mingzhen to meet his family’s Starlight Merchant Guild in Zone 30, where Mysterious Man and Lan Changfeng welcomed him.
• Mysterious Man showed Zhang Mingzhen the guild’s cross-zone trade network and a list of rare items, including a Tracking Mark, a Blessing Spirit Pearl, and a Crimson Token.
• Zhang Mingzhen questioned how the guild obtained the Crimson Token, which let players enter killing mode and attack non-player characters.

Zhang Mingzhen traded with the Starlight Merchant Guild, allowing it to copy 80% of his attributes and skills with a one-use item. His visit drew attention across Zone 30, where he toured its commercial facilities and resisted the urge to destroy the city; the guild completed the copy but kept the resulting projection for a more important use.

• The Mysterious Man offered Zhang Mingzhen the Tracking Mark, Blessing Spirit Pearl, and Slaughter Order in exchange for letting the guild copy his combat power.
• Zhang Mingzhen accepted the trade, and the guild used a Replicated Shadow to copy 80% of his attributes and skills for thirty minutes.
• News of Zhang Mingzhen's visit spread, and he demanded and received a gift from Lan Changfeng after realizing the guild was using his presence to promote itself.
• Lan Changfeng showed Zhang Mingzhen Zone 30's player-run shops, improved potions, and wilderness logistics facilities while attempting to recruit him.
• The Shadow Replica Stone finished copying Zhang Mingzhen, but the Mysterious Man declined to demonstrate it and said the guild needed to save its use for a more important purpose.

Zhang Mingzhen discovered that Lan Yue, the newborn Tide Clan Saintess, could produce Spirit Cores only by sacrificing her lifespan, and he demanded that she do so. Gao Linzhi intervened by threatening to downgrade Zhang Mingzhen’s talent, forcing him to stop attacking Shius and hear Lan Yue’s proposal to accelerate the clan’s growth.

• The Mysterious Man and Changfeng secretly learned that Chongxing’s Shadow Replica Stone projection had reached the gold grade, making it far more powerful than expected.
• A strange pull led Zhang Mingzhen back to the Undersea Dragon Palace, where Shius showed him Lan Yue, the newly awakened Tide Clan Saintess.
• Zhang Mingzhen demanded Spirit Cores from Lan Yue despite learning that producing them before adulthood would consume her life essence.
• Shius offered the Dragon-Eye Spirit Pearl and other treasures in exchange for the Jade Coral Conch, but Zhang Mingzhen refused and attacked him.
• Lan Yue begged Zhang Mingzhen to spare Shius and offered to reveal a way to accelerate the Azurewave Clan’s growth, while Gao Linzhi threatened to downgrade Zhang Mingzhen’s Yin Yang Messenger talent.
• Lan Yue revealed that a Crimson Blood Jiao’s heartblood could accelerate the Holy Relic’s life-nurturing power, but would damage the relic and shorten its lifespan.

Zhang Mingzhen forced Lan Yue to promise she would condense a Spirit Core, then traveled to Orc City to seek the Crimson Blood Jiao. After Xiong Ping and the Bear Clan’s Great Elder concealed what they knew about the beast, Zhang Mingzhen prepared to investigate on his own.

• Lan Yue revealed that she cared more about Shius’s safety than the Tide Clan’s Holy Relic, and Zhang Mingzhen spared Shius while threatening to punish them if she had lied.
• Shius told Zhang Mingzhen that the Crimson Blood Jiao was an inherited Warcraft rumored to be found in Orc City, and Zhang Mingzhen took the Jade Coral Conch before leaving.
• Lan Yue agreed to enter seclusion and condense a Spirit Core, despite the risk that overdrawing her lifespan would rapidly drain her life force.
• Gao Linzhi made a move behind the scenes as Zhang Mingzhen arrived in Orc City and met his guide, One Sword Nine Provinces.
• Xiong Ping recognized no information about the Crimson Blood Jiao at first, but Great Elder Xiong Yi ordered him to deny the beast’s existence and return Zhang Mingzhen’s deposit.
• Zhang Mingzhen noticed the Bear Clan’s suspicious reaction, dismissed One Sword Nine Provinces, and prepared to investigate further.

