Recaps

Qin Shi used Tianren’s Insight blessing and his Electric Shock Saber to hunt the hidden Void Beasts in the substation. When the Ox-Horse Squad arrived during the Black Moon Tide, they watched him kill a fresh horde in seconds, then reported in to him.

• Tianren’s blessing gave Qin Shi the Insight talent and an 80% weapon mastery bonus as he entered the substation.
• Qin Shi used Insight to locate and slay nineteen hidden Void Beasts, leaving charred marks across the floor.
• The Short-haired Woman and Watermelon Head entered the substation and followed the marks, realizing Qin Shi had already cleared the first group.
• The Black Moon Tide opened a rift that released thirty Void Beasts, but Qin Shi cut them all down in less than ten seconds.
• The Short-haired Woman greeted Qin Shi and announced that the Ox-Horse Squad had reported in.

Qin Shi cleared the substation with help from the support team and broke through to the Fourth Dimension before leading everyone toward the forward base. There, Pomber, a Man-faced Spider Demonkin, ambushed the group and singled out the Short-haired Woman.

• The Short-haired Woman explained that she and A-Ma were Xuyang Heavy Industry specialists with battlefield permits, and Qin Shi put them to work carrying contaminated samples.
• At the Contaminated Zone’s administrative building, Pomber defied the elder’s warning and left to hunt humans before Black Moon Night’s nest hatched.
• Qin Shi finished clearing the substation, broke through the Third Dimension, and summoned Gao Pao and Zhao Su to collect samples.
• Qin Shi led the recovered group toward the forward base as A-Ma sensed the approaching second wave of the Black Moon Night tide.
• Pomber struck the group with black lightning at the forward base, and A-Ma identified the attacker as a Demonkin.
• Qin Shi planted his saber and asked Xiao Gao whether the field manual valued samples from this kind of Servant Creature more highly.

Qin Shi confronted Pomber, a Man-faced Spider Servant Creature drawn to Qin Shi’s perfect Life Force, while the Yellow Springs support team prepared to help. After a fierce battle in the Contaminated Zone, Qin Shi defeated Pomber with his unarmed strength and crushed his head.

• Pomber arrived during Black Moon Night and targeted the support team, but became fixated on Qin Shi after sensing his 3A-grade Life Force purity.
• The Short-haired Woman offered to cover the team's retreat, but Qin Shi refused and told Xiao Gao, Xiao Zhao, and the others to stay safe while he fought Pomber.
• Qin Shi charged Pomber and exchanged more than a hundred blows as Pomber absorbed the Black Moon's energy, regenerated his limbs, and pushed his Life Force toward the two-hundred-point threshold.
• Pomber broke Qin Shi's weaponless defenses with his powerful body, but Qin Shi used his Professional Level field and tenfold-amplified punches to overwhelm him.
• After three hundred and ninety-seven thunderous blows, Qin Shi knocked Pomber unconscious, then crushed his head and spine.

Qin Shi killed Pomber, absorbed the Man-faced Spider’s Super Digestion trait, and trained until he broke through the Fifth Limit. As he continued cultivating in the contaminated zone, the Man-faced Spider Chief Priest discovered that the Black Moon’s energy tide had weakened and wondered who had taken its power.

• Qin Shi defeated Pomber with his bare hands, and his Perfect Core absorbed the dead Servant’s Super Digestion trait while a Man-faced Spider curse marked him.
• Qin Shi kept the curse, ordered Gao Pao and the others to prepare for incoming Servant Creatures, and assigned Zhao Su to collect battlefield samples.
• Qin Shi meditated and cultivated with his four inheritance methods, drawing energy from the contaminated zone while the Short-haired Woman and Watermelon Head returned from fighting lesser servants.
• Qin Shi opened the Fifth Limit, transformed his body, and raised his energy-conversion efficiency to ninety-five percent before beginning another training cycle.
• The Man-faced Spider Chief Priest learned that Helius, Swor, and Debir had failed to complete the nest-hatching ceremony and found that the Black Moon’s energy tide had weakened.

The Man-faced Spider clan sent Tiya to capture Qin Shi, while White Poplar Fortress City's command watched scouts die as the Black Moon Tide empowered the Servant Creatures. As Qin Shi continued evolving near the forward base, Tiya arrived and a White Poplar reconnaissance unit intervened.

