Recaps

After the players defeated the Ghost Child Boss, they celebrated clearing the Ghost Domain Dungeon and Xiao Fan explained how the Golden Skull had helped finish the fight. The reward calculation left Xiao Fan with powerful new items, including an Earth Rank Ghost Fire Seed, and he wondered whether it could give him the Fire Element and help him fight ghosts.

• The Golden Skull fired twelve skulls at the Ghost Child Boss, and the players finished defeating it after the Altar shattered.
• The players broke down in relief at surviving, while Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He wondered how Xiao Fan had turned the fight around.
• Xiao Fan explained that the Golden Skull absorbed the Rag Doll's energy and directed its skulls at the sole remaining Boss, though he privately admitted he had gambled.
• The dungeon awarded Xiao Fan 12,000,000 Core Power, Star Stones, a Golden Skull, a Rag Doll Button, evolution fragments, and an Earth Rank Fire Seed called Ghost Fire.
• Xiao Fan wondered whether he could absorb Ghost Fire despite already having the Lightning Element and whether it could be used against ghosts.

Xiao Fan’s team cleared the Level 150 Ghost Domain dungeon and claimed its rewards before the game announced a server update. As Xiao Fan logged out, Judge Young Master suspected that he was Jiu Chen and realized he still owed him a million Core Power.

• The system awarded the team titles, talents, a bonus skill, attribute points, and a Level 3 City Building Token, while Xiao Fan collapsed from exhaustion.
• Zhou He offered to use the City Building Token to build a city, and the players agreed to donate half the citizenship spots to the country.
• After the team left the dungeon, the system publicly credited Jiu Chen and other players with clearing it, leading Judge Young Master to suspect Xiao Fan was Jiu Chen and remember his unpaid debt.
• The system announced a five-minute shutdown and a three-day update, so Xiao Fan told the players to shelter in houses before logging out from one he had taken from his Space Ring.

After the game announced an update, Shen Long and players across the world rushed to log off, while Xiao Fan returned home and wondered whether his relatives matched the identities from the Secret Realm plot. He heard Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan expecting him, but still had doubts about what the plot meant for his family.

• Shen Long learned that Jiu Chen, Jian Qingfeng, and Zhou He had cleared the Ghost Domain Advent Dungeon, then heard that Xu Shengguo had built Yanhuang City.
• With the update shutdown seconds away, Shen Long logged off without warning his managers, who hurried to exit after discovering he was gone.
• Players discussed the Ghost Domain update and Jiu Chen in World Channel, while Xiao Fan logged off early but spent an hour pushing through the crowded Login Administration Bureau.
• On his way home, Xiao Fan questioned whether Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan had the same identities as in the Secret Realm plot, since the timeline did not fit his cousins' ages.
• Xiao Fan stopped outside the house and heard Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan discuss his return and plan to make dinner.

Xiao Fan returned home during the game update and reunited with Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan, sharing his accomplishments and offering to improve the family’s living conditions. He ended by asking whether his aunt and uncle wanted to return to the game.

• Xiao Fan returned home and found Xiao Yi in better spirits but looking frailer, while Liu Xiujuan welcomed him and prepared dinner.
• Xiao Yi celebrated Xiao Fan’s success in the game, and Xiao Fan recounted creating a God King Rank Skill and Professions, topping the Combat Power Leaderboard, and leading a team through a Dungeon.
• Xiao Fan kept the secret-realm storyline to himself and suggested that his family move somewhere nicer, telling Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan not to worry about the cost.
• Xiao Yi explained that Xiao An and Xiao Le were training after class, and Xiao Fan wondered whether they were working too hard.
• Xiao Fan asked Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan whether they wanted to return to the game.

Xiao Fan agreed to meet Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng to discuss the upcoming Ghost Domain update and Talent System, while the authorities planned to capture fugitives during the game shutdown. When Luo Yi was brought in, he asked to speak with Xiao Fan alone and used a Skill to block sound, warning him that the room was still under surveillance.

• Xiao Fan invited his uncle and aunt to consider entering Cloud Sea, and Liu Xiujuan worried that Xiao Yi’s disability would make them a burden to him.
• Zhou He told Xiao Fan that Luo Yi had been captured and invited him to learn about the coming Ghost Domain update and Talent System.
• Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He planned to use the game shutdown to hunt fugitives, especially members of the Chen Family.
• Xiao Fan traveled to Dragon City and joined Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng as they questioned Luo Yi.
• Luo Yi asked to speak with Xiao Fan alone, blocked the room’s sound with a Skill, and warned that Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng could still be watching them.

