Recaps

Yang Ling accompanied the White Bone Divine Lord to investigate Ji Tianming’s disappearance and learned that Ji Tianming had come to Jiajiu City on a mission. After Chen Zhangyin reported that the witnesses had died, Yang Ling recognized that they had been silenced but stayed quiet as the White Bone Divine Lord asked him to identify Chen Jiu’s connection to the case.

• The White Bone Divine Lord explained that Ji Tianming and the item he had been sent to retrieve had both disappeared from Jiajiu City.
• Yang Ling and the others waited for Chen Zhangyin to bring witnesses, but Chen Zhangyin returned two hours later and said Exotic Beasts had killed them.
• Yang Ling used Insight Technique and learned that Chen Jiu had killed the three witnesses, confirming that Ji Tianming had likely been framed.
• Chen Zhangyin dismissed further investigation and warned the White Bone Divine Lord that anyone staying in Jiajiu City had to help defend against beast tides.
• The White Bone Divine Lord privately asked Yang Ling whether he had insights linking Chen Jiu to the case, saying he could act if Yang Ling made that determination.

Yang Ling realized the White Bone Divine Lord and a Myriad Manifestations Office Land Immortal believed he had a powerful Land Immortal backing him, so he pretended he needed time to consult that nonexistent ally. He stayed in Jiajiu City under Zhu Xiu’s protection and sought pills to improve his soul-strengthening method.

• Yang Ling deduced that the White Bone Divine Lord had brought him along to involve the supposed Land Immortal behind him in the search for Chen Jiu and the missing item.
• Yang Ling told the White Bone Divine Lord that he needed time, and she agreed to remain in Jiajiu City and watch Chen Jiu while awaiting news.
• The White Bone Divine Lord assigned Zhu Xiu to protect Yang Ling and arranged for them to share a courtyard residence.
• Yang Ling asked Zhu Xiu about his cultivation rank, and Zhu Xiu claimed he was a Third-Rank Grandmaster.
• Yang Ling asked Zhu Xiu about pills for his soul-strengthening method, but Zhu Xiu said he had no White Bone Essence Pills to spare and suggested the Southern Apothecary.

Yang Ling searched Jiajiu City’s southern medicine market for high-grade pills and learned that spiritual materials were abundant and cheaper in the Abyssal Beast Cavern. He found a shop selling Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills, but had to agree to buy a thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills as well, leaving the deal pending payment on delivery.

• Yang Ling disguised himself and searched the southern medicine market, finding only common, low-grade pills.
• Yang Ling overheard Heavenly Crane Mystic Sect disciples discuss how much cheaper pills were in Jiajiu City than outside the Abyssal Beast Cavern.
• Yang Ling concluded that the cavern’s abundant resources and the need to attract martial artists kept spiritual-material prices low.
• Yang Ling asked a medicine shopkeeper about Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills and learned they were rare and cost at least fifty thousand taels of gold.
• The shopkeeper refused to sell to Yang Ling unless he first bought a thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills, so Yang Ling agreed to buy both items, with payment on delivery.

Yang Ling bought Qi-Nourishing Pills and a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill in Jiajiu City, then learned the city strictly enforced identity and trade rules. After Zhu Xiu warned him that Qi-Nourishing Pills could damage Martial Way Kindling, Yang Ling realized they granted immediate cultivation gains without a cooldown.

• The shopkeeper explained Jiajiu City's binding trade customs, checked Yang Ling's travel permit, and agreed to sell him pills under his real identity.
• Yang Ling exchanged gold ingots for Abyssal Gold Notes, bought a case of Qi-Nourishing Pills and a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill, and learned about the upcoming Jiajiu Trade Fair.
• Yang Ling decided to openly sell his Fire Flood Dragon Scales at the fair and arranged for the Precious Medicine Gang to appraise them.
• Yang Ling returned to his courtyard with the pills, and Zhu Xiu warned him that taking too many Qi-Nourishing Pills could contaminate his body and destroy his Martial Way Kindling.
• Yang Ling realized that Qi-Nourishing Pills immediately increased internal energy cultivation without requiring energy circulation.

Yang Ling discovered that his Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling neutralized Qi-Nourishing Pill poison, letting him consume pills to rapidly improve his skills. He then presented enormous Fire Flood Dragon Scales to the Precious Medicine Gang for appraisal, and the appraiser recognized them as scales from a Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon.