• The Chief Priest learned that a human had disrupted the clan's nests and ordered Tiya to bring Qin Shi back alive as an offering to the Great Demon.
• Yao Guodong argued with Lord Tai Sub-body over the cost of scouting missions, then saw the Man-faced Spider clan slaughter scouts under the Black Moon Tide.
• Qin Shi absorbed the Black Moon's energy as his companions worried about attracting more Servant Creatures, and Tiya sensed his powerful Life Force.
• The Monument Panel urged Qin Shi to mate with a fertile female, but he focused on completing his evolution and prepared to fight Tiya.
• A soldier from the First Reconnaissance Battalion of White Poplar Fortress City arrived and ordered the new recruits to fall back.

The White Poplar Fortress City scouting captain and his squad confronted Tiya, a twice-evolved Man-faced Spider, but Qin Shi completed his first evolution and revealed that he could absorb the black moon’s power. Qin Shi overwhelmed Tiya and proved her corrosion could barely affect him.

• The scouting captain attacked Tiya with his Godspeed strike, but her corrosive Life Field Domain stopped him and left him badly injured.
• The Short-haired Woman and Watermelon Head prepared to keep fighting, while Watermelon Head told A Niu to ready the squad’s final contingency plan.
• Qin Shi completed his first evolution and absorbed the black moon tide, stunning Tiya, the Short-haired Woman, Gao Pao, and Zhao Su.
• Qin Shi seized Tiya by the neck and hurled her through the outpost base into a wall, overpowering her despite her second evolution.
• Tiya praised Qin Shi’s strength and worried that her corrosion might hurt him, but Qin Shi brushed away her Life Force and said it only made him itch.

Qin Shi endured Tiya’s escalating corrosion, gained new traits, and killed it, while White Poplar Fortress City’s command staff investigated the anomaly. Governor Feng Wuyang reflected on the burden of wartime decisions and resolved to include his own life in the cost of the Great Expansion’s success.

• Qin Shi endured Tiya’s corrosion as his body resisted the damage, then provoked it into unleashing its full power.
• Tiya exhausted its Life Force with a devastating attack, but Qin Shi survived, gained several traits, and crushed it along with the outpost buildings.
• Yao Guodong and Lord Tai Sub-body identified the scouting team’s survival and the Elite Servant’s death as evidence of an unknown, potentially dangerous variable.
• Feng Wuyang ordered reinforcements and reconnaissance across the battlefronts, then discussed with Tai Jun how a past military exercise had taught him the cost of poor battlefield judgment.
• Feng Wuyang vowed not to waste the lives sacrificed in the Great Expansion and said including himself in the cost could raise their chance of success.

Qin Shi continued his exploration mission after defeating a Man-faced Spider, while the Scouting Team recognized his extraordinary strength and reported his name. As he headed toward a contaminated administrative building, he proposed a broader support arrangement to two Xuyang Heavy Industry employees.

• Lu Yao collected contamination samples as Jin Chuan examined the battlefield and marveled that Qin Shi had killed the Man-faced Spider with a single blow.
• Lu Yao gave Qin Shi a protective combat uniform, and he sent Gao Pao and Zhao Su back with Jin Chuan and Lu Yao while he continued toward the administrative building.
• Qin Shi identified himself to Jin Chuan, who recognized his surname and resolved to investigate the King of Soldiers-level recruit when reporting his merit.
• Qin Shi learned that the Short-haired Woman and Ah Ma had five supply loads in their Space Backpack and asked them to support him beyond Ying Huang's contract.
• Qin Shi proposed that he provide personnel while the Xuyang Heavy Industry employees supplied equipment, fire support, and battlefield coordination, leaving the Short-haired Woman to suspect he wanted to freeload off them.

Qin Shi secured a contract with Long Qiuyuan’s Beast of Burden Team to receive supplies and support during the coming Western Front battle, promising he could make a difference. Meanwhile, Jiang Shijie’s squad received orders to drive Rakshasa Ants toward a Man-faced Spider nest, leaving the reason for the operation unclear.