Xiao Fan pretended to agree with Luo Yi’s plan while learning that Cloud Sea’s Ranked Matches would pit planets against one another. Luo Yi asked Xiao Fan to help him qualify while keeping the Ranked Matches secret from Zhou He and the others.

• Luo Yi warned Xiao Fan that revealing their identities to people on Blue Star could ruin their chance to return home when Ranked Matches began.
• Luo Yi explained that the top hundred players on the Combat Power Leaderboard could compete across planets, with seasonal Points bringing planetary rewards or punishments.
• Xiao Fan asked about those rewards and punishments, but Luo Yi admitted he did not know the details.
• Luo Yi proposed that Xiao Fan tell Zhou He and the others about the Ghost Domain version and Talent System while concealing the Ranked Matches, and Xiao Fan agreed.
• Luo Yi sought Xiao Fan’s help because he doubted he could make the top hundred alone, while Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng watched their silent conversation through surveillance.

Xiao Fan learned that the Ghost Domain update would bring Fierce Beasts into the Real World in three months and prepared to help protect his family. After telling Xiao Yi that he could not restore his missing legs, Xiao Fan revealed that the beasts would soon emerge from the Black Fog, leaving Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan shocked.

• Luo Yi explained that Spirit Bodies and Soul Bodies would spawn across zones and that cities needed upgrades to withstand stronger creatures.
• Xiao Fan learned that Fierce Beasts would enter the Real World three months after the update, while Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng hurried to help the Dragon Nation prepare.
• Luo Yi described the Talent System, including Talent Stones, their grades, appraisal costs, and sources of Star Stones.
• Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng told Xiao Fan that the Dragon Nation planned to build Safety Fortresses and manifest players' in-game strength to fight the coming beasts.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Yi that his creation skill could not restore his legs, then revealed that Shen Tao was dead and that he had avenged his uncle.
• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan that Fierce Beasts would emerge from the Black Fog and appear in the Real World in three months.

Xiao Fan discussed the coming Fierce Beast invasion with Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan, and they decided Liu Xiujuan would enter the game while he looked for a way to help Xiao Yi move around there. As Xiao Fan planned classes for his friends, players speculated about the country's growing knowledge of the game until the country issued a statement.

• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan that Fierce Beasts would invade the Real World and urged them to enter the game for protection.
• Xiao Yi decided to stay out of the game so Liu Xiujuan could enter, and Xiao Fan resolved to find a way to address his uncle's mobility problem.
• Xiao Fan read messages from the Fatty, Qin Muyu, and Ye Changge, then planned classes for his aunt and their group.
• Players debated whether the country's recent measures meant it had gained control of the game, with some demanding rewards and others defending the country's efforts.
• The country issued a statement as the Game Forum argument intensified.

The country announced that Fierce Beasts would soon appear in the Real World, while a new Ghost Domain update brought dangerous creatures into Cloud Sea. After three days of preparation, Xiao Fan logged in to the updated game to seek an Evolution Fragment and create a Profession.

• A forum moderator announced that Fierce Beasts would soon enter the Real World and urged citizens to strengthen themselves in Cloud Sea.
• Players read the Ghost Domain basic information and learned that invisible Spirit Bodies and level-50 Ghost Domain Creatures posed deadly new threats.
• Xiao Fan planned Professions for himself and his team, intending to base them on the Evolution Fragments he could find.
• Xiao Fan warned Liu Xiujuan to wait before entering the game, then logged in as his aunt and uncle watched anxiously.
• Xiao Fan saw the eerie Ghost Domain login screen and heard that the new version had been integrated into Cloud Sea.
• Xiao Fan chose to view the update details.

Xiao Fan read the Ghost Domain update and discovered new creatures, a leveling system, talents, city contributions, and a month-long carnival event. The update ended with a major bonus for successful skill creation and Professions, while Xiao Fan prepared to take advantage of the rewards and bring his aunt and uncle into the game.

• Xiao Fan realized that Luo Yi’s knowledge of the game’s future was incomplete because updates added new content, and Luo Yi reluctantly accepted he would have to rely on what he still remembered to survive.
• Xiao Fan welcomed the new experience system, then erupted when he learned Core Power could no longer buy player levels and realized he would need to hunt monsters to progress.
• Xiao Fan read that the Talent System had arrived early, city gameplay had changed, and players who joined a city could exchange Contribution Points for attributes, Talent Stones, and other items.
• Xiao Fan learned that clearing the Ghost Domain Advent Dungeon early had unlocked a month-long carnival with triple rewards, Spirit Vision, 200 Star Stones, and 50 Free Attribute Points for every player.
• Xiao Fan decided to get his aunt and uncle into the game during the event, then discovered that successful skill creation and Profession activities would automatically advance one grade.

