Chapter Summaries

Bai Fu gave the players free Prayer Cards to help them defend the research facility and encourage future purchases. As they held off three waves of sandworms, she completed a Spiritual Energy Knowledge Chain, summoned her powerful twin true spirit Hei Fu, and sent her to fight a sandworm BOSS.

• Bai Fu distributed free Prayer Cards to the players, hoping they would survive the sandworm assault and become more willing to buy cards.
• The players fought the first wave of more than a thousand sandworms, using Prayer Cards and the research facility's terrain to hold them back.
• A level-26 elite sandworm threatened the players, so one of Bai Fu's hidden Little Bai Fus sacrificed herself to destroy it.
• As the higher-level third wave arrived, Bai Fu completed her Spiritual Energy Knowledge Chain and gained a Lesser Heart of Knowledge and the Twin True Spirits I talent.
• Bai Fu summoned and named her black-haired twin true spirit Hei Fu, then ordered her to kill the sandworm BOSS in the basement.

Bai Fu used Hei Fu as a tireless card maker and watched her defeat the Sandworm boss before leading players to fight the Insect Tide. She discovered a nest that produced stronger Sandworms and decided to turn it into a repeatable dungeon, while a group of white-robed travelers searched the desert for a Sacred Artifact.

• Bai Fu summoned Hei Fu, planned to have her make Prayer Cards, and introduced her to Little Yulia as a True Spirit.
• Hei Fu defeated the level-33 Sandworm boss while players watched and wondered why there were two Bai Fus.
• Bai Fu led the players out of the research institute to fight the Sandworms, then followed the Insect Tide to its source.
• Bai Fu found a nest where Sandworms mutated into stronger versions and decided to use it with the research institute as an Insect Tide dungeon.
• A group of white-robed travelers crossed the desert in search of God's blessing and the legendary Sacred Artifact.

Bai Fu capitalized on Hei Fu’s appearance by rewarding players and opening a research institute defense instance, while preparing the Silent Court for possible attacks. When Silent Court players were captured by mysterious white-robed strangers in the desert, Bai Fu went to rescue them.

• Digging Princess published a theory that Bai Fu and Hei Fu were sisters sharing one body, while Cat Head’s video argued that Bai Fu was unique because she could make Prayer Cards.
• Bai Fu returned to the research institute, awarded Explorer Badges to the players, and opened a defense instance to protect the psionic primordial from sandworms.
• Bai Fu strengthened security around Shelter No. 11, moved An Ya and Anya’s Mysterious Shop near the instance, and planned ways to gain experience faster.
• Bai Fu learned that strangers had attacked a group of Silent Court players in the desert, killing some and capturing the rest, including Black Tiger Afu.
• Bai Fu followed the captives’ live location to a dune, where white-robed strangers were preparing to sacrifice the players in tribute to their fallen prophet.

Fragrant Essence Fried Fish and other players were captured by white-robed people, but Bai Fu arrived to rescue them and pursued the attackers. After Bai Fu and Hei Fu defeated the group, Bai Fu discovered that their leader Pratt had the Strong Luck talent and might be tied to another main quest; the white-robed people then spotted a legendary Sacred Artifact in the sandworm pit.

• Fragrant Essence Fried Fish and other players were captured after the white-robed people attacked them, and the captives called for help in the faction channel.
• Fragrant Essence Fried Fish stalled the white-robed leader Pratt by boasting about Bai Fu until Bai Fu arrived with a group of players.
• Bai Fu attacked the white-robed people, then chased them as they fled into a sandworm swarm while the players freed the captives.
• Bai Fu and Hei Fu trapped the fleeing group at a sandworm nest, where Hei Fu fought Pratt and defeated him.
• Bai Fu used Spiritual Vision on Pratt and discovered he had the Strong Luck talent, then considered whether he was connected to another main quest.
• A white-robed man spotted a legendary Sacred Artifact in the enormous sandworm pit and called out to Pratt.

Bai Fu discovered an Obsidian Shard in the sandworm pit and learned that Pratt's group belonged to the Holy Spirit Church, whose camp was suffering from a mysterious illness. After overhearing Pratt plot with the Old Republic to kill her, Bai Fu confronted him at gunpoint.