• Qin Shi persuaded Long Qiuyuan that supporting him could earn her team merits and help them escape corporate exploitation, and they forged a contract lasting until the Western Front fighting ended.
• Long Qiuyuan introduced herself and her teammate Ye Xiaotang, then gave Qin Shi Energy Liquid to replenish his strength.
• Qin Shi reflected on the limits of individual power and wondered whether the path beyond the Martial God realm required operating on a larger scale.
• Jiang Shijie admitted that Qin Shi had defeated him fairly with tenfold amplification, and he decided to seek combat experience in the Black Xie Starfield.
• Wu Yong received orders for the support battalion to drive Rakshasa Ants five hundred kilometers west toward a Man-faced Spider’s third-level nest.

Lin Xiong and the Seventh Legion prepared to drive the Rakshasa Ants from their nests, while Adjutant Zheng concealed his personal motives behind orders to support White Poplar Fortress City. Meanwhile, Qin Shi and his companions watched the Man-faced Spiders’ administrative-building nest, where he proposed an unusual infiltration plan.

• Lin Xiong, Wu Yong, and Jiang Shijie returned to camp and prepared to join the operation against the Rakshasa Ants.
• The soldiers equipped themselves with combat suits, Chainsaw Swords, and Heavenly Soldier Exoskeleton Armor before setting out.
• Haila warned Adjutant Zheng that destroying the Rakshasa Ants’ nests might provoke the Empress, but he ordered the operation to proceed.
• Adjutant Zheng considered Mo Zhenting’s interest in the new recruit Qin Shi as the Seventh Legion’s trucks headed for the Rakshasa Ants’ nest.
• Qin Shi assured Long Qiuyuan that he would not charge into the administrative building and said his infiltration plan was to eliminate every Servant Creature that saw him.

Qin Shi launched a lightning-fast solo assault on the Man-faced Spider clan’s administrative building while the Seventh Legion drove the Rakshasa Ants toward the nest. He broke through the defenders and reached the building, where the battle escalated as a Psionicist locked onto him.

• Qin Shi prepared for the assault by consuming Long Qiuyuan’s High-Energy Oral Liquid and Purified Element, then began his countdown as Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang prepared to support him.
• The Seventh Legion pushed the Rakshasa Ant swarm into the Man-faced Spider clan’s territory, where Jiang Shijie and Lin Xiong sensed an unfamiliar aura amid the distorted space.
• Qin Shi charged through the defenders and reached the administrative building in under twenty seconds, killing a Man-faced Spider Demonkin with his saber.
• Qin Shi cut through a packed wall of minions and knocked a massive Man-faced Spider Demonkin through the gate with a single punch.
• A Psionicist caught Qin Shi in a telekinetic lock as his speed slowed after the collision.

Qin Shi fought through Pro’s mental attacks and escalating transformations, then reached the Man-faced Spider clan’s guarded resource point as his Monument Panel began to change. The Chief Priest learned that Qin Shi had entered the lair and welcomed him as food for His Highness.

• Pro used his Withering trait to restrain Qin Shi, but Qin Shi defeated him in a mental clash and absorbed his Mental Power.
• After Pro’s body became a headless trap, Qin Shi’s amplification increased to fifteenfold, letting him break free and destroy Pro’s spirit.
• Qin Shi sensed Dikar approaching, seized Pro’s spirit by sealing the surrounding space, and burned it away.
• Qin Shi reached the resource point in the CEO’s office, where the Monument Panel’s achievements began to change as he opened a black doorway.
• The Chief Priest heard that the intruder had entered the lair and said His Highness needed food like Qin Shi.

Qin Shi entered the Man-faced Spider clan’s anomalous mother nest, where his powers were sealed, and defeated its Emperor through sheer physical strength. After draining the nest’s crystal relic to evolve his Monument Panel, he discovered that the True Dragon’s achievement had begun feminizing the Emperor, leaving him appalled.

• Nason dismissed concerns about Qin Shi entering the Man-faced Spider nest and discussed the Western Front with Queen Ros.
• Ye Xiaotang warned Qin Shi that the nest’s door led into an anomaly that trapped those who entered, but Qin Shi opened it anyway.
• The Man-faced Spider Emperor sealed Qin Shi’s Life Force and Mental Power, but Qin Shi overpowered it with his enhanced physical strength and slapped it around.
• Qin Shi sat on the Emperor’s crystal bed, drained its energy, and completed a major fusion that upgraded his Monument Panel and unlocked Adaptive Body.
• The True Dragon’s Dragon’s Breath achievement activated and began feminizing the Man-faced Spider Emperor, prompting Qin Shi to protest.

