Recaps

Bai Xiaowen led the coalition to destroy the Snakefolk bases and defeat Kolorios, then investigated the disaster that submerged Amusha Forest. He found a shattered Earth Vein Pillar beneath the sea and continued exploring the cavern with Li Shuyi and Eswan.

• Bai Xiaowen used the Ghost Dreadnought to draw out Morken’s forces, then fought alongside Cecilia and his summons until the coalition arrived and routed the Snakefolk.
• Bai Xiaowen joined Li Shuyi, Han Xu, and Qiao Rui in destroying the Snakefolk bases and their Divine Runes, then helped organize the freed laborers into the Freedom Legion.
• Bai Xiaowen led the allied fleet to the Scorchflow Sea Eye, caused a volcanic eruption that devastated Kolorios, and joined the leaders in defeating him.
• Basaka claimed Balgra’s Retribution and became a lord, while Bai Xiaowen received a vision of a nine-headed figure and a collapsing world.
• After learning that Amusha Forest had sunk beneath rising seawater, Bai Xiaowen traveled to the Elf Kingdom and accepted the Elf Queen’s mission to discover the cause in exchange for Cyril’s Crimson Oakheart.
• Bai Xiaowen studied ancient texts, then took Li Shuyi and Eswan underwater to investigate Amusha Forest and found a collapsed Earth Vein Corridor with a shattered Earth Vein Pillar.
• Bai Xiaowen identified an Overlord Python in the cavern, and Li Shuyi used a stalactite column to stun it before striking the same spot twice with her swords.

Bai Xiaowen forged a ceasefire and alliance with the Orc Kingdom while pursuing Harekin and the Earth Vein Corridor. Li Shuyi defeated the Shadowblade Sword Saint, awakened Shadowless Slash, and reunited with Bai Xiaowen as he continued his journey.

• Li Shuyi killed the Overlord Python alone, completed the second step of her Awakening Skill quest, and received a new task to defeat the Shadowblade Sword Saint.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi uncovered evidence of the Earth Vein Pillar’s collapse, fought the Mutant Snakefolk, and returned to Mushadir with a prisoner and proof of the threat.
• Bai Xiaowen persuaded King Kamush to sign a ceasefire and join the Guardian Faction, helping unite the seven nations against the Snakefolk.
• Bai Xiaowen challenged Kilgaz while Rageclaw fought Fenrir, and the two victories secured Bai Xiaowen a chance to negotiate for Harekin and damaged Kilgaz’s standing.
• The Shadowblade Sword Saint challenged Bai Xiaowen, but Li Shuyi took his place at the Ring of Glory while Bai Xiaowen searched for the Earth Vein Corridor.
• Li Shuyi defeated and killed Tanzgolu Shadowblade, who named her the new Sword Saint, and awakened Shadowless Slash.
• Li Shuyi caught up with Bai Xiaowen and demonstrated that Shadowless Slash let her chain rapid movements across distances of up to thirty-three meters.

Bai Xiaowen captured Halofinsen, uncovered the Snakefolk’s betrayal, and learned of new threats and artifacts tied to the Guardian Order. In the Pale Swamp, he deciphered the Sealed Temple, claimed Mara’s Wisdom, and met Jia Gelila, who left her allegiance undecided.

• Li Shuyi awakened Invincible Slash and used it to defeat Sand Scorpionfolk while Bai Xiaowen led the group through their tunnels and killed their chief.
• Bai Xiaowen discovered that the Snakefolk were searching for the Earth Vein Corridor, then joined the Camelot Queen and King Kamush to expose Catherine’s betrayal and capture Halofinsen.
• Halofinsen revealed another entrance to the Earth Vein Corridor and shared a warning about the Pale Swamp, while Bai Xiaowen received a quest to decipher the temple there.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi traveled to the Pale Swamp, gained the Lobsterfolk’s help through a token from “G,” and followed Yalpet through the Mirror Maze to the real temple.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi defeated the Elder Heroic Spirits and the Ancient Prophet Spirit, deciphered the temple’s steles, and found the Prophet’s Crown and a Teleportation Orb.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi used the orb to reach another Guardian Order base, where Bai Xiaowen found Mara’s Wisdom and temporarily advanced to Lord Tier.
• Bai Xiaowen expanded his mental scan with the Prophet’s Crown, then returned with Li Shuyi to the Lobsterfolk village and summoned Jia Gelila.
• Jia Gelila told Bai Xiaowen she would decide which side to support after he returned from the Sky Sanctum Temple with the inheritance and greater power.

Bai Xiaowen strengthened his alliance with the Dwarves, awakened Wolf Valley, and led the Freedom Legion through a series of battles against the Snakefolk. After defeating Harper and Skolata and capturing their dreadnoughts, Bai attacked the Magic Crystal Cannon production base, where Xi'en ambushed his forces and wielded the missing sacred axe.

• Jia Gelila revealed the Grand Overlord was an alien consciousness inhabiting Amotava’s remains and offered to help Bai Xiaowen ambush him at the Earth Vein Pillar.
• Bai Xiaowen rescued Jilly Eagle-Eye from the Snakefolk, secured the Elder Rune Armor through a trade with the Dwarves, and awakened Summon Angerclaw as Wolf Valley.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi learned how Wolf Valley’s Direwolves could be summoned, while Jia Gelila warned them that Xi'en had launched a naval battle with Ghost Dreadnoughts.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Cecilia fought the Snakefolk pursuit fleet, killed Harper and Skolata, captured two Ghost Dreadnoughts, and forced the surviving ships to retreat.
• Bai Xiaowen persuaded the human fleet leaders to join his plan to destroy the Snakefolk’s Magic Crystal Cannon production base while the Grand Overlord’s forces were away.
• Bai Xiaowen led the Freedom Legion into the production base, split his forces, and turned back when Xi'en ambushed Qiao Rui’s group.
• Bai Xiaowen countered Xi'en’s Brutality Aura and recognized his great axe as Akari’s Fury, the missing Meat-Cleaver Axe.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered his team to kill Xi'en, reclaim the sacred artifact, and destroy the base before the Grand Overlord could return.