• Bai Fu used Spiritual Vision to identify the red-quality Obsidian Shard and realized Pratt's group might know where the other fragments were.
• Pratt knelt and asked to return the Sacred Artifact to his camp before accepting punishment, claiming it could save people suffering from a strange illness.
• Bai Fu had Dallas Makarov investigate Pratt and learned he was a priest of the Holy Spirit Church, where a mysterious disease was spreading.
• Pratt contacted his camp in front of Bai Fu's players and praised her, unintentionally prompting players to speculate about her identity.
• Bai Fu's Darkmoon Eyes caught Pratt secretly contacting the Old Republic and plotting to lure her to the camp and have her killed.
• Bai Fu confronted Pratt as he emerged from behind a sand dune and pointed a gun at his forehead.

Bai Fu confronted Pratt over his plan to obtain the Obsidian Shard and learned the truth about the Holy Spirit Church and his ambitions. Pratt revealed leads on the last shard, triggering a hidden main quest for Bai Fu, who then attacked him.

• Bai Fu questioned Pratt about the Obsidian Shard and contacted Dallas and Su Li to investigate his ties to the Old Republic.
• Major Declan angrily rebuked Pratt for expecting the Old Republic to help him kill Bai Fu, leaving Pratt with no support.
• Pratt confessed that he had secretly contacted the Old Republic and planned to gather the Obsidian Shards to gain power and destroy the people behind the psychic research laboratories.
• Pratt shared leads on the last Obsidian Shard, and Bai Fu acquired the hidden main quest [Would-be Savior] with four branches spanning Zu Yuan Star.
• After the quest resolved automatically, Bai Fu attacked Pratt with Combat Etiquette and her electric blade.

Bai Fu killed Pratt, claimed his powerful quest rewards, and prepared for the upcoming conflict by crafting a ranged attack card. When Pratt’s disappearance threatened her relationship with the Holy Spirit Church, she agreed to visit its camp and consider helping its sick residents.

• Bai Fu and Hei Fu killed Pratt after he attacked Bai Fu, completing the hidden quest and earning Death Immunity, the Fate Hunter title, Ling Blast, and experience.
• Bai Fu leveled up, improved her health, and spent experience crafting a Penetrating Spear Prayer Card with a range of 2,000 meters.
• Bai Fu secretly disposed of Pratt’s remains and returned to the research institute without revealing what had happened.
• The next day, Bai Fu led players and Holy Spirit Church priests to the Sacred Artifact, where they found signs of a sandworm battle and concluded Pratt had gone missing while trying to steal it.
• Bai Fu accused the priests, then agreed to visit their camp and assess its sick residents before deciding whether to help them.

Bai Fu brought players to Tongshan Camp to investigate a contagious disease and discovered that the Old Republic’s experimental drug could cure it at high concentration. She also gave the players the main quest [Would-be Savior], found another Obsidian Shard in Pratt’s residence, and left for the Marsk Wilderness, where the Truth Society Chairman was inspecting a mutant laboratory.

• Bai Fu prepared Prayer Cards, took more than four hundred players to Tongshan Camp, and investigated the disease affecting the Holy Spirit Church.
• Bai Fu learned that a high-concentration version of the Old Republic’s Muscle Enhancement Drug could treat the disease, then assigned players to investigate the medicine and seek a Spiritual Energy Diffusion Committee roster through the [Would-be Savior] quest.
• Players speculated that Bai Fu might become Zu Yuan Star’s savior, and Bai Fu welcomed the reputation because it could discourage players from opposing her.
• Little Bai Fu found an Obsidian Shard in Pratt’s residence, which Bai Fu left there until she returned from the Marsk Wilderness.
• Bai Fu took a group of battle-ready players to the Marsk Wilderness, while the Truth Society Chairman arrived at its underground laboratory to inspect the mutant project.

Bai Fu and the players investigated the Marsk Wilderness and discovered a Truth Society laboratory where the Chairman was present. After Carel sent a helicopter to hunt them, Bai Fu led the players in destroying it with Penetrating Spear Prayer Cards.