Zhang Mingzhen attacked Xiong Ping in Orc City, forced him to lead the way to the Bear Clan’s Great Elder, and learned that the Crimson Blood Jiao could provide the essence blood he needed. Xiong Yi explained that Life Level determined natural lifespan, leaving Zhang Mingzhen resolved to raise his own Life Level and obtain the essence blood.

• Zhang Mingzhen activated a Killing Token in Xiong Ping’s shop and overwhelmed him, while watching players recorded the fight and spread news of the Cheater’s appearance.
• Zhang Mingzhen stopped attacking after Xiong Ping offered to take him to the Bear Clan’s Great Elder, and demanded the shop’s pet Experience Pills and pet food as compensation.
• Xiong Ping led Zhang Mingzhen to the Bear Clan’s ancient texts library, where Xiong Yi said the Crimson Blood Jiao had been banished to a sealed space and could only be reached with the tribal leaders’ approval.
• Xiong Yi explained that most Orc City residents had been assimilated by God’s Domain, while a few who retained their selves survived under the Bear Clan’s Holy Relic.
• Xiong Yi told Zhang Mingzhen that Life Level determined the lifespan of those protected by the Holy Relic, and Zhang Mingzhen decided to prioritize raising his Life Level and obtaining the Crimson Blood Jiao’s essence blood.

Zhang Mingzhen agreed to undertake the Beast King Trial to obtain the Crimson Blood Jiao's heartblood, but killed She Si when the Scale Serpent Clan chieftain tried to stop him. After the system imposed a one-hour cooldown on his talent, Zhang Mingzhen concealed his sudden weakness and pressed the other chieftains to cooperate.

• Xiong Yi explained the Beast King Trial and said the chieftains had to approve Zhang Mingzhen's participation.
• Fire Lion, Lang Yin, and She Si arrived, and She Si refused to let Zhang Mingzhen pursue the Crimson Blood Jiao or enter the trial.
• Zhang Mingzhen activated the Killing Token and fought She Si, then killed him despite Xiong Yi, Fire Lion, and Lang Yin intervening.
• Gao Linzhi imposed a one-hour cooldown on Zhang Mingzhen's talent after She Si's death, weakening Zhang Mingzhen and reducing his attributes.
• Zhang Mingzhen hid his weakness, defended She Si's death as a consequence of his obstruction, and urged the remaining chieftains to cooperate.

Zhang Mingzhen entered the Beast King Trial’s independent realm and transformed into a Nightmare Demon Dragon, the highest-tier challenge leader. As players and guilds prepared for the event, he began learning to control his enormous new power and staggering World Leader stats.

• Scorpion War and Fox Charm agreed to open the Beast King Trial after learning of She Si’s death, and Xiong Yi explained how the challenge would work.
• One Sword Nine Provinces saw the server-wide announcement for the trial and hurried off to join the event, while players and guilds began organizing for its rewards.
• Zhang Mingzhen entered the independent trial space and activated the system’s transformation, which matched him with the Nightmare Demon Dragon form.
• Zhang Mingzhen inspected his new body and its 50.05-billion health, immense attributes, and powerful resistances and attacks.
• Xiong Yi left Zhang Mingzhen to practice controlling the dragon form as the trial’s start approached.

Zhang Mingzhen concealed his attributes and fought the massive player raid as the Nightmare Demon Dragon, carefully balancing kills against the need to keep players hopeful. As the battle grew chaotic and the boss’s health fell below 60%, Gao Linzhi watched Zhang Mingzhen’s rebellion against the system unfold.

• With Chongxing absent, guild leaders revised their plans, and players rushed from four resurrection arrays to attack the Nightmare Demon Dragon.
• Zhang Mingzhen used restrained attacks at first, letting the players damage him while killing enough opponents to reach five billion kills.
• Players noticed Sunshine leading the rankings and Lan Changfeng entering the top ten, while Zhang Mingzhen sensed a mysterious high-level race aura around Sunshine.
• After the boss’s health fell below 60%, Zhang Mingzhen began dodging attacks and crushing the front-line Shield Guards and Priests, disrupting the raid’s formation.
• Gao Linzhi observed that canceling Zhang Mingzhen’s cheat boost would immediately defeat him.

Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Beast King Trial’s supreme challenge, won a Sacred-Tier Level 5 Home, and discovered that it let his Life Level evolve. After asking Xiong Yi to open the Crimson Blood Jiao’s sealed space, Zhang Mingzhen learned that the race had tried to seize freedom from God’s Domain’s rules and resolved to pursue freedom himself.

• Zhang Mingzhen lured the gathered players into a final attack, then used his black-flame breath to wipe them out and restore his health as the trial ended in the players’ defeat.
• Zhang Mingzhen received a Sacred-Tier Treasure Chest for killing 11.3 billion ferocious beasts and obtained the portable Level 5 Home, Golden House.
• Zhang Mingzhen bound the Golden House, moved his furnishings inside, and discovered that it was a Second-Level World Fragment that had begun evolving his Life Level.
• Zhang Mingzhen asked Xiong Yi to open the Crimson Blood Jiao’s sealed space, and Xiong Yi urged him to spare some of the former kin.
• Zhang Mingzhen questioned Xiong Yi about the Crimson Blood Jiao’s punishment and learned that they had tried to gain freedom from God’s Domain through a forbidden shortcut.
• Zhang Mingzhen concluded that he would pursue freedom from God’s Domain’s restraints, even if doing so meant sacrificing others.

Zhang Mingzhen entered the Crimson Blood Jiao’s forbidden land, gathered heart’s blood, and suffered a 24-hour talent seal after exterminating the beasts. Back in Dragon Palace City, he obtained Spirit Cores from Lan Yue, arranged for her to recover, and turned his attention to the upcoming Territory Battle, where Legion Guild planned to target Dark Abyss instead of Fragrant Cloud City.

• Xiong Yi led Zhang Mingzhen to the secret chamber, and the clan leaders sent him into the Crimson Blood Jiao’s forbidden land.
• Zhang Mingzhen and the Wildsea Candle Dragon drew thousands of Crimson Blood Jiao from underground and killed them, collecting just over a hundred portions of heart’s blood.
• The system sealed Zhang Mingzhen’s talent for 24 hours for exterminating a race, and he struggled to repel three surviving Crimson Blood Jiao before leaving the forbidden land.
• Zhang Mingzhen returned to Dragon Palace City, found Lan Yue weakened from condensing Spirit Cores, and absorbed the three cores she had made.
• Lan Yue said the heart’s blood could produce about ten adult Azurewave clanspeople, and Zhang Mingzhen settled her in a Level-Five home to recover; the system then halved his talent cooldown for showing mercy.
• At Legion Guild’s war council, Lu Zheng chose to pursue Dark Abyss for the second Territory Battle because Fragrant Cloud City faced heavy competition.

As rumors spread that Chongxing had stalled at level seventy-nine, Zhang Mingzhen prepared for the Territory War while the Evil God decided to investigate him in person. The battle began with the Evil God Faction targeting the Deep-Sea Dragon Palace, and Zhang Mingzhen went out to direct its defense.

• Lu Zheng ordered the military guild to focus on leveling while players speculated about Chongxing's stalled progress and the rising rankings.
• The Evil God learned that Chongxing had triggered the Beast King quest and planned to possess Sunshine during the Territory War to investigate him.
• Zhang Mingzhen welcomed ten newborn Azurewave Clan members, appointed Xichen to lead them in producing Spirit Cores, and took Lan Yue to the battlefield.
• The Evil God Faction abandoned Tomb City's defenses and gathered to attack the Deep-Sea Dragon Palace under Sunshine's possession.
• When the Territory War began, Zhang Mingzhen stationed the Flower Spirits at Dragon Palace City's gates and went to the beach with the Wildsea Candle Dragon to direct the defense.

Zhang Mingzhen defended the Deep-Sea Dragon Palace against the Evil God Faction, while the Yaksha inside Sunshine targeted Lan Yue for her life essence. Zhang Mingzhen and Lan Yue repelled the attackers, but Sunshine suddenly transformed into a shadowy beast as Zhang Mingzhen moved to finish him.