Qin Shi subdued the feminized Man-faced Spider Emperor, learned her name was Jianna, and asked whether she wanted to leave the nest. Meanwhile, Seventh Legion soldiers suspected Qin Shi’s disappearance was tied to a plot, and the Tribunal ordered a meteorite rescue after learning he might obtain He Lanchán’s Heavenly Imperial Secret Treasure.

• Qin Shi’s Dragon Might ability feminized the Man-faced Spider Emperor further, and she introduced herself as Jianna, a Recipient of Favor chosen by the maternal nest.
• Qin Shi decided to follow the [True Dragon] Pillar’s wishes and asked Jianna if she wanted to leave the nest.
• Wu Yong and Jiang Shijie recognized Qin Shi at the Frontline but kept his identity secret, while Wu Yong suspected the division commander had arranged a plot against him and considered reporting it.
• The Seventh Legion soldiers spotted a huge fireball descending from the sky.
• A Tribunal official learned that Qin Shi had gone missing and initially delayed activating protective measures, but changed his order after hearing Qin Shi had an 83 percent chance of obtaining He Lanchán’s Heavenly Imperial Secret Treasure.
• The Tribunal activated its highest-level rescue plan and deployed a meteorite using a gravitational capture device.

Tribunal Commissioner Yin Jian authorized a meteorite strike to rescue Qin Shi from the Man-faced Spider nest, while considering whether to recruit him into the Rectification Protocol. Qin Shi escaped the brood nest after freeing Jianna from Nason’s control, only to face an unknown psychic attacker demanding her return.

• Yin Jian approved Qing Nü’s meteorite plan to protect Qin Shi and decided he would observe Qin before meeting him as his guardian.
• The Seventh Legion and the Man-faced Spider clan retreated as a meteorite descended toward the nest, while Wu Yong decided to raise concerns about his commander through division headquarters.
• Chief Priest Nason tried to open the brood-nest door, but Jianna could not obey because Qin Shi stopped her.
• Nason’s psychic mark drove Jianna into repeated frenzies, and Qin Shi beat her until she regained control of her mind.
• Qin Shi trained inside the energy-rich brood nest, then opened the door to find the administrative building reduced to scorched ruins and the Man-faced Spider clan gone.
• A hostile psychic voice accused Qin Shi of harming Jianna and demanded that he give her back.

Qin Shi endured Chief Priest Nason’s mental assault, unlocked [Ultimate Intent], and turned Nason’s mental space against him. He shattered the space, returned to the ruins, and crushed Nason’s body while Jianna watched.

• Chief Priest Nason attacked Qin Shi with his mental power, trapping him in a blood-rain mental space and draining his Life Force.
• Qin Shi realized Nason was absorbing his Life Force and used the Soldier Attack Warfare Method to push his Perfect Core toward evolution.
• Nason bombarded Qin Shi with red spears, triggering the [Layered Armor] achievement and unlocking [Ultimate Intent].
• Qin Shi recovered his strength, forged Nason’s mental space into black spears, and repeatedly struck Nason’s mind.
• Qin Shi split apart the mental space, seized Nason in the ruins, slammed him down, and crushed his body as Jianna watched.

Qin Shi killed Chief Priest Nason, made Jianna agree to reform and bind herself to an anomalous door, and led the squad to recover valuable energy crystals. Meanwhile, Old Zhang reached the Ninth Legion’s base, where Zhao Meng reluctantly agreed to let him in.

• Qin Shi destroyed Nason’s mental space, killed him, and offered Jianna a chance to become a state-contained guardian if she followed the containment manual.
• Jianna agreed to reform and tried to bind herself to the door, while Qin Shi reunited with Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang and ordered them to collect battlefield spoils.
• Ye Xiaotang found a nest full of high-concentration energy blocks, and Qin Shi told the squad to pack them up.
• Old Zhang traveled through the Scorpion Corridor aboard a merchant ship, using the journey to hunt raiding groups and recover his strength.
• Old Zhang reached the Ninth Legion’s defense zone and called for Zhao Meng to welcome him; Zhao Meng ordered the sentries to let him in.