• Bai Fu led the players to investigate the Marsk Wilderness, where they found armed guards and a helicopter near a hidden valley.
• Hei Fu ambushed the guards, captured one, and used a Darkmoon Eye Prayer Card to overhear that the site was a laboratory and the Chairman was nearby.
• Carel learned of the intruders and sent ground troops and a helicopter to search for them, hoping to earn a transfer from the laboratory.
• Bai Fu confirmed that the Chairman of the Truth Society was at the laboratory and summoned Su Li to join the operation.
• When the helicopter attacked and killed a player, Bai Fu armed nearby players with Penetrating Spear Prayer Cards.
• Bai Fu and the players launched dozens of spears at the helicopter, piercing it and causing it to explode and crash.

Bai Fu and Hei Fu defeated and killed Carel after the players shot down his helicopter, then learned the laboratory was researching mutant technology rather than a black stone tablet. The Chairman of the Truth Society emerged and used the Darkmoon Eye to meet Bai Fu’s gaze, declaring, “I see you!”

• The players shot down Carel’s helicopter, and Bai Fu confronted him after recognizing him as the former deputy leader of Watchers Camp.
• Bai Fu and Hei Fu fought Carel together, overwhelming him with Ling Blasts and other attacks until he was left near death.
• Bai Fu killed Carel, completing a branch of the Regional Main Quest [Elegy of the Watchers] and gaining experience.
• Bai Fu questioned the Truth Society guards and learned that the laboratory was researching technology to turn people into half-human, half-beast mutants.
• The Chairman of the Truth Society emerged from Laboratory No. 1, removed the Darkmoon Eye from a guard, and appeared to Bai Fu as a level 56 enemy.
• The Chairman crushed the Prayer Card and told Bai Fu, “I see you!”

Bai Fu led a coordinated assault on The Truth Society, striking the Chairman and destroying the Marsk Mutant Laboratory. After earning a large amount of experience, she reached level 20 and unlocked the career advancement quest Proof of Courage.

• The Chairman ordered the laboratory evacuated, then led helicopters and ground forces to investigate Carel's crash site and find the intruder.
• Little Bai Fu exploded as the opening signal, and players bombarded The Truth Society's forces with Penetrating Spear and Summon Ghost Prayer Cards.
• Sword Aura Piercing Sky, Hei Si, and other players attacked from multiple directions while Bai Fu's Prayer Cards caused further explosions among the guards.
• Hei Fu reached the Chairman and hit him with a Ling Blast, revealing Bai Fu's involvement before the Chairman killed her and hurried back to the laboratory.
• The Chairman's ground troops triggered Bai Fu's buried bombs near the laboratory, while Bai Fu received quest rewards and raised her Apprentice Psychic Artist level to Lv20.
• Bai Fu unlocked the career advancement quest Proof of Courage.

The Truth Society evacuated the Marsk Laboratory as forces from the Railroad Guild, Human Alliance, and Old Republic converged on it. Bai Fu helped defeat a powerful mutant, completed her class advancement quest, and uncovered a lead to another original spiritual energy specimen, leaving her ready to advance toward the pinnacle of Zu Yuan Star.

• The Truth Society's Chairman ordered an evacuation and sent Bernardo to investigate Bai Fu's identity as allied forces mobilized toward the Marsk Laboratory.
• Bai Fu chose to postpone selecting a branch for her class advancement quest, then learned from Su Li that the allied forces were approaching.
• Players mistook Black Fu's apparent death for Bai Fu's loss of her sister, and their distraction briefly made the laboratory staff think they were surrounded.
• Su Li brought elite agents from the Railroad Guild, Human Alliance, and Old Republic to the laboratory, where they encountered and killed Beast-like Mutant No. 1.
• Bai Fu completed [Proof of Courage], chose the Spiritual Energy Worship talent, and found a blueprint that triggered a quest to locate and destroy another original spiritual energy specimen.
• Bai Fu killed the remaining Truth Society members, gained enough experience to open the path to an advanced class, and declared her intention to level up.

Bai Fu completed her second class change and gained major stat increases, upgraded skills, and the powerful Dark Burn ability. While searching the ruined lab with Su Li, she received a message from the Chairman of The Truth Society through an interrogated mutant, who died immediately afterward.