Xiao Fan learned that the event offered generous upgrades, free city construction, and Nether Horses, then logged in to find players riding mounts everywhere. A player who equipped the new Spirit Vision talent spotted a mass of approaching monsters that others could not see.

• Xiao Fan regretted creating his skills and Professions before the event because its rewards would raise each creation by one rank.
• Xiao Fan and Zhou He learned that cities could be upgraded or built more easily during the event, while level-20 players could claim Nether Horses.
• Xiao Fan logged into his house and found that players had rushed to claim and ride their free Nether Horses.
• Xiao Fan contacted Jian Qingfeng and learned that Zhou He had gone to test whether the City Building Token could be used in the real world.
• A player equipped Spirit Vision and spotted a dense mass of monsters approaching, though the other players could not see them.

After players equipped Spirit Vision, they saw a horde of level 80 Headless Ghost Generals closing in on them. Xiao Fan organized the players to fight, and as the battle began, he realized the enemies could bring him huge experience rewards.

• A player who could see the monsters assumed he had extraordinary talent and tried to sneak away before they arrived.
• Xiao Fan told everyone to equip the system-granted Spirit Vision talent, revealing the Headless Ghost Generals nearby.
• Jian Qingfeng and the players asked Xiao Fan to lead them, and he ordered them to fight in teams and use Heart-Clearing Mantra to counter fear.
• The player who had tried to flee returned to his guild team after realizing Spirit Vision was a granted talent.
• Xiao Fan finally saw the level 80 Headless Ghost Generals and anticipated earning substantial experience by killing them.

Xiao Fan tested [Sun and Moon Rotation] against the hidden Spirit Bodies, discovering that Moon Radiance revealed them and that the skill could rapidly kill Headless Ghost Generals. As players realized the monsters yielded no Core Power, Xiao Fan prepared to use [Dragon Riding Nine Heavens], his strongest skill.

• Xiao Fan switched [Sun and Moon Rotation] to Moon Radiance and asked Judge Young Master whether monsters were in the mountains.
• Xiao Fan pointed toward the Spirit Bodies and used [Sun and Moon Rotation], revealing nearby monsters and cutting their health in half.
• Xiao Fan used the skill again to wipe out the weakened Headless Ghost Generals, leaving Judge Young Master stunned.
• Xiao Fan checked his experience and found that killing the monsters had raised his experience bar by a third, but granted no Core Power.
• Xiao Fan considered his other attack skills and chose [Dragon Riding Nine Heavens] as his strongest option.
• Someone in the crowd shouted for everyone to look over.

Xiao Fan discovered that a horde of level 85 Ghost Minotaurs had appeared near Crystal Mist Peak, and while other players considered retreating, he saw an opportunity to level up. He persuaded Jian Qingfeng to summon Dragon Nation players to the area, and the chapter ended with high-level players heading there.

• Xiao Fan revealed nearby level 85 Ghost Minotaurs with [Sun and Moon Rotation] and learned that countless more monsters were behind them.
• Jian Qingfeng worried that the group could not handle the horde and asked a Military District player to get Zhou He online before they withdrew.
• Xiao Fan proposed bringing Dragon Nation players to Crystal Mist Peak to fight the monsters and level up, and Jian Qingfeng agreed.
• Jian Qingfeng asked Xu Shengguo to bring the Military District players and announced the opportunity in World Channel, advising players to equip Spirit Vision and travel in groups.
• High-level players began riding toward the Crystal Mist Peak Mountain Range.

Xiao Fan’s group debated retreating from the endless Spirit Body monsters at Crystal Mist Peak, but Xiao Fan unleashed his Level 10 Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning to clear a huge section of the horde. The devastation raised him to Level 54, leaving him eager to keep fighting even as the group prepared to withdraw.

• Ye Bugu urged Xiao Fan to retreat because the group was exhausted and more powerful Spirit Body monsters kept arriving, but Xiao Fan said reinforcements would arrive in about eight hours.
• Luo Yi warned that Ghost Domain creatures were emerging from a portal in the mountains and advised the group to leave while the monsters were still relatively weak.
• Xiao Fan decided to keep fighting until players who had logged out nearby returned, while Ye Bugu went to contact their guilds.
• Xiao Fan activated Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning, summoning a colossal Thunder Dragon that blasted a hole through the Level 85 Spirit Body horde and killed the monsters inside its Thunderstorm Domain.
• The attack raised Xiao Fan to Level 54, and he lamented that he had to leave despite the skill’s enormous rewards.