• Zhu Xiu warned Yang Ling that Qi-Nourishing Pills worked immediately but their poison could harm martial artists, and told him the Jiajiu Trade Fair would take place in three days.
• After Zhu Xiu left, Yang Ling used a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill to raise the White Bone Origin Spirit Method's Experience Points to 53,000.
• Yang Ling swallowed Qi-Nourishing Pills and found that his Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling burned away their poison while each pill added 50 Experience Points to his chosen skill.
• Yang Ling ate a thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills, raising the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual's Experience Points from 480,000 to 530,000, and concluded that he could exploit the pills to improve multiple skills.
• Yang Ling showed the Precious Medicine Gang's shopkeeper and an elderly appraiser a huge set of scales, and the appraiser identified them as belonging to a Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon.

Yang Ling exposed a Precious Medicine Gang appraiser for undervaluing his Fire Flood Dragon Scale and beat him, then faced the Cicada-Holding Directorate and the gang's young leader. The appraiser insisted the scale was Third Rank despite Yang Ling claiming it came from a First Rank dragon, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• A blue-robed elder offered Yang Ling three hundred thousand gold for his scale, claiming it was shed by a Third Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon.
• Yang Ling seized the elder, beat him, and accused him of trying to swindle him while the shopkeeper fled.
• The elder threatened Yang Ling with the arrival of the Cicada-Holding Directorate and the Precious Medicine Gang's powerful allies, then offered five hundred thousand gold for the scale.
• Eunuch Chen and the Precious Medicine Gang's young leader arrived with officials, and Yang Ling admitted assaulting the appraiser.
• Yang Ling said he would take the case to Chen Zhangyin and warned the officials to protect the scale from the Precious Medicine Gang.
• Yang Ling claimed the scale came from a First Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon, but Master Qingmu insisted it was Third Rank.

Yang Ling challenged the Precious Medicine Gang to verify the Fire Flood Dragon Scale after its appraiser claimed it was ordinary. The chief retainer confirmed it was a rare First Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Scale, and the gang punished Qingmu before asking Yang Ling to sell it.

• Eunuch Chen and the Precious Medicine Gang agreed to have the gang's chief retainer appraise Yang Ling's scale.
• The chief retainer identified the scale as a First Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Scale and accused Qingmu of breaking the gang's rules.
• The young man in fine robes made Qingmu swallow a Rootless Pill, and the chief retainer put out his eyes so his Flesh Regeneration Power could not restore them.
• The young man in fine robes and the chief retainer apologized to Yang Ling, who accepted their resolution.
• The young man in fine robes asked Yang Ling whether he could purchase the Fire Flood Dragon Scale.

Yang Ling negotiated with the Precious Medicine Gang to sell his Fire Flood Dragon Scale for three million gold, accepting pills toward the price. He secured 100 crates each of Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills, plus a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill, and left the gang’s shopkeeper astonished.

• The chief retainer cited an old sale in which a First-Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Scale had fetched two million gold.
• The young man in brocade offered Yang Ling three million gold for the scale, though the gang could provide only one million in Abyssal Gold Notes immediately.
• Yang Ling agreed to accept pills as payment and asked about the gang’s stocks of Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills.
• Yang Ling offered the scale in exchange for 100 crates of each pill, and the young man in brocade accepted.
• The young man in brocade added a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill, leaving the shopkeeper amazed by the unusual deal.

Yang Ling raced to consume the Precious Medicine Gang’s Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills before a Divine Domain update, rapidly advancing several martial skills. After making major gains, he began training the Candle Dragon Seven-Star Sword Technique and discovered what its Transcendent Saint advancement might unlock.

• Yang Ling received crates of Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills from the Precious Medicine Gang and sent the brocade-clad young man away with the Fire Flood Dragon Scales.
• Yang Ling consumed Qi-Nourishing Pills until the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual advanced to Supernatural Skill and granted him Heart of Heavenly Will, which guaranteed hits within range.
• Yang Ling consumed more pills and advanced the Great Grade Azure Dragon Force to Supernatural Skill, transforming it into Heavenly Dipper Azure Dragon Force and doubling its true damage.
• Yang Ling used the remaining Qi-Nourishing Pills to raise the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique to 3,553,000 experience points, then started consuming Essence-Accumulating Pills.
• Yang Ling advanced the Candle Dragon Seven-Star Sword Technique to Supernatural Skill and saw that its Transcendent Saint form would become the Candle Dragon Soul-Seizing Formation.

