Recaps

Zhang Mingzhen defeated Shi Ming and the Bloodthirsty Tribe hunters, then discovered that Kun Bing planned to steal his supposed Holy Relic. Their alliance collapsed into a fight, with Zhang Mingzhen defending himself as Kun Bing attacked.

• Zhang Mingzhen recognized the Isolation Barrier and fought Shi Ming while Kun Bing held off the other Bloodthirsty Tribe hunters.
• Shi Ming called for help as Zhang Mingzhen gained the upper hand, and Kun Bing weakened the three hunters with Relative Weakness.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed Shi Ming and the remaining hunters, while Kun Bing gained buffs and thanked him.
• Kun Bing tried to lure Zhang Mingzhen into a formation to seize his supposed Holy Relic, but Zhang Mingzhen recognized the trap.
• Kun Bing attacked Zhang Mingzhen with Kunming Sharp Wings, and Zhang Mingzhen used Vine, healing, and defensive tactics to withstand him.

Zhang Mingzhen continued hunting players to fill the Netherblood Orb while Kun Bing’s death brought the Kunyu and Bloodthirsty tribes to the brink of conflict before their Spirit Seed contest. After both elders postponed retaliation, Kun Ling secretly set out to attack the Bloodthirsty Tribe, while Zhang Mingzhen approached its territory with a captive from a small tribe.

• Zhang Mingzhen used Self-Sacrifice to survive Kun Bing’s attack and kill him, then worried that his Netherblood Orb progress was too slow.
• Kun Ling and Kun Shu discovered Kun Bing had died, and Elder Kun Shan led a search that found evidence an Isolation Barrier had been used.
• Kun Shan and Shi Changxiao agreed to defer investigating their tribes’ casualties until after the contest for the Spirit Seed.
• Kun Ling rejected the tribe’s decision to wait, gathered her crafted weapons, and secretly headed toward Bloodthirsty territory to take revenge.
• Zhang Mingzhen wiped out a small tribe for bloodline progress and forced Qiao Luo to guide him toward the Bloodthirsty Tribe’s city.

Zhang Mingzhen learned about the Spirit Seed contest and persuaded Kun Ling to help him infiltrate the secret realm so he could kill Bloodthirsty Tribe warriors. Meanwhile, a gathering at Earth’s Firefly Flower Sea continued as an unexplained mutation began to take root nearby.

• Qiao Luo told Zhang Mingzhen about the Spirit Realm contest, and Zhang killed him after learning what he needed.
• Kun Ling prepared formations and weapons to ambush the Bloodthirsty Tribe, but Zhang interrupted her and proposed working together.
• Zhang convinced Kun Ling to help him enter the secret realm in exchange for killing at least a hundred Bloodthirsty Tribe warriors, and they sealed the deal with a True Word Contract.
• On Earth, members of the Red Rose Guild gathered at the Firefly Flower Sea, where Little Princess complained about Fengming and Fengming’s group chose another area for photos.
• Fengming’s companions suggested exploring beyond their usual photo spot while avoiding places where Fluorescent Butterflies gathered.

Fengming and her companions disappeared in the Firefly Flower Sea, where an unseen infection was spreading through players. The outbreak reached Neverwinter City and other locations, leaving Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven fearing that his sister Zhiqiong had become a Plague Germ Carrier.

• Fengming and her companions were killed or infected after entering a secluded part of the Firefly Flower Sea, while pollen silently settled on nearby players.
• Longyin received a notice that his master-apprentice relationship with Fengming had ended, and he and other players learned that she and her companions had vanished.
• Little Princess and her companions searched the flower sea, unaware that they were inhaling the drifting pollen, while investigators found no clear cause for the disappearances.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven found Zhiqiong withdrawn and her home filled with a strange odor, then later discovered that her residence had been overtaken by abnormal plants and mucus.
• Players across the world reported contagious Plague Germ Carriers, and infected players began dying as ordinary healing failed to cure them.

The major guilds led an ill-prepared assault on the Firefly Flower Sea, where an unknown entity’s tendrils and Plague Germ Carriers overwhelmed them and caused devastating losses. Lu Zheng ordered continued surveillance and barred players from the Cherry Blossom Sea area while the Legion Guild prepared purified potions for the Training Camp.

• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven and other guild members realized Zhiqiong had become a Plague Germ Carrier, and they argued over whether she might be saved or should be killed.
• Lu Zheng ordered the Legion Guild to accelerate research on the carrier’s evolutionary substance and monitor Firefly Flower Sea rather than attack its unknown inhabitant.
• After Plague Germ Carriers attacked nearby players, Dragon Soul Guild and other major guilds assembled a force and marched into Firefly Flower Sea.
• Longyin’s force encountered dense roots, swarming carriers, tentacles, and Mental Erosion; the battle collapsed as players fled and many were dragged underground.
• Longyin died during the retreat, Dragon Soul Guild was reduced to a second-rate guild, and other guilds suffered heavy losses.
• Lu Zheng ordered reconnaissance to continue, prohibited players from approaching the Cherry Blossom Sea area, and approved safer purified potions for the Training Camp.

Zhang Mingzhen impersonated Kun Ling to enter the Spirit Seeds contest and began secretly killing Kunyu tribesmen inside the Secret Realm. After escaping Kun Xiong’s watch, he used the nighttime confusion to hunt the tribe’s warriors.

• Kun Ling used the Blood Exchange Technique to disguise Zhang Mingzhen as herself, and he entered the Secret Realm with the Kunyu Tribe’s warriors.
• Kun Xiong ordered his squad to rest through the dangerous nighttime phase while keeping Zhang Mingzhen under watch.
• Zhang Mingzhen trapped Kun Dai in a Rule Space and killed him, gaining a portion of bloodline power.
• After Kun Dai’s disappearance prompted increased patrols, Zhang Mingzhen volunteered for a patrol to get away from Kun Xiong.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed his patrol partner, returned to camp, and began secretly targeting isolated Kunyu tribesmen.

Zhang Mingzhen ambushed Kunyu teams overnight, killed Kun Ping and Kun Ting, and helped leave nearly three hundred Kunyu members missing. At dawn, the tribes gathered around Spirit Seed sites, where Zhang Mingzhen’s team faced a swarm of monsters emerging from black mist.

• Zhang Mingzhen ambushed Kun Ping, killed him before Kun Ting’s team could rescue him, then interrupted Kun Jing’s resurrection attempt and cut down more than half the Kunyu team.
• Kun Ting sent up a distress signal, but Zhang Mingzhen killed him before Kun Yuqing arrived with the main force; Kun Yuqing ordered the troops to assemble and remain vigilant.
• Kun Yuqing suspected the Bloodthirsty Tribe of the night’s attacks, while Zhang Mingzhen returned to the group and planned to deal with Kun Xiong’s close attention.
• At dawn, Kun Yuqing led the Kunyu teams to claim Spirit Seed sites as the Bloodthirsty Tribe arrived, and Zhang Mingzhen’s team secured a small halo site.
• When the halo produced a yellow Spirit Seed, black mist swept toward it and formed monsters that attacked the group; Zhang Mingzhen stayed in formation and watched them.

Zhang Mingzhen secretly collected Spirit Seeds before ambushing and killing the exhausted Kunyu Tribe team, then entered the forest to hunt Bloodthirsty Tribe members. Meanwhile, Kun Yuqing organized a quiet retaliation, and a hidden Bloodthirsty Tribe squad sensed someone approaching.

• Zhang Mingzhen collected the team's Spirit Seeds while helping the Kunyu Tribe fight monsters, and Shi Chenlong ordered the Bloodthirsty Tribe to let them work before taking everything for themselves.
• As night fell, Zhang Mingzhen ambushed the Kunyu Tribe team and killed its support players and most of its fighters, including Kun Xiong, who realized the attacker was not Kun Ling.
• Zhang Mingzhen left the battlefield and headed into the forest to hunt Bloodthirsty Tribe players, aiming to fulfill his contract with Kun Ling.
• Kun Yuqing counted his team's fifty Spirit Seeds and gathered nearby tribespeople to launch a quiet counterattack against the Bloodthirsty Tribe.
• A Bloodthirsty Tribe squad hid in a tree hollow, and its lookout warned that someone was approaching.

Zhang Mingzhen hunted isolated squads, then disguised himself as a Kunyu Tribe member and exploited a clash between the Kunyu Tribe and the Bloodthirsty Tribe to slaughter both sides. Kun Yuqing escaped and vowed revenge, while Shi Chenlong concluded that the Kunyu Tribe had massacred his clansmen.