Xiao Fan used [Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning] to devastate the Ghost Minotaurs and rally the players. Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He realized the Thunder Dragon was Xiao Fan’s God-King Rank skill and identified him as the mysterious player atop the Combat Power Leaderboard.

• Judge Young Master recognized that Xiao Fan had summoned the Thunder Dragon and decided he needed to repay him more Core Power.
• Xiao Fan used [Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning] to clear the Ghost Minotaurs and inspire the players to charge forward.
• Jian Qingfeng told Zhou He that the Thunder Dragon was likely a player-created skill, and they concluded it had to be a God-King Rank skill.
• Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He saw Xiao Fan summon another Thunder Dragon and realized he was the mysterious top-ranked player.
• Xiao Fan remained unaware that Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He had identified him, while he faced an unexpected problem.

Xiao Fan managed his mana shortage with Wine of Blood Brewing, helping the players keep fighting and leveling against the Spirit Bodies. Reinforcements arrived at Crystal Mist Peak, allowing the exhausted fighters to rest as the battle continued.

• After using Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning three times, Xiao Fan nearly ran out of mana and summoned an Iron Pot with Wine of Blood Brewing to restore his stats and those of nearby players.
• Players crowded around the Iron Pot to drink, and Xiao Fan promised to place more pots after the skill's cooldown.
• Xiao Fan used Thunder Dragons only when the battle became difficult and otherwise healed players while he recovered mana.
• Players became more confident and gained levels quickly while fighting the Spirit Bodies, encouraged by Xiao Fan's support.
• The first reinforcements from a nearby settlement arrived on Nether Horses, joined the fight, and gave exhausted veterans time to rest.
• As more reinforcements arrived, newcomers saw Xiao Fan's Thunder Dragons and learned from veterans that he was their country's spiritual totem.

After five days of battling level-100 Spirit Bodies at Crystal Mist Peak, Xiao Fan led the players’ retreat and set off to join Blade Shadow’s group at Thunder Gathering Place. There, Blade Shadow lamented that he had left Zone 18 without changing to one of Xiao Fan’s powerful Professions.

• Xiao Fan posted a retreat notice, and the players evacuated Crystal Mist Peak while the Military District players covered the rear.
• At the mountain’s foot, Zhou He invited Xiao Fan to Yanhuang City and asked him to report any City Building Tokens he found.
• Xiao Fan declined Ye Bugu’s invitation to travel with the Night Blade Sect and rode toward Thunder Gathering Place after Blade Shadow asked him to join a secret realm expedition.
• Judge Young Master watched Xiao Fan leave and resolved to become a commander like Jiu Chen.
• At Thunder Gathering Place, Han the Person boasted about his Omnipotent Summoner Profession, while Blade Shadow regretted leaving Zone 18 before changing Professions.

On his way to Thunder Gathering Place, Xiao Fan examined the Ghost Domain Dungeon rewards and tested the Talent System, losing an Intelligence talent when embedding it failed. He upgraded his Golden Skull, stored his other rewards for later, and finally reached Blade Shadow and the others.

• Xiao Fan viewed the bound Spirit Vision talent, embedded it in the Talent Page’s lit slot, and appraised an Intelligence Talent Stone to obtain the blue Excellent talent Instant Casting.
• Xiao Fan tried to embed Instant Casting in another slot, but the attempt failed and the talent disappeared.
• Xiao Fan upgraded the Golden Skull to level 10, stored the Rag Doll Button, and decided to save his Fear, Soul, and Purification Evolution Fragments for later fusion.
• Xiao Fan held off on absorbing the Ghost Fire until Zijin woke up, kept his Free Attribute Points for future skill creation, and continued saving his titles and other rewards for later use.
• Xiao Fan rode for a day and arrived at Thunder Gathering Place, where Blade Shadow and the others were waiting.

Xiao Fan reunited with his old teammates and agreed to lead them through a secret realm. After Qin Muyu politely dismissed their temporary healer Quan Lu, he revealed his resentment and decided to follow the team to demonstrate his strength.

• Xiao Fan reunited with the Fatty, Blade Shadow, Qin Muyu, Han the Person, Zai Zai, Swift as Wind, Garfield Without Fat, Taichu, and Wind Snow Traveler.
• Blade Shadow told Xiao Fan about a secret realm, and Xiao Fan led the team toward it while carrying his lower-level teammates.
• Quan Lu asked why the team had not invited him, and Qin Muyu thanked him for his help and said they no longer needed a healer.
• Quan Lu concealed his resentment from the team, then turned cold after they left and rejected his subordinate’s suggestion to seize Qin Muyu.
• Quan Lu ordered his subordinate to track the team, summon Aili and the others, and join the secret-realm run to show Qin Muyu the difference in their strength.