• Bai Fu advanced from Apprentice Psychic Artist to Psychic Artist, greatly increasing her attributes, Health, and Psychic Energy.
• Bai Fu gained upgraded spiritual skills, new Prayer Card passives, Dispel, and the Dark Burn ultimate skill.
• Bai Fu resolved to farm experience quickly so she could prepare for the coming conflict on Zu Yuan Star.
• Bai Fu and Su Li searched deeper into the ruined lab while Behemoth of the Old Republic and Ding Hongtao interrogated a mutant.
• The mutant told Bai Fu that the Chairman wanted to speak with her and recited a temporary terminal number before collapsing dead.

Bai Fu spoke with the Chairman of the Truth Society, who tried to recruit her and threatened her after she refused. When Behemoth accused her of possible ties to the Society, Bai Fu revealed her advanced strength, and the Old Republic resolved to investigate her and her connection to Pratt's disappearance.

• Bai Fu contacted the Chairman of the Truth Society, and he offered her advanced Spiritual Energy Knowledge if she joined him; she refused, and he ended the call with a death threat.
• The mechanic failed to trace the Chairman's location, and Bai Fu considered rebuilding the Geli Desert before pursuing the Gene Primordial and the Old Republic.
• Behemoth suggested Bai Fu might be secretly working with the Truth Society and called for an investigation, while Su Li defended her.
• Bai Fu warned Behemoth against investigating her and fired three blasts of Dark Burn, revealing that she had unlocked an advanced class.
• Bai Fu decided to investigate the Old Republic's connection to the Holy Spirit Church's contagious disease and its concealed committee membership list, then left to tell the Undying that Hei Fu was alive.
• The Railroad Guild, Old Republic, Human Alliance, and Truth Society launched efforts to uncover Bai Fu's identity, while Behemoth told his superior that she might be connected to Pratt's disappearance.

Bai Fu returned to Tongshan Camp, where she revived Hei Fu’s reputation and watched players’ investigations spark rumors that she was the Darknight Sovereign. She expanded her plans for the camp and learned that pursuing Behemoth could uncover the Spiritual Energy Diffusion Committee’s records and earn a Memory Fragment.

• Bai Fu returned to Tongshan Camp with Hei Fu and explained that Hei Fu could not truly die while Bai Fu remained alive, prompting players to debate whether Hei Fu was a soul sharing Bai Fu’s body.
• Players investigated Bai Fu’s identity across different planets, and psychic-power espers concluded that she was the legendary Darknight Sovereign; Bai Fu worried that the rumors could cause trouble on Zu Yuan Star.
• Bai Fu ordered Old Nissen and Gao Yuan to recruit more players and send Carel’s body to the Geli Desert, then obtained Pratt’s Obsidian Shard and joined the players’ investigations.
• Players reported that the Old Republic had medicine for Tongshan Camp’s infectious disease but was withholding it, and they suspected a conspiracy involving the Muscle Enhancement Drug.
• Convert to My Fu told Bai Fu that Deputy Minister Behemoth managed the Old Republic’s Records Division, leading the hidden quest to offer exploration progress and a Memory Fragment as rewards.
• Bai Fu considered whether Memory Fragments could let her explore past events and provide another way to earn experience.

Bai Fu prepared to capture Behemoth by improving her speed and acquiring a custom combat suit, then used a coordinated player operation to draw him out of the Intelligence Department. She defeated and abducted Behemoth, then escaped with Hei Fu as reinforcements approached.

• Bai Fu made Prayer Cards for three days, raised Moonlight Dancer to Advanced Lv. 5, and gained the Moonlit Concealment skill.
• Bai Fu collected her custom combat suit from Su Li and learned that Truth Society attacks had drawn some Old Republic agents away from Black Mountain City.
• Bai Fu ordered players to capture researchers and stage conflicting coup rumors across the city, distracting the Old Republic and prompting Behemoth to leave the Intelligence Department.
• Bai Fu ambushed Behemoth outside the building, shattered his shield, and overwhelmed him with Dark Burn, Ling Blast, and Otherworldly Erosion.
• Bai Fu grabbed the weakened Behemoth and fled with Hei Fu as people rushed toward the scene.

