Recaps

Xu Huo survived the Night Tour’s spatial power, aided District 001, and continued to District 039, where he encountered the violence surrounding Yongta Kingdom and learned about Gao Ming’s past. After entering the Illusory Tinder instance and hearing about Yu Kingdom’s missing treasure and former Chief Executive, Xu Huo reached its capital as a Guild territory war ended.

• Xu Huo escaped the restricted-zone space with the water Rubik’s Cube lodged near his heart, then accepted shelter in District 001 and warned residents about the Night Tour procession.
• Xu Huo worked with Master Cong and Old Mr. Xi, trained five District 001 Players in autonomous Manifestations, and declined the female Player’s request to find her missing relative.
• Xu Huo arrived in District 039, rescued a Player and two children from the Execution Squad, and traveled toward Expedition Canyon with the painted woman.
• Xu Huo met Gao Ming, who used Space Power to operate on an injured child and kept the Execution Squad from attacking his village by invoking his agreement with Yongta Kingdom.
• Xu Huo learned about Gao Ming’s past and his limited use of Space Power, then entered the B-class instance Illusory Tinder and fought a metal combat puppet.
• Xu Huo and Gao Ming burned the puppet and contaminated remains, while Gao Ming described Yu Kingdom’s missing Imperial Treasure and former Chief Executive, known as the God of Night.
• Xu Huo gave Gao Ming two devices and traveled with the painted woman to Yu Kingdom’s capital, where the Storm Guild defeated the Invincible Player Organization in a territory war.

Xu Huo traced the Imperial Treasure through Yu Kingdom’s history and the descendants of the Gao and Peng families, while recruiting Bei Bao and pressing Wan Ping for help. As the search turned toward Lian Qingkong and the hidden registry, Star seized hostages and demanded the treasure.

• Xu Huo investigated Yu Kingdom’s rumors about the Imperial Treasure, consulted Professor Shi, and met Players who shared clues about the former Chief Executive, the Tribunal, and suspected assassinations.
• Xu Huo visited Gao Hui’s former home and learned from Gong Shu that the Gao family’s ancestry and genealogy had been fabricated, then used the family tree to pursue possible descendants.
• Xu Huo tracked Bei Bao to the capital, rescued her from an impostor targeting Gao descendants, and asked her to help uncover Gao Hui’s dealings with the Wan family.
• Xu Huo confronted Wan Ping, learned that Gao Hui had sought the family’s support and later tried to kill them, and gave Wan Ping three days to consider negotiating with the Peng descendants.
• Xu Huo returned to the capital, rescued Xiao Mei and the painted woman from Fei Jingyi and Wu Zishuang, and questioned Nini about her time with the Supreme God Tribunal.
• Xu Huo lured Players to an abandoned resort with a fake encrypted case and used the ensuing battle to kill several pursuers, while Wan Ping offered manpower but refused to reveal more about Lian Qingkong or the registry.
• Star appeared in a video with hostages from Player organizations and government families, demanded the Imperial Treasure, and began killing hostages while the government struggled to find the kidnappers.

Xu Huo cleared Illusory Tinder, then entered Suitcase Man’s Happy Circus City with Qi Cong to search for Yan Jiayu and a way out. Trapped in the city’s dangerous nighttime mode, Xu Huo followed a sunflower-marked clue from a kangaroo doll.

• Xu Huo confronted Lian Qingkong over his plan to weaken Player organizations, retrieved Gao Hui’s box in Miecheng, and returned as the government held a vote on transferring authority.
• Lian Qingkong’s meeting erupted into violence, but Xu Huo entered the black sphere and stopped the fighting before presenting the Gao family genealogy as the Imperial Treasure and burning it with Lian Qingkong.
• The game announced that Xu Huo and his team had cleared Illusory Tinder, and Lian Qingkong shared his notes before nearing death.
• After Qi Cong told Xu Huo that Yan Jiayu might be trapped near Yu Kingdom, Xu Huo investigated the forest and was transported with Qi Cong and others into Suitcase Man’s Happy Circus City.
• Xu Huo searched for Yan Jiayu and the battle puppets, learned that the city’s toy people followed scripted roles, and fought increasingly dangerous puppets near the Castle.
• At night, Xu Huo rescued Qi Cong from the circus’s dolls and mutant animals, but the city’s nighttime mode kept them circling when they tried to move away from the Castle.
• Xu Huo and Qi Cong joined the carnival parade to avoid attack, and a kangaroo doll approached Xu Huo and dropped sunflower seeds into his palm.

Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu fought through the Castle’s Living Props and escaped the Suitcase Man’s attack, though Xu Huo died repeatedly before they reached a Mobile Sub-district. After recovering and helping Yan Jiayu remove her mascot suit, Xu Huo joined Unpolished Jade’s group to investigate the underground ruins tied to her aunt’s death.

• Xu Huo joined forces with Yan Jiayu and other Players to reach the Castle, but the Living Props and skeleton monsters separated and attacked them as they searched its corridors.
• Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu discovered trapped survivors and fought the Castle’s Alien, but Hong Xi and Dai He died, and Lichun remained behind when the group escaped through the tumbler.
• The Suitcase Man caught Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu, killing Xu Huo repeatedly as he tried to escape, until the pair fell into a Mobile Sub-district with Unpolished Jade’s group.
• Yan Jiayu stayed beside the unconscious Xu Huo as his Space Power surged and transformed his hand, then followed him underground and helped bring him back to the surface.
• Xu Huo woke after four days and explained how he had gained control of Transdimensional Space Power, while Yan Jiayu tore the kangaroo suit from her flesh and Xu Huo warned the Yu Kingdom about the Suitcase Man and Dungeon.
• Xu Huo learned that the Mobile Sub-district had once been upgraded after waves of awakened Mutated Plants, and he suspected Unpolished Jade had come secretly to seek valuable inheritance.
• After Xu Huo coughed up black blood threaded with mycelium, Unpolished Jade revealed that her aunt died searching for underground ruins, and Xu Huo agreed to scout them with his Mental Evolution.
• Xu Huo used Home Field Advantage Perspective to examine Circus City, the Suitcase Man, and the black space, while his ability noted his plan to recover his losses and identified two of Unpolished Jade’s companions as top-tier A-class players.