Yang Ling advanced several martial skills and consumed his stock of pills before Divine Domain 2.1 imposed a one-day cooldown on Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills. He raised his mental power beyond a thousand with the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique, then faced a surprise attack by four skeletons in his courtyard.

• Yang Ling advanced the Dragon Catching Saber Technique to supernatural skill, gaining the Dragon Slaying skill, then used his remaining pills to raise the Wind God Vajra Leg's proficiency.
• Yang Ling planned to spend the next five months acquiring more pills, but an emergency Divine Domain 2.1 update imposed a one-day cooldown on Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills.
• Yang Ling stopped planning to sell his possessions for pills and used a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill to advance the White Bone Origin Spirit Method, gaining 200 mental power at the cost of 120 strength.
• Yang Ling activated the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique, pushing his mental power above a thousand and greatly increasing his ability to control objects.
• Yang Ling went into the courtyard after noticing something outside, where four skeletons emerged behind him and swung their sabers at him.

Yang Ling defeated Cheng Bei and his junior sister after uncovering their spiritual ambush and identifying them as White Bone Cave martial artists. Zhu Xiu appeared, and Yang Ling demanded an explanation from him.

• Four skeletons attacked Yang Ling with alternating solid and intangible strikes, but he evaded them and deduced that a nearby practitioner controlled them through Mental Power.
• Yang Ling drew out the five skeletons and shattered them with his Divine Ape Spirit Body, revealing Cheng Bei and his junior sister as their controllers.
• Yang Ling incapacitated Cheng Bei and his junior sister, then inspected their Attribute Panels and learned Cheng Bei practiced the Little White Bone Origin Spirit Method.
• Yang Ling told the captives that he had come to Jiajiu City with Division Supervisor Bai to investigate a case and named Zhu Xiu, Luo Wendao, and the White Bone Elder.
• Cheng Bei and his junior sister denied that Zhu Xiu and the others were alive until Zhu Xiu entered the room, prompting Yang Ling to demand an explanation from him.

Yang Ling confronted Zhu Xiu over Cheng Bei and his companion’s attempted assassination, then accepted the White Bone Divine Lord as his master in exchange for White Bone Cave’s secret techniques. He became the Young Cave Lord, and the Divine Lord warned that their master-disciple bond would end only with death.

• Zhu Xiu explained that Chen Jiu had ordered Cheng Bei and his companion to attack Yang Ling to obstruct the investigation into Ji Tianming’s case.
• Yang Ling demanded compensation for the assassination attempt, first asking for White Bone Essence Pills, then Abyssal Gold Notes, and finally the Great Flying Sword Technique.
• The White Bone Divine Lord appeared and offered to teach Yang Ling White Bone Cave’s secrets if he became her disciple.
• Yang Ling accepted the Divine Lord as his master and received the White Bone Origin Spirit Method and Great Flying Sword Technique.
• Yang Ling advanced the White Bone Origin Spirit Method to Supernatural Skill by learning a duplicate, and Zhu Xiu addressed him as Young Cave Lord.

Yang Ling advanced the White Bone Origin Spirit Method to supernatural skill, gaining a major increase in mental power and becoming the Young Cave Lord of White Bone Cave. He discovered the method’s three forms and tested his new ability to control five white bone warriors, ending with them striking him hard enough to make him spit blood.

• Yang Ling confirmed that the White Bone Origin Spirit Method had reached supernatural skill and gained 400 spirit while losing strength, agility, health, and qi and blood.
• The White Bone Divine Lord named Yang Ling the Young Cave Lord of White Bone Cave and promised Zhu Xiu would deliver him a token to prove his identity.
• Yang Ling reviewed his attributes, raised his strength and agility, and saw that the White Bone General and Emperor forms required 2,500 and 6,000 mental power.
• Yang Ling summoned five white bone warriors and found that he could control them as if they were extensions of himself, dividing his thoughts among them.
• Yang Ling boosted his attributes and armed himself to test the warriors’ attack limit, but they punched him and made him spit out a cloud of bloody mist.