• Zhang Mingzhen killed a Bloodthirsty Tribe squad that tried to ambush him and collected its nineteen Spirit Seeds.
• Kun Yuqing led Kunyu Tribe players in a nighttime attack on the Bloodthirsty Tribe, each side believing the other had broken the truce.
• Zhang Mingzhen entered the battle in disguise and killed members of both tribes until the survivors recognized an infiltrator and joined forces against him.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed the remaining fighters and pursued Kun Yuqing, who escaped by using a life-costing secret art.
• Kun Yuqing vowed to gather his tribesmen and avenge the attack, suspecting that someone in his tribe had enabled Zhang Mingzhen's disguise.
• Shi Chenlong sensed his clansmen dying in the Secret Realm and blamed the Kunyu Tribe for the massacre.

Lu Zheng rallied the major guilds into a joint campaign to destroy the monster in the Firefly Flower Sea, while Chongxing remained away and was expected to return within three days. Nearly a hundred million qualified players defeated the monster after a costly day-long battle, but the chapter ended with the Dragon Soul Guild discussing its effort to rebuild.

• Lu Zheng proposed a temporary alliance, and more than a hundred guilds signed the Covenant of Joint Battle to fight the monster.
• Lu Zheng told the guild leaders that Chongxing was safe and would likely return within three days, but he urged them not to delay while the Plague Germ Carriers kept spreading.
• The major guilds assembled an army of nearly a hundred million players, restricted participation to level eighty-five and above, and marched toward the Firefly Flower Sea.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven warned the army about ambushes as the players fought through the infected and mourned the vanished names of his sister and brother.
• The players battled the level 100 flower monster for an entire day, endured its weakening pollen, and defeated it at heavy cost while earning experience and other rewards.
• Players discussed the victory, and they heard that the Dragon Soul Guild had elected a new leader and received funding from a new consortium.

Zhang Mingzhen hunted adventurers in the Cangwu Realm to gather Spirit Seeds and life force, then lured the Kunyu and Bloodthirsty Tribes into joining forces against him. He annihilated their gathered army of five thousand, leaving a few survivors to flee and spread the news.

• A seed sprouted where the unknown boss had been destroyed, as the Fluorescent Sea of Flowers became a monster-infested danger zone.
• Zhang Mingzhen resumed hunting in the Secret Realm, collecting nearly three thousand Spirit Seeds and eliminating adventurers while letting some escape to spread word of him.
• After hearing reports from both tribes, Shi Chenlong and Kun Yuqing agreed to join forces and gathered five thousand players to confront Zhang Mingzhen.
• Shi Chenlong led the army toward Zhang Mingzhen, who charged into their ranks and drew their attacks while preparing his counterattack.
• Zhang Mingzhen activated invincibility and used a burst of speed to slaughter nearly the entire army, then killed the fleeing survivors he caught.

Zhang Mingzhen slaughtered nearly all the players from both tribes in the Secret Realm, filled and merged the Netherblood Orb, and advanced his Life Level before claiming more than twenty thousand Spirit Seeds. When the Secret Realm closed, the tribes waited in alarm, and a survivor emerged to report the massacre and Shi Chenlong’s death.

• After learning that Shi Chenlong, Kun Yuqing, and thousands of others had died, the remaining players either hid or tried to gather, while some plotted to seize Zhang Mingzhen’s Spirit Seeds.
• Zhang Mingzhen hunted players across the Secret Realm until the Netherblood Orb filled with life force, then merged it into himself and broke through to a new Life Level.
• Zhang Mingzhen attacked the survivors who had assembled to fight him, killed nearly all of them, and gathered more than twenty thousand Spirit Seeds.
• When the Secret Realm closed, no players initially appeared at either tribe’s Teleportation Array, leaving the elders waiting anxiously.
• A Bloodthirsty Tribe survivor finally emerged and told the elders that one man had killed Shi Chenlong and nearly wiped out both tribes’ forces; Shi Tianyin demanded answers from the Kunyu Tribe.

Shi Tianyin and the Kunyu Tribe joined forces to ambush the unknown intruder as he left the Secret Realm, while Zhang Mingzhen learned how Spirit Seeds strengthened cultivators and that no one knew how to reach Life Level four. Trapped in the Kunyu Tribe’s Reverse Burial Xuanxin Grand Array, Zhang Mingzhen began searching for its weak point.