• Zhang Mingzhen wiped out the first wave of guild attackers at the Dragon Palace, and the Flower Spirit drove away those who reached its gates.
• The Yaksha sensed Lan Yue beneath the sea and ordered Sunshine and the Evil God Faction to capture her and bring back her soul power.
• Sunshine led hundreds of thousands of Evil God Faction members in an assault, but Zhang Mingzhen endured their Shadow Soul Devour and broke apart their formation.
• Evil God Faction attackers reached the Dragon Palace’s core crystal, but Lan Yue used water spells to defeat them.
• Zhang Mingzhen overwhelmed Sunshine’s dwindling forces and prepared to strike him, but Sunshine transformed into a large, furred beast wreathed in shadow.

Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Evil God possessing Sunshine and learned that reaching the Saint Realm required passing the Training Tower’s Peak Trial after Level One Hundred. After refusing to let the Yaksha drain Lan Yue, he killed it and obtained a Netherblood Orb.

• The Yaksha attacked Zhang Mingzhen with Dark Devour, but Zhang survived and drove the Yaksha to bargain for its life.
• Zhang Mingzhen marked the remnant Evil God inside Sunshine and questioned the Yaksha, who explained the Saint Realm, the Peak Trial, and the limits of Life Levels.
• The Yaksha admitted it had targeted Lan Yue to replenish its power and proposed sharing the energy it drained from her.
• Zhang Mingzhen summoned Lan Yue and then attacked the Yaksha instead of allowing it to drain her.
• The Yaksha died and left behind a Netherblood Orb (Unactivated), while Lan Yue asked Zhang Mingzhen to protect the remaining Tide Clan.

Zhang Mingzhen learned that the Netherblood Orb had enabled the Yaksha to drain other races, then reviewed the shifting city occupations as the Territory War neared its end. In a flashback, the Starlight Merchant Guild used special siege devices and a Replicated Shadow of Chongxing to capture Fragrant Cloud City from the Legion Guild.

• Zhang Mingzhen questioned Lan Yue about the Yaksha Race and learned that it could drain its dependents’ life force while strengthening them.
• Zhang Mingzhen checked the city occupations and concluded that the Starlight Merchant Guild had used the Replicated Shadow to take Fragrant Cloud City.
• Gongzi Su and Lan Changfeng prepared the Starlight Merchant Guild’s assault, using Thunderfire Bombs to destroy the city’s defensive towers and Temporary Flight Wings to breach its defenses.
• The Starlight Merchant Guild’s forces clashed with the Legion Guild, and the defenders began gaining the advantage as the battle dragged on.
• Gongzi Su urged the Mysterious Man to use the Replicated Shadow, which manifested as Chongxing and devastated the Legion Guild’s front line.
• The Starlight Merchant Guild followed Chongxing toward the core crystal, and Fragrant Cloud City fell to them.

The Starlight Merchant Guild defeated the Legion Guild and seized Fragrant Cloud City with help from Chongxing’s projection, while players speculated about his alliance with the guild. Zhang Mingzhen strengthened his equipment and reached level 83, then agreed to attend the Starlight Auction, where he arrived as the auction began.

• The Starlight Merchant Guild used Chongxing’s projection to defeat the Legion Guild and take Fragrant Cloud City, while its leaders concealed how the projection had been summoned.
• Players debated why Chongxing had helped the Starlight Merchant Guild, and Utterly Empty failed to get his family to explain their connection.
• Zhang Mingzhen traded for Amulet Fragments, synthesized two Amulets, equipped the Fortune-Wisdom Amulet, and used stored experience to reach level 82.
• Chongxing’s level rose rapidly, the Starlight Merchant Guild announced its auction in Fragrant Cloud City, and the authorities sealed Xuancheng after the Evil God Faction vanished there.
• Zhang Mingzhen’s growth-type equipment advanced to Platinum Tier, and he reached level 83 with greatly increased attributes and the ability to summon three Flower Spirit phantoms.
• The Starlight Merchant Guild prepared its auction and confirmed Chongxing would attend and consign equipment; as the livestream began, players spotted him at the venue.