Yang Ling tested how much his defenses had improved and began practicing the Great Flying Sword Technique, discovering that it let him perceive the world through a flying dagger. After spotting surveillance around his courtyard, he decided to prioritize the technique over the Heavenly Will Divine Saber.

• Yang Ling used the White Bone Buddha Overlord Body and Heavenly Wolf Divine Weapon Armor to withstand the five white bone warriors’ attacks with minimal damage, then dispelled the technique when his mental power began to fall.
• Yang Ling examined the Great Flying Sword Technique and concluded its long control range made it more useful than Object Control despite its lack of attribute boosts.
• Yang Ling trained until the Great Flying Sword Technique reached first glimpse of the door, then used a flying dagger to survey the street through its senses.
• Yang Ling spotted Chen Jiu’s surveillance, including a rugged man, a tavern waiter, and Cicada-Holding Directorate patrols, and noticed Zhu Xiu approaching.
• Yang Ling decided to use the two-thousand-year-old Black Thunder Tortoise-Shell Lingzhi on the Great Flying Sword Technique after first training it to perfected skill.

Yang Ling bound the White Bone Ring, but he and Zhu Xiu were conscripted when Jiajiu City mobilized against a powerful Abyssal Beast Cavern threat. The defense quest began as a million martial artists gathered outside the city, and its rewards had no upper limit.

• Zhu Xiu delivered the White Bone Ring, and Yang Ling bound it for 20,000 Abyssal Gold Notes.
• An old eunuch conscripted Yang Ling and Zhu Xiu under the Cicada-Holding Directorate's authority, while a hidden expert's killing intent prevented them from resisting.
• Yang Ling and Zhu Xiu saw hundreds of thousands of martial artists assemble outside Jiajiu City, with similar forces gathering at its other gates.
• Zhu Xiu explained that an Emperor Lord, a fearsome exotic beast difficult even for First Rank Land Immortals, might be attacking, and said the battle could last six months to a year.
• The Divine Guard Office instance began the optional merge-region quest to defend Jiajiu City, offering participants at least 100 taels of gold and five Peiyuan Pills, with no upper reward limit.

Players in the Intermediate Divine Guard Office instance reacted to a high-reward Merge-Region Quest, weighing its dangers and deciding whether to participate. Yang Ling anticipated encountering Luo Kai and Immortal God Cult members, then began forming a plan as the White Bone Divine Lord and Chen Jiu arrived.

• The Immortal God Cult members ordered Luo Kai to join the Merge-Region Quest, and he agreed rather than remain in jail.
• Zhang Shendao, Lin Caiyi, and the Patrol Division Eighth Office players discussed the quest’s risks and rewards, then several decided to participate.
• The players worried that cultists from multiple regions might gather, and some changed their minds about joining to protect Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling considered the risks, hoped Luo Kai would enter the quest, and devised an “Immortal God Cult Mass Logout Plan.”
• Zhu Xiu announced that the White Bone Divine Lord and Chen Jiu had arrived with two Third-Rank Grandmasters from the Cicada-Holding Directorate.

Chen Jiu deployed the assembled Martial Artists to defend Jiajiu City as three Land Immortals went to confront the Red Flame Emperor. Yang Ling was assigned to Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, where his allies arrived ahead of him and reported that they were surrounded by the Immortal God Cult.

• Chen Jiu announced the Red Flame Emperor’s campaign, and three Land Immortals from the Great Dream Dynasty rushed out to face it.
• Zhu Xiu accepted his deployment orders, while Yang Ling joined the quest and selected Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine as his post.
• Eunuch Chen confirmed that Yang Ling would reinforce two Fifth-Rank Minor Grandmasters at the mine, and the White Bone Divine Lord told him to keep a low profile there.
• Yang Ling discovered that Players from other regions had gathered at the mine and told Lin Caiyi and Qin Mo to investigate the terrain and identify Immortal God Cult cultists without engaging them.
• Qin Mo reported that the group was surrounded by the Immortal God Cult, so Yang Ling asked Eunuch Chen for a map and prepared to go ahead at speed.

Players from Zhao State confronted Zhai Zhen and the Immortal God Cult in the Red Copper Mine, while rumors spread that Yang Ling might be nearby. The arrival of You Sijin, Rank One on the Great Dream Dynasty’s Divine Realm Rank List, revealed that the instance was set in the Great Dream Dynasty.