• Shi Tianyin confronted Kun Shu and the Kunyu Tribe, and both sides agreed to capture anyone from outside their races who emerged from the Secret Realm.
• Kun Ling feared the elders would discover her secret involvement in the disaster, while Zhang Mingzhen caught Shi Jin and questioned him about Spirit Seeds and raising Life Level.
• Shi Jin explained that Spirit Seeds could awaken potential, increase attributes, and be refined into pills, but he knew of no way to advance to Life Level four.
• As the Secret Realm began collapsing, Zhang Mingzhen and the surviving cultivators headed for the Teleportation Array, where Kun Shu and Shi Tianyin prepared an ambush.
• When Zhang Mingzhen emerged, Kun Shu’s forces activated the Reverse Burial Xuanxin Grand Array, trapping him in mist that restricted movement and steadily weakened him.
• Zhang Mingzhen endured the attacks and focused on finding the array’s hub and weak point so he could break free.

Zhang Mingzhen escaped the Kunyu Tribe’s grand array and returned to Earth after his seven-day journey, where his Life Level breakthrough triggered a global announcement. He learned that human researchers had used his information about the Tide Clan to develop a method for raising players to the first Life Level, though producing enough medicine would take time.

• Zhang Mingzhen took a Bloodburst Pill and repeatedly struck the array’s core with Eagle Strike until it cracked and shattered.
• Zhang Mingzhen used Super Armor to block incoming control skills, then teleported to his prepared Yang Banner and escaped the pursuers with a Cross-Realm Talisman.
• Zhang Mingzhen returned to Earth, where system notifications confirmed his third attribute sublimation and announced his breakthrough to a new Life Level.
• Red Garment invited Zhang Mingzhen to a meeting, where Lu Zheng and the officials asked him to share information about the other world.
• Lu Zheng explained that cooperation with the Azurewave Clan and Zhang Mingzhen’s earlier information about the Tide Clan had helped researchers develop Spirit Core medicines for advancing players to the first Life Level.
• A research institute representative told Zhang Mingzhen that the method had worked in tests, but mass production still required time and rare materials.

Zhang Mingzhen examined the Spirit Core Evolution Fluid, used his weekly dungeon runs, and investigated the Firefly Flower Sea’s unexplained boss appearance. Underground, he found and killed the max-level plant boss Unwarranted Flower, earning a seed and a special amulet.

• Lu Zheng showed Zhang Mingzhen the Spirit Core Evolution Fluid, and the Mysterious Man asked him about trading across worlds.
• Zhang Mingzhen completed his weekly runs in the Demon-Suppressing Tower and Barbarian God Hall, gaining equipment and activating the Moonshadow Set effect.
• Zhang Mingzhen visited the Firefly Flower Sea to investigate why a top-tier boss had appeared there.
• A vine dragged Zhang Mingzhen underground to a cave where a giant plant had gathered creatures and materials.
• Zhang Mingzhen attacked and killed the max-level boss Unwarranted Flower, obtaining an Unwarranted Flower Seed and a Jade Cassia Amulet.

Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Unwarranted Flower, reached level 93, and gained a powerful amulet, while Qin Xiao Youhui became a level one lifeform and entered the Barbarian God Hall to test its level 90 dungeon. The chapter left Qin Xiao Youhui facing a towering steel-and-stone beast in an empty hall, whose appearance did not match Blind Man’s description of the Golden Barbarian Beast.

• Zhang Mingzhen examined the Jade Cassia Amulet and absorbed the Unwarranted Flower Seed, advancing to level 93.
• Qin Xiao Youhui’s team reacted to Chongxing’s solo victory over the Unwarranted Flower and his rise to level 93.
• Qin Xiao Youhui completed his evolution into a level one lifeform, doubling his attributes and drawing attention from researchers and players.
• Commander-in-Chief Lu Zheng ordered Qin Xiao Youhui to investigate the level 90 Barbarian God Hall and authorized him to choose three items from the treasury.
• Qin Xiao Youhui entered the dungeon alone, where he found a vast empty hall and a towering steel-and-stone beast unlike Blind Man’s description.

Qin Xiao failed to defeat the unknown boss in the Barbarian God Hall but cleared the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s first floor and discovered its hidden second phase. Meanwhile, Zhang Mingzhen raised Spring Wind to level eleven and asked Red Garment whether the Legion Guild had a potion that could help players comprehend skills.

