Recaps

Old Ancestor Blood River wounded Lu Bai, but hesitated to finish him off after Lu Bai’s killing aura surged. Lu Bai revealed he had no options left and stood up, saying Old Ancestor Blood River had wasted his only chance to kill him.

• Old Ancestor Blood River formed a blood greatsword and charged Lu Bai, then struck him with a kick that sent him flying.
• Old Ancestor Blood River cautiously shot holes through Lu Bai and wondered whether he had run out of options.
• Lu Bai’s killing aura doubled after he combined three five-star achievement titles into one six-star title.
• Old Ancestor Blood River backed away and refused to attack, fearing Lu Bai’s aura concealed another ability.
• Lu Bai stood despite his wounds and told Old Ancestor Blood River he had wasted his one chance to kill him.

Lu Bai used [Compile] to overwhelm Old Ancestor Blood River and learned that the Deathmatch System had abandoned him. He halted the global disaster, leaving Li Shan and the people of New City to realize Lu Bai had won.

• Lu Bai completed [Compile], giving him four black-tier abilities and enough power to threaten the Deathmatch System.
• The Deathmatch System withdrew its abilities and authorities from Old Ancestor Blood River, leaving him powerless and despairing.
• Lu Bai used a fusion of forces to stop the global catastrophe and restore the planet's rotation and calm the weather and seas.
• At New City’s underground shelter, Li Shan heard Feng Yixuan ask whether Lu Bai had won and suggested they should no longer address him by name.

Lu Bai killed Old Ancestor Blood River and used his System Authorities to locate the hidden Deathmatch System. As shelters began sending teams to investigate the ruined surface, the Deathmatch System appeared to Lu Bai and claimed he had come back.

• Lu Bai searched Old Ancestor Blood River's memories, learned the Deathmatch System had chosen him without warning, and killed him.
• Lu Bai used his System Authorities to scan the planet and found the Deathmatch System.
• Shelter No. 3 sent an elite team to the surface, where its deathmatchers saw lightning frozen across the dark sky.
• Shelters No. 1 and No. 3 responded to the radio signal; Shelter No. 1's team found its exit flooded with seawater and began reconnaissance.
• The Deathmatch System appeared to Lu Bai and said, "You still came back," leaving him confused.

Lu Bai questioned the Deathmatch System about System Authority and learned that its twelve authorities included Update, the power that had let him raise his Ability Pool each round. The system revealed that Lu Bai was its creator and central processor, leaving him to face that he had never been human.

• Lu Bai asked the Deathmatch System to explain System Authority, and it listed twelve authorities, including Update.
• Lu Bai recognized Update as the power that had raised his Ability Pool in every Deathmatch Arena round.
• Lu Bai questioned why Update was inside him, and the system said it had always been there.
• Lu Bai realized he could remember nothing about a previous life beyond the claim that he had been a little Taoist priest.
• Lu Bai invoked his authority to ask what he had originally been, and the Deathmatch System identified him as its creator, primary authority, and central processor.
• Lu Bai summoned the twelve System Authorities and concluded that he had never been human.

Lu Bai learned that he was the Deathmatch System’s creator and central processor, and watched a recording explaining why his predecessor had rebooted him to gain complete control of the System. He accepted that he was human but not from Earth, then asked the Deathmatch System to explain its capabilities so he could handle a few things.

• The Deathmatch System explained that Lu Bai was its central processor and creator, and showed him a memory-image recorded by his predecessor.
• Lu Bai’s predecessor explained that he had rebooted Lu Bai and used the System’s Update authority to assimilate his genetic information, allowing him to gain complete control of the System.
• The recording revealed that Lu Bai’s predecessor came from an advanced civilization whose people merged their wills into a single individual and sacrificed their civilization to pursue technological progress.
• Lu Bai considered his predecessor’s choices and realized the Deathmatch System’s earlier actions had been a test rather than an attempt to kill him.
• Lu Bai asked the Deathmatch System to tell him what it could do and said he would take care of a few things.

After restoring the moon and stabilizing Earth, Lu Bai united the shelters and prepared humanity to enter a new era. He located the Mona civilization and destroyed it before announcing that humanity could move forward.

• Lu Bai created a new moon, surveyed the failing shelters, and learned that some humans were exploring the surface.
• Lu Bai announced himself to New City and every shelter, reassuring residents and prompting the leaders to establish contact with the surface.
• Lu Bai oversaw the expanding New City while Xiao Zhengyan handled the economic system and shelter leaders accepted Lu Bai's authority.
• Lu Bai used the Deathmatch System to locate the Mona civilization seventeen light-years away and destroyed it.
• Lu Bai addressed everyone on Earth and declared that human civilization would step into a new era.