• Players speculated that the Yang Ling mentioned by Lin Caiyi’s group was the level-100 martial-skill expert, while Liu Yu recalled a Yang Ling killing a Fifth-Rank Minor Grandmaster.
• Zhai Zhen threatened the Iron Clothes and their allies with explosives, but Qin Mo and the others refused to back down.
• Chen Guoqing urged Zhai Zhen to obey the law, but Zhai Zhen declared that the Immortal God Cult would help its followers attain immortality and blamed its persecutors for players quitting the game.
• A group in unfamiliar Divine Guard Office-style uniforms arrived and greeted Zhai Zhen as an ally.
• You Sijin introduced himself as Rank One on the Great Dream Dynasty’s Divine Realm Rank List, revealing that the instance was in the Great Dream Dynasty.

You Sijin, Rank One of the Great Dream Dynasty, arrived at Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, mocked Zhao State’s players, and tried to take command of a shared quest while defending the Immortal God Cult. As he dismissed Yang Ling as no threat, Yang Ling suddenly appeared before the gathered players.

• You Sijin’s appearance startled the players from several regions, and Liu Yu said the Great Dream Dynasty’s Rank One was likely stronger than him.
• You Sijin criticized Lin Caiyi and other top Zhao State players for their cultivation, then praised Yang Ling for unlocking the Martial Skill Realm Rank List and reaching level 100 first.
• Qin Mo warned You Sijin and the Immortal God Cult members that Yang Ling was nearby, but You Sijin claimed the mine forbade fighting and said Yang Ling could not threaten him.
• You Sijin said he was not in the Immortal God Cult but would help his brother Zhai Zhen resolve the dispute, then urged the players to cooperate on the Jiajiu City quest.
• A rumbling approached, and Yang Ling suddenly appeared before the gathered players, shocking Liu Yu.

Yang Ling arrived at the Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine at astonishing speed and identified himself as a Myriad Manifestations Office official sent to reinforce the garrison. After the other players realized who he was, he confronted Zhai Zhen and the Immortal God Cult members.

• Yang Ling tested Lingxu Step's Near at Hand, Yet Worlds Apart at full speed, then examined the gathered people's attribute panels and studied You Sijin's abilities.
• You Sijin introduced himself as a reinforcement, while players mistook Yang Ling for an NPC until Liu Yu recognized him and greeted him as an old acquaintance.
• Two Fifth-Rank garrison officers asked who had come to help, and Yang Ling identified himself as the head of the Eighth Division of the Patrol Division, sent by Chen Zhangyin.
• Yang Ling showed his identity token, declined the officers' invitation for tea, and remained at the mine while the other reinforcements were still on their way.
• Yang Ling spotted Zhai Zhen hiding behind You Sijin and ordered the Immortal God Cult members to stand at attention, threatening to make them quit the game.

Yang Ling confronted Zhai Zhen and the Immortal God Cult at Eagle Valley’s red copper mine, refusing You Sijin’s attempt to mediate and declaring his plan to drive the cult’s members from Divine Domain. After killing more than a hundred of them and defeating You Sijin, Yang Ling ordered the remaining players screened and the mine searched.

• You Sijin asked Yang Ling to set aside his grievances with the Immortal God Cult until after the mission, but Yang Ling refused and announced his plan to force its members out of the game.
• Zhai Zhen defended the cult and rejected You Sijin’s offer to persuade him to leave, so Yang Ling approached him with the Heaven Swallowing Divine Blade.
• Yang Ling killed over a hundred Immortal God Cult members in an instant, then struck down You Sijin when he charged in grief and fury over Zhai Zhen’s death.
• Yang Ling identified himself to the arriving martial artists as an official of the Myriad Manifestations Office and ordered them to collect the bodies for his assignment.
• Yang Ling ordered all players to gather within half an hour for screening and told Qin Mo to lead Zhao State players in searching the mine.

At Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, Yang Ling interrogated Immortal God Cult players and exposed their crimes, then had every cultist from Zhao State and the Rong Tribe removed from the game. He told the gathered players to focus on defending Jiajiu City while he continued searching for the cult’s members elsewhere.