• Qin Xiao encountered an unfamiliar Diamond Barbarian Beast, dealt little damage, and retreated after its attack overwhelmed his healing.
• Qin Xiao entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower, defeated the Ironclad Stone Scorpion on the first floor, and received an Experience Pill before being offered a second phase.
• Qin Xiao’s first-floor record appeared beneath Chongxing’s fifth-floor leaderboard entry, and he told his teammates that the floors had hidden stages.
• Zhang Mingzhen received a flash of insight while leveling, raised Spring Wind to level eleven, and discovered that its healing range and target limit had increased.
• Zhang Mingzhen asked Red Garment about a potion that could help players comprehend skills, but she had no information and reported that he was focused on leveling.

Zhang Mingzhen teamed up with fishing expert Never Nourish the Stomach for God's Domain's Fishing Competition, where their early catches put them near the top. Another team caught a Silver Eel Spirit Fish and took first place, leaving the competition underway.

• Players across God's Domain discussed evolution potions, dungeon progress, and the upcoming Fishing Competition.
• Zhang Mingzhen asked Red Garment to find him a high-level fishing partner, and she paired him with Never Nourish the Stomach.
• Zhang Mingzhen and Never Nourish the Stomach joined the competition, with Never Nourish the Stomach fishing while Zhang Mingzhen helped subdue the catches.
• The pair accumulated 340 points from their catches and temporarily took first place.
• Little Slob's team caught a Silver Eel Spirit Fish, gained 60 points, and overtook Zhang Mingzhen's team.

Never Nourish the Stomach’s foul bait helped Chongxing’s team win the fishing event, and Chongxing traded his points for experience and reached level ninety-four. Qin Xiaowuhui then led a party into the Demon-Suppressing Tower, where they cleared the first two floors but failed on the third after Raphael died.

• Never Nourish the Stomach used a pungent, hallucinogenic Warcraft larva to catch an Abaisu Demon Fish, helping his team finish first in the fishing event with 2,140 points.
• Chongxing bought fish from players, exchanged his points for experience, reached level ninety-four, and advanced Chasing Wind to level eleven.
• Qin Xiaowuhui assembled a team with Dragon Diagram Frenzy, Raphael, Hero War Sky, and others to challenge the Demon-Suppressing Tower, explaining what he knew about its floors and showing his level-ninety hat.
• The party cleared the first floor despite Hero War Sky’s mistakes, then barely defeated the second-floor boss, Wine Immortal.
• The team failed to advance past the third-floor boss after its area attack killed Raphael, and the others concluded they needed a Priest for future attempts.

Zhang Mingzhen investigated how to obtain gems and arranged for Under One Person to activate Sky City's Amusement Park. He entered the new event, met a Starlight Army player, and cleared its first stage, where he chose whether to jump ahead or continue in order.

• Zhang Mingzhen traded with Qin Xiao for three spirit gems and asked the Starlight Merchant Guild to investigate other sources.
• Jade Toad's information revealed that gems could come from the Amusement Park, which Under One Person activated as the top spender in Sky City.
• Zhang Mingzhen entered the crowded Amusement Park and learned that its ninety-nine stages tested players' alertness and adaptability rather than combat ability.
• South of South City recognized Zhang Mingzhen and offered him the Starlight Army's guide to the stages.
• Zhang Mingzhen followed South of South City through the Number Maze, cleared the first stage, and received a choice to jump to stage five or continue to stage two.

Zhang Mingzhen learned that Amusement Park rewards included tradable gems and used his wealth to buy them in bulk, then rushed through stages with the skip mechanic. He reached a paired combat stage, where his opponent asked him to win so they could move on quickly.

• Zhang Mingzhen and other players discussed whether to skip stages, and he cleared stage two before learning that a player had finished the park with twenty-three stars and received ten level-one gems and 50,000 gold coins.
• After seeing the demand for gems, Zhang Mingzhen offered 10,000 gold coins each and received hundreds of thousands of level-one gems through player mail.
• Zhang Mingzhen found the Divine Array Disk, discovered it had twelve gem slots, and decided to buy up to 100,000 gems for his equipment and the disk.
• Zhang Mingzhen used skips to advance quickly while observing that most stages involved exploration and puzzles, with few confrontations.
• In a paired combat stage, Zhang Mingzhen's opponent, a gold farming guild player, asked him to win so they could proceed quickly, and Zhang Mingzhen defeated him with an attack skill.