Recaps

After clearing “King's Throne,” Xu Huo returned to District 014 as attacks spread, rescuing Bai Kou and fighting Outer District Players while the country mobilized. His campaign left Ting City trapped amid claims that he was attacking it, and he confronted players drawn to seize an Origin Stone.

• Xu Huo assigned cities to allied players, expanded restrictions on governors and warfare, and made leaders and players sign The Hidden Lawsuit before activating a teleportation apparatus that soon self-destructed.
• After confirming his Dungeon clear and receiving A-class privileges and SSS-clear rewards, Xu Huo reviewed his new abilities and equipment as reports of unrest and emerging instances reached him.
• Xu Huo borrowed Two Hundred Halves from Jin Zi, joined the Magician’s components to complete his Hypercube Space, and traveled to Platinum Eye as the Suitcase Man attacked the city.
• Xu Huo rescued Bai Kou from the Suitcase Man and helped her escape, then took her to Gao Ming for treatment before she returned to Platinum Eye with the authorization for the Suitcase Man’s Super Dungeon.
• As District 014 descended into conflict, Xu Huo killed the Tailor, fought invading forces at the border, and hunted Outer District Players across combat zones while Nie Xuan’s team helped defend the country.
• Ting City became trapped as false reports blamed Xu Huo for attacks, and Yan Jiayu’s group suspected a mental-type instance while Xu Huo tracked a group of players to a county town.
• Huang Junjie told Xu Huo that Zong Lanzhi had offered the group a share of an Origin Stone’s value, and Xu Huo confronted the players gathered around the Mall and warned them not to take it.

Xu Huo collapsed the Wisteria instance, rescued people across District 014, and defeated Jin Feixue amid a new A-Rank instance. He returned to Capital City injured, where officials faced a population crisis inside the instance.

• Xu Huo entered the Wisteria instance in He City, rescued trapped people, and discovered that the shared dream and vines were killing sleepers.
• Xu Huo found a purple Origin Stone inside an enormous wisteria tree, then destroyed the forest and hidden fortress until the Hunting instance collapsed.
• Xu Huo defeated Outer District Players across District 014, cleared its Level One battle zones, and returned to the isolated Ting City before preparing for Jin Feixue.
• Xu Huo confronted Jin Feixue in Capital City, where their battle triggered an A-Rank Random Instance and trapped Xu Huo inside District 014.
• Xu Huo and Nie Xuan fought Jin Feixue as his instruments and Bai Tiaoyi’s interference threatened to open a spatial passage and unleash magma.
• Xu Huo emerged from the battle alive, and the game confirmed Jin Feixue and three Ghastly Sound Knights had died.
• The Holy Sword Society delivered Bai Tiaoyi’s corpse, and Xu Huo reunited with the painted woman and Big Mao.
• Minister Ji told Xu Huo that the Capital City instance had caused 127 suffocation deaths, and Xu Huo treated his internal injuries while learning that the strongest Players had gathered there.

Xu Huo helped Capital City survive the suffocation crisis and its Dungeon merger while Players and officials reshaped the district government. After the fog lifted, he returned to family and research, then entered a powerful manor instance to rescue Wang Xiaohui.

• Xu Huo warned Nie Xuan that destroying Capital City’s A-class instance might not be easy, as suffocation deaths and unrest spread through the city.
• Xu Huo pushed Players and officials toward a shared government structure, while delayed evacuations led to mass deaths and forced Zong Lanzhi to help care for survivors.
• Xu Huo rescued poisoned residents and confronted Players exploiting the crisis, while the government contained kidnappings, bomb threats, and other disorder.
• After the Dungeon cleared, Xu Huo reunited with Yan Jiayu, Big Mao, Gu Yu, Yu Qingqing, and his family, then visited Tang Guangbo to discuss mental defenses and evolution.
• Xu Huo examined items from Jin Feixue and the Special Defense Department, finding records that linked Jin Feixue, Dou Shengnan, Bai Tiaoyi, and Whale to premature aging.
• Wei Mang asked Xu Huo to rescue Wang Xiaohui from the expanding Wang Family Manor instance, and Xu Huo agreed after learning its dangers and accepting the item Ice and Snow World.
• Xu Huo, the painted woman, and Wei Mang entered the manor through separate entrances, where Xu Huo received a mission to kill his reflection.
• Xu Huo encountered distorted reflections, questioned Wang Chengren near the Lake, and watched a second Wang Chengren plunge into the water.

Xu Huo investigated the Wang Family Manor’s Reflection Worlds, uncovering the memories and fractured mind behind Ms. Yao’s power. After absorbing her memories, he reached Wang Xiaohui in the garden, leaving their meeting ahead.

• Xu Huo discovered that reflections and the lake connected shifting spaces, then was drawn into a dining hall where Ms. Yao served human organs with the Reflection People.
• Xu Huo fought the Reflection People across the manor, rescued trapped players, and learned that his own Reflection Person had evolved into multiple copies capable of attacking minds.
• Xu Huo investigated Wang Xiaohui’s past and Ms. Yao’s role in it, uncovering Ms. Yao’s cruelty toward Xiaohui and the family’s history of violence.
• Xu Huo followed Ms. Yao’s memories and learned that her mental Evolution brought memory gaps, alternate personalities, and episodes in which she killed the manor’s employees.
• Xu Huo found the glass flower at the heart of Ms. Yao’s Spiritual World and absorbed her memories, learning how she sensed emotions and judged others’ mental resistance.
• Xu Huo returned to the dining room, told Ms. Yao he was Wang Xiaohui’s friend, and followed the Reflection People with the others to find Wang Xiaohui in a wheelchair in the garden pavilion.