• Wang Duo and Ding Xing discussed the mine’s importance and agreed to cooperate with Yang Ling’s arrest operation.
• Qin Mo reported that players from Zhao State and the Rong Tribe had captured the cultists at the mine, while Yang Ling learned the news could not be kept from other strongholds.
• Yang Ling revealed that Qiu Donghang had killed three players to steal their belongings, and a fellow cultist attacked him before Yang Ling killed him with a throwing knife.
• Yang Ling questioned the captured cultists, and every Immortal God Cult member from Zhao State and the Rong Tribe left the game.
• Zhang Shendao and Chen Guoqing warned the players to hold on to their moral boundaries, while Qin Mo reported that no cultist knew Li Fengxian’s whereabouts.
• Yang Ling said he would prioritize the main quest, visit cultists at other strongholds when possible, and meet with representatives from each region.

Yang Ling gathered regional player representatives to urge cooperation against the Immortal God Cult and proposed the Grandmaster Project for building trust and sharing information during future Merge-Region Quests. The chapter ended with Qin Mo registering the representatives and recording who refused to join.

• Yang Ling introduced himself to the regional representatives and told You Sijin to leave, but You Sijin returned to his seat after learning Yang Ling had reached level 151.
• Yang Ling explained that the Immortal God Cult had spread in Zhao State and the Rong Tribe because its Cult Master was in the Zhao State region, and he urged the other regions to suppress it if it gained influence.
• You Sijin challenged Yang Ling’s authority, and Yang Ling revealed that he was Top Upper Fifth Rank and expected to reach the Fourth-Rank Grandmaster realm soon.
• Liu Yu backed Yang Ling’s strength by saying he had seen him kill a Fifth-Rank Minor Grandmaster, while You Sijin continued to oppose cooperation.
• Yang Ling proposed the Grandmaster Project, offering members cross-region trade and paid exchanges of key information in return for maintaining trust and security.
• Yang Ling ordered Qin Mo to register the representatives and identify those unwilling to join the Grandmaster Project.

Yang Ling recruited players into the Grandmaster Project, expelled You Sijin after he refused to cooperate, and learned more about the Divine Guard Office. After improving the Great Flying Sword Technique, he and Eagle Valley prepared to face the first beast tide of the Red Flame Emperor’s war of conquest.

• Yang Ling told the new Grandmaster Project members that duplicate internal methods and martial skills could grant experience or proficiency, then ordered them to watch for the Immortal God Cult.
• You Sijin refused to support the project, so Yang Ling expelled him and appointed Liu Dali as the Great Dream Dynasty’s representative; Liu Dali openly backed the project.
• After the other players left, Liu Dali told Yang Ling that players suspected the Divine Guard Office’s Department Master had sexually exploited Zhang Daochu and You Sijin to help them cultivate multiple first-class internal skills.
• Yang Ling practiced the Great Flying Sword Technique while players across the regions fought beast tides, and the technique advanced to entering the hall and room after he consumed Black Thunder Tortoise-Shell Lingzhi.
• Beacon smoke rose at a sentry post near the Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, and Wang Duo, Ding Xing, and Eunuch Chen mobilized Eagle Valley’s forces to meet the incoming beast tide.

Yang Ling and You Sijin joined Eagle Valley’s defense against a Beast Tide, and Yang Ling slaughtered the charging Ironclad Rhinoceroses with his flying daggers. After the survivors celebrated the victory, a corrupted arrow struck Wang Duo, and Eunuch Chen identified the attacker as an Abyssal Martial Artist.

• Wang Duo described the Beast Tide and urged Eunuch Chen to oversee the battle from the rear, but Eunuch Chen refused and drew his saber.
• Yang Ling revealed You Sijin as a fourth fifth-rank fighter and assigned him to help deal with the Ironclad Rhinoceroses.
• As the Beast Tide arrived, most players trembled with fear while the natives prepared to fight.
• You Sijin crippled an Ironclad Rhinoceros with a lightning-charged dagger, and Yang Ling killed the charging rhinoceroses with a barrage of flying daggers.
• With the most dangerous beasts dead, the players charged in, and the Beast Tide retreated after an hour of fighting.
• A black-mist-covered arrow struck Wang Duo and killed or injured hundreds nearby, prompting Eunuch Chen to shout that an Abyssal Martial Artist had attacked.