Old Zhang visited Zhao Yunhan at the Ninth Legion’s eastern-front Command Center and planned to eliminate threats to the Nanhuang Dojo, beginning with Ying Xiao. At White Poplar Fortress City, Yao Guodong learned that Esoteric Cult groups had converged on new recruit Qin Shi, making him their top target.

• Old Zhang reunited with Zhao Yunhan, who explained how he had helped him rise through the Ninth Legion after Zhao Yunhan’s father was disgraced.
• Old Zhang said he had taken a new disciple and vowed to kill anyone who threatened the Nanhuang Dojo, beginning with Ying Xiao.
• Zhao Yunhan warned that Ying Xiao had powerful Legion connections, then proposed luring him out so Old Zhang could kill him while he handled the aftermath.
• Old Zhang asked about Mo Zhenting, and Zhao Yunhan explained that the rising Seventh Legion commander was being considered for the Gene Seed Program.
• At White Poplar Fortress City, Lord Tai’s Sub-body told Yao Guodong that Esoteric Cult groups were rushing toward the Man-faced Spider nest to target Qin Shi.

Yao Guodong and Fu Lei investigated whether recruit Qin Shi was the famed Young Prodigy, while Jin Chuan, Lu Yao, and Gao Pao waited at the Contaminated Zone. The Esoteric Cultist Beherit attacked them, but Fu Lei arrived before Beherit could force Jin Chuan to choose who would die.

• Yao Guodong suspected Recruit Qin Shi was the Young Prodigy from Hengzhou, and Lord Tai's Sub-body estimated a sixty-seven percent chance they were the same person.
• Fu Lei drove out from Yellow Springs Training Camp to meet Qin Shi after receiving a message from the City Lord's Mansion.
• Jin Chuan, Lu Yao, and Gao Pao waited for Qin Shi at the edge of the Contaminated Zone, where a horde of Servant Creatures emerged under Beherit's command.
• Beherit introduced himself as a Broken Emissary and used his Mental Power to stop Jin Chuan and Gao Pao's gunfire before crushing Jin Chuan's arms and threatening Lu Yao and Gao Pao.
• Fu Lei arrived in his heavy truck, released his Life Force to break Beherit's oppressive darkness, and threatened the Esoteric Cultist.

Fu Lei rescued Lu Yao, Gao Pao, and Jin Chuan before confronting Beherit in the Netherworld. He trapped Beherit with the Incineration Art and destroyed his spirit at the cost of nearly his own life, and Qin Shi arrived as Fu Lei lay dying.

• Fu Lei broke Beherit's mental restraints, rescued Lu Yao and Gao Pao, and attacked Beherit.
• Fu Lei freed Jin Chuan, crushed a hidden mental-spike ambush, and examined him for further tampering before sending him away.
• Beherit tried to weaken Fu Lei with distorted arguments and an assault by thousands of divided blood-eagle forms.
• Fu Lei revealed he had activated the Incineration Art upon entering the Netherworld and trapped Beherit's spiritual core in his consciousness.
• Fu Lei used the Incineration Art and a self-destruct technique to burn Beherit's spirit to nothing, then collapsed with barely any Life Force remaining.
• Qin Shi arrived beside Fu Lei and told him he did not look too good.

Qin Shi rescued Instructor Fu Lei, learned how Fu Lei had defeated a fallen Esoteric Cultist, and was attacked by the ancient cultist Rengar. Rengar’s Immovable Stance turned attacks into strength, but Qin Shi grappled him as a golden bullet approached.

• Qin Shi revived the badly injured Fu Lei with Energy Liquid and helped him recover while Long Qiuyuan fought Beherit’s remaining Servant Creatures.
• Fu Lei told Qin Shi about his fight with a fallen Esoteric Cultist and advised him to study the Incineration Art.
• An old man emerged from unstable space, seized Long Qiuyuan, and attacked Qin Shi after tossing her aside.
• Qin Shi struck the old man with his Electric Shock Saber, but Rengar healed and revealed his Immovable Stance and Planetary Battle Body.
• Rengar battered Fu Lei with Mental Power and challenged Qin Shi to attack him, confident that his defenses could withstand any blow.
• Qin Shi lunged to grapple Rengar and hold him in place as a slow-moving golden bullet approached from the horizon.