Bai Fu deceived Sandiron and the Old Republic into blaming the Truth Society, then interrogated Behemoth for information about the Spiritual Energy Diffusion Committee. After completing her quest and killing Behemoth, she acquired a Memory Fragment and escaped, whereupon she noticed a player’s link about a leaked update.

• Bai Fu used five Little Bai Fus to ambush Sandiron, then sent a Hei Fu decoy to fight him and make him believe the Truth Society had attacked.
• Bai Fu interrogated Behemoth by claiming he could join the Truth Society, and he revealed information about the Spiritual Energy Diffusion Committee, its research branches, and the Old Republic’s experiments.
• Bai Fu completed the branch quest, received a Memory Fragment, and killed Behemoth despite promising to let him join the Truth Society.
• Bai Fu buried Behemoth and opened a Memory Fragment that described a level 35 dungeon about the mutant rebellion at Psychic Research Institute, Branch No. 1.
• Bai Fu escaped after checking that the players had completed their missions, then clicked a link advertising a leak about the 1.2 update.

Bai Fu learned that the upcoming version 1.2 update would make her the Spiritual Energy Artist class mentor and feature her among Zu Yuan Star’s important story characters. After earning experience from a Memory Fragment dungeon, she returned toward the Geli Desert as the Truth Society’s Chairman prepared to meet Yulia.

• Bai Fu watched the version 1.2 update preview, which announced new features and named her the Spiritual Energy Artist class mentor.
• Bai Fu celebrated her growing prominence in the game and read players’ speculation about her identity and upcoming story quests.
• Bai Fu returned to Tongshan Camp, turned in her infectious-disease investigation quest, and told the others to keep caring for the patients.
• Bai Fu cleared a Memory Fragment dungeon by helping the mutants escape, earning 140,000 experience points and learning that they had been executed in reality.
• The Old Republic blamed the Truth Society for the attack on Black Mountain City and issued a wanted notice for Behemoth, while the Chairman realized someone had impersonated his organization.
• The Chairman of the Truth Society dismissed the impersonator as a useful distraction and told Doctor Ed to arrange his meeting with Yulia.

Bai Fu prepared the Geli Desert for the version update by recruiting more players and organizing construction across five strongholds, while the Truth Society continued experimenting on Yulia. At the update’s arrival, the game officially changed Bai Fu’s role to protagonist of Zu Yuan Star’s single main plot, though her new enhancements were not revealed.

• The Chairman of The Truth Society learned that Yulia’s physical abilities had improved despite her unstable mental state, while Ed reported progress on an enhancement potion and continued experiments with test subjects.
• Overly Foolish Master joined Ed’s experiment as a spy for the Silent Court and planned to uncover the location of The Truth Society’s main base.
• Bai Fu returned to Shelter No. 11, urged Gao Yuan to recruit more Undying, and tasked Old Nissen with managing a construction campaign across five Geli Desert strongholds.
• Bai Fu told An Ya to learn to manage the Silent Court because she might someday leave Zu Yuan Star, and players rapidly built foundations and fences at the strongholds.
• At midnight, the game shut down for the 1.2 update and officially reclassified Bai Fu as the protagonist of Zu Yuan Star’s single main plot.

Bai Fu received ten enhancements, including a World BOSS classification and a Challenge Dungeon function, then created a Bagalos dungeon designed to attract players and earn experience. She also planned a stele honoring the players who built the Silent Court’s strongholds as she prepared for the version update.

• Bai Fu received ten corrections, including an improved exclusive talent and Superpower Burst skill, and her classification changed to World BOSS.
• Bai Fu discovered that the Silent Court could create Challenge Dungeons and set their shops to sell skills and knowledge for experience.
• Bai Fu created the Bagalos Challenge Dungeon, featuring four BOSSes, a hidden Yulia clone, stage rewards, and leaderboards.
• Bai Fu stocked the dungeon’s preparation shop with items and skills, hoping players and rival guilds would compete for records and spend heavily.
• Bai Fu asked Gao Yuan to arrange a large, well-designed stele so she could carve the names of players who helped build the five strongholds.