Xiao Fan’s team entered Cyberpunk World and chose God Demon City, while Quan Lu’s team was forced into Underground City. The Underground City’s surveillance immediately identified Quan Lu’s team as Complete Humans and ordered an Arbiter to eliminate them.

• On the way to the secret realm, Wind Snow Traveler wondered where he had heard Quan Lu’s name before but could not remember.
• Xiao Fan recognized Cyberpunk World as connected to Cyberpunk City and recalled Dr. Ai, the Replicas, and the Sands of Time he had taken from them.
• Quan Lu followed Xiao Fan’s team into the secret realm with his own well-equipped group after a scout reported their route.
• Xiao Fan chose God Demon City for his team, reasoning that Underground City’s robots and surveillance would make it more dangerous for them.
• Quan Lu’s team found God Demon City unavailable and entered Underground City instead.
• An aircraft detected Quan Lu’s team as high-threat Complete Humans and repeatedly ordered an Arbiter to eliminate them.

Quan Lu’s squad entered the Cyberpunk World instance and discovered that their weapons could barely damage its robotic Arbiters, while the robots hit hard. After the Arbiters surrounded them, a mysterious voice ordered them taken to Laboratory No. 1, leaving Quan Lu to search for a way to shut down Yuan Yi and escape.

• Lu Wang and the Quan Lu Squad attacked an Arbiter, but their strongest strikes dealt only single-digit damage while the robots’ attacks inflicted hundreds.
• Quan Lu healed his teammates and ordered the squad to retreat, but more Arbiters emerged from the towers and blocked their path.
• Quan Lu tried to leave the instance and learned that they had to shut down Yuan Yi, which he did not know how to find.
• As the Arbiters closed in, Quan Lu prepared to abandon his teammates, and Aili blamed him for bringing them into the instance.
• A mysterious voice ordered the Arbiters to take the squad to Laboratory No. 1, and the robots lowered their weapons.
• Quan Lu realized the Arbiters were robots and decided to follow them while investigating the world and Yuan Yi.

Xiao Fan and his team searched the God Demon City for a real God Demon Stone, which they believed was connected to Dr. Xin. Xiao Fan went to investigate alone and followed a patrol after hearing that two Replicas had returned to the city.

• Xiao Fan discovered that the team needed a God Demon Stone to leave the instance, and he reasoned that the real one might be with Dr. Xin.
• The team rejected Blade Shadow's suggestion to leave the city and seek help from Shasha and Dingding, and Xiao Fan decided to search for Dr. Xin's residence alone.
• Xiao Fan used Silent Shadow Escape to reach the main road while the others split up to gather information in the alleys.
• Xiao Fan found the emotionless city difficult to investigate and focused on the city's lone high-rise as a possible important location.
• A God Demon Guard announced that two Replicas had returned, and Xiao Fan followed the patrol heading toward the city gate.

Xiao Fan learned that God Demon City held humans in its prison and followed an elite troop there to investigate before searching for the God Demon Stone. He entered undetected despite triggering the prison alarm, and the Elite Captain went to see the prisoners.

• The God Demon City Administrator ordered elite troops to guard the prison after learning the Replicas had tried to rescue its human prisoners.
• Xiao Fan chose to visit the prison first, reasoning that a missing God Demon Stone would trigger a city lockdown.
• Xiao Fan followed the patrolman and the elite troops to God Demon Prison, then slipped inside behind the Elite Captain.
• The prison alarm sounded as Xiao Fan crossed the inner entrance, but the guards found no one and assumed the equipment was faulty.
• The Elite Captain told the guards he had come to take over prison security and asked to see the human prisoners.

Xiao Fan discovered thirteen elderly prisoners from the God Demon City and learned that their copied God Demon Stones were losing power, restoring their humanity and bringing their eternal lives to an end. As he wondered how to approach them, Blade Shadow sent him a friend notification.

• Xiao Fan followed the Elite Captain and Prison Captain to a cell containing thirteen elderly people from the God Demon City.
• The oldest prisoner asked whether they would return to their former state or choose death if Dr. Xin found a new energy source.
• The prisoners discussed how copied God Demon Stones depended on energy from the genuine stone and said they believed Dr. Xin would never find a new source.
• Xiao Fan realized the prisoners’ stones were losing power, restoring their human emotions and making them oppose Dr. Xin.
• Xiao Fan considered how to reveal himself to the prisoners, but Blade Shadow sent him a friend notification.