Recaps

Qin Shi reached Central City, earned public recognition, and rejected the Ying Clan’s attempt at reconciliation while pursuing justice for Nanhuang Dojo. After surviving an assassination plot and proving his talent in combat and mecha piloting, he left for the Great Expansion Movement with a new rivalry against Yu Li.

• Qin Shi arrived in Central City, met the Hengzhou Top 100 competitors, and learned about the city’s factions and the Ying Clan’s offer to meet him.
• Yu Weiwei tested Qin Shi’s mental defenses, and his Heart of Steel plundered her Mental Strength, revealing a mysterious vision of a red-haired figure bound by shadows.
• Qin Shi declined to settle the blood debt with the Ying Clan, then defeated three assassins who ambushed him on the First Transit Line.
• Qin Shi went after Ying Lin, while Old Zhang attacked Blackwater and removed a threat to Nanhuang Dojo, and Qin Shi later publicly honored his teacher Liang Zhengxiong.
• Qin Shi passed civilian and military-grade Divine Mecha pilot exams, earning a license after demonstrating exceptional compatibility and skill.
• Qin Shi clashed with Yu Li at New Moon Mall, wounded him through their aura battle, and then boarded the special train for the Great Expansion Movement.

Qin Shi reached the Professional Level, defeated Jiang Shijie, and survived a Netherworld confrontation with Getu before being conscripted for Hengzhou’s Great Expansion. He joined Yellow Springs Training Camp and began a dangerous Contaminated Zone mission as the Western Front prepared for war.

• Feng Wuyang launched the Ploughing the Court Plan, while Qin Shi trained and began seeking a powerful opponent to help him break through.
• Old Zhang destroyed a raiding force in space, and Qin Shi invited challengers to test him at Nanhuang Dojo.
• Qin Shi defeated Lin Xiong by combining Soldier Attack Warfare Method with Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum, then formed a Perfect Core and advanced to the Professional Level.
• Qin Shi used his enhancement trait and tenfold amplification to defeat Jiang Shijie, while Yu Weiwei protected him from Getu in the Netherworld.
• Hengzhou began the Great Expansion, and Qin Shi accepted deployment to the Western Front after securing a logistics team from Ying Huang.
• Qin Shi volunteered for Yellow Springs Training Camp, endured Fu Lei’s harsh training, and joined Gao Pao and Zhao Su on a Contaminated Zone exploration mission.
• Qin Shi led the team into the abandoned town, used the Void Meditation Method to reveal and destroy pale apparitions, then triggered the [Tianren's Gift] achievement in a substation.

Qin Shi cleared the Man-faced Spider nest, gained new abilities, and survived attacks from powerful enemies while his allies and the wider military reacted to his growing influence. After returning to camp, he used an Afterimage Crystal to enter the first clash between He Lanchán and Qi Wuxiang, where he provoked He Lanchán into revealing his power.

• Qin Shi cleared the substation, defeated Pomber and Tiya, and completed his first evolution while the Black Moon Tide weakened.
• Qin Shi joined Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang’s team, infiltrated the Man-faced Spider nest, defeated its Emperor, and met Jianna after she was transformed by Dragon Might.
• Qin Shi trained inside the brood nest, killed Chief Priest Nason, and offered Jianna a chance to become a state-contained guardian.
• Old Zhang reunited with Zhao Yunhan as Esoteric Cult groups moved toward Qin Shi, and Fu Lei arrived to rescue Qin Shi’s companions from Beherit.
• Qin Shi helped Fu Lei recover, then pinned Rengar until the Blood Queen’s golden bullet killed him, earning rank ninety-seven on the Civilization Monument.
• Qin Shi returned to Yellow Springs Training Camp, turned in his samples for merit points and Black Medicine, and acquired an Afterimage Crystal.
• Qin Shi used Black Medicine to strengthen his Saint Embryo, then entered an Afterimage Crystal and repeatedly faced He Lanchán and Qi Wuxiang.
• Qin Shi used Void Meditation to make He Lanchán pause and provoked him by claiming Qi Wuxiang was his true teacher, causing He Lanchán to stop a planet’s rotation and split its surface.

Qin Shi advanced to Professional Level 4, won the Great Star Sea Medal, and battled powerful Servant Creatures across the Western Front. After learning that the Labyrinth Nest had swallowed scouting teams, he secured approval to join the operation to destroy it and headed for Iron Thorn Fortress City.

• He Lanchán and Qi Wuxiang passed their competing cultivation legacies to Qin Shi, who endured repeated deadly trials and trained through a second personality modeled on Qi Wuxiang.
• Qin Shi broke through to Level 5, formed a vast Domain, and trained with the recruits before accepting a mission to hunt powerful creatures in the Contaminated Zone.
• Qin Shi killed Morgan, Hector, and Noor, then used his place on the Chaos Faction’s hit list to lure stronger enemies into battle.
• Qin Shi defeated Russell the Deep Diver and Kazan the Observer, rallied Eastern Xia’s soldiers to advance, and then destroyed Blood River Typhon after accepting the True Dragon’s blessing.
• Feng Wuyang awarded Qin Shi the Great Star Sea Medal, explained that Blood River Typhon’s mark could lead to the Corrupt Sea, and sent him back toward the front after he recovered and advanced to Professional Level 4.
• Qin Shi killed a Wailing Earthworm, escorted a Mechanical Soldier to Anvil Outpost, and helped Zhou Yuanchen’s forces stop a beast tide.
• Zhou Yuanchen explained that the Labyrinth Nest had swallowed scouting teams, and Qin Shi secured approval to join the operation to destroy it before departing for Iron Thorn Fortress City.