Qin Shi used the Blood Queen sniper rifle and his own strength to kill Rengar, then prepared the body for containment. Far away, the Summit of the Stars recorded Qin Shi’s name on its Civilization Monument at rank ninety-seven.

• Qin Shi pinned Rengar in place while a slow-moving golden bullet from the Blood Queen approached the battlefield.
• Ye Xiaotang explained to Fu Lei that the Six-Star Blood Queen gained power with distance, and that the sniper had fired it from more than five thousand meters away.
• Qin Shi tore off Rengar’s arms, broke his jaw, and drove his head into the bullet, killing him with its Seven-Star impact.
• Qin Shi dismembered Rengar to ensure he could not recover, while the sniper was stunned that her shot had hit its target.
• Two Fourth Legion privates discussed the Summit of the Stars and the Stellar Cup as ripples from Hengzhou New Star reached the monument.
• The Civilization Monument wrote Qin Shi’s name and placed him at rank ninety-seven.

Qin Shi’s rapid rise in the Stellar Cup rankings drew the attention of observatory director Ai Xiangqian, who secretly bet on him as a Best Newcomer. After returning to Yellow Springs Training Camp from a dangerous mission, Qin Shi exchanged his merit points for an Afterimage Crystal, a risky relic containing a Martial Artist’s Spirit Imprint.

• Ai Xiangqian noticed Qin Shi’s fast climb in the Youth Group rankings, found his file classified, and bet on him in the Best Newcomer market while misleading the Capital Crocodiles Group about his pick.
• Qin Shi returned to Yellow Springs Training Camp with the injured Fu Lei and Gao Pao after dealing with Rengar, and Fu Lei gave him his monthly ration of military High-Energy Food.
• Fu Lei asked Qin Shi what resources he needed, then warned him about Afterimage Crystals so conspicuously that his deputy accused him of leaking a hint.
• Qin Shi, Gao Pao, and Zhao Su settled the exploration mission and handed over their contaminated samples, earning eighty merit points and five jars of high-purity Black Medicine.
• Qin Shi exchanged merit points for a high-risk Afterimage Crystal, and Gao Pao explained that the crystals contained Martial Artists’ Spirit Imprints and could place users inside historical echoes.

After returning from the exploration mission, Qin Shi consumed concentrated Black Medicine and transformed his body and Saint Embryo by descending into the Netherworld. He activated an Afterimage Crystal, encountered the Martial Gods Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchán, and was beaten unconscious before waking eager to challenge them again.

• Qin Shi stored the Afterimage Crystals and Black Medicine, then drank a tube of the medicine while Gao Pao and Zhao Su guarded him.
• Qin Shi endured trials of fire and thunder in the Netherworld, strengthening his Saint Embryo and learning to wield symbols of those forces.
• Qin Shi drank the remaining four tubes of Black Medicine, raising his Life Force and bringing his Saint Embryo close to completion.
• Qin Shi activated an Afterimage Crystal and found himself on a barren planet, where Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchán appeared and mistook him for their opponent.
• Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchán's attacks knocked Qin Shi unconscious, and he awoke excited to face them again.

Qin Shi used an Afterimage Crystal containing the spiritual imprints of He Lanchán and Qi Wuxiang, but both killed him instantly when he tried to face them. After learning how to make contact, he provoked He Lanchán with insults attributed to Qi Wuxiang, leaving He Lanchán furious enough to halt a planet’s rotation and tear its surface apart.

• Qin Shi repeatedly entered the Afterimage Crystal and was instantly killed by He Lanchán and Qi Wuxiang, then asked Super Little He how to communicate with them.
• Gao Pao and Song Xing discovered that the crystal held the imprint of He Lanchán and Qi Wuxiang’s first clash in the Stellar Cup, and Song Xing called for emergency treatment.
• Qin Shi used the Void Meditation Method to make He Lanchán pause and addressed him as his teacher, claiming he had received He Lanchán’s inheritance in the future.
• Qin Shi told He Lanchán that Qi Wuxiang had offered to teach him and insulted He Lanchán’s scattered learning and many teachers.
• Qin Shi added that Qi Wuxiang had mocked He Lanchán for forgetting his true teacher, and He Lanchán’s fury stopped a planet’s rotation and split its surface with fissures.