Recaps

Qin Muyu approached Shasha and Dingding while posing as a Half God Demon Human, and Dingding accepted her claim. Shasha remained suspicious and revealed the Replicas were seeking the God Demon Stone, leaving Qin Muyu to question their motives.

• Blade Shadow spotted Shasha and Dingding in a dark alley and told Xiao Fan, who urged the group to test their reactions by claiming to be Half God Demon Humans.
• Blade Shadow let Qin Muyu approach because Shasha and Dingding might recognize him, while the others stayed back and communicated through the current channel.
• Qin Muyu told Shasha and Dingding she was a Half God Demon Human, and Dingding eagerly believed her and said they could help obtain the God Demon Stone.
• Shasha restrained Dingding and questioned Qin Muyu, recalling her hatred of Xiao Fan and his companions for killing Dr. Ai and taking the Sands of Time.
• Qin Muyu kept the others back and realized Shasha and Dingding's goal did not match what Xiao Fan had told her.

Qin Muyu convinced Shasha and Dingding that her group were Half God Demon Humans while hiding Blade Shadow, and learned that the Replicas planned to take rescued prisoners to the Shadow Realm. Xiao Fan considered what the Shadow Realm might be, then a Half God Demon Human questioned whether its people could be trusted.

• Blade Shadow and Soul Piercer discussed how Blade Shadow should hide his past connection to Shasha and Dingding.
• Qin Muyu claimed a teammate was already seeking the God Demon Stone, and Shasha and Dingding offered to help before accepting her refusal.
• Shasha asked about the prison rescue, and Qin Muyu explained that elite troops now guarded the prison after Shasha and Dingding triggered its alarm.
• Shasha revealed that she and Dingding had planned to take rescued Half God Demon Humans to the Shadow Realm, and Qin Muyu relayed the clue to Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan speculated that the Shadow Realm might shelter pure humans, but a Half God Demon Human asked whether its people could be trusted.

Xiao Fan overheard the Half God Demon Humans discuss how they had regained their emotions as God Demon power dwindled, then watched Dr. Xin offer them freedom in exchange for helping him locate the Shadow Realm’s energy resources. Dr. Xin revealed that God Demon power might no longer suppress their emotions, and Peng Qing and the others left to consider his offer while Xiao Fan prepared to follow Dr. Xin.

• The oldest Half God Demon Human explained that the Shadow Realm’s people had chosen to become spiritually complete humans, and suspected God Demon City residents were regaining emotions as God Demon energy disappeared.
• Dr. Xin entered the prison and offered to release Peng Qing and the other Half God Demon Humans if they found the Shadow Realm’s energy resources.
• Dr. Xin reminded Peng Qing that he had once volunteered to receive a God Demon Stone, but Peng Qing condemned Dr. Xin for draining the planet and turning humans into war machines.
• Peng Qing rejected Dr. Xin’s offer until Dr. Xin claimed that God Demon power had gradually changed their bodies, allowing their emotions to return without its control.
• Dr. Xin let Peng Qing and the others leave to decide for themselves and allowed the two Replicas to go; Xiao Fan left first and stood beside Dr. Xin.
• After the Half God Demon Humans departed, Dr. Xin warned that they had better not disappoint him.

The Quan Lu Squad was captured in Yuan Yi’s Underground City and brought to Laboratory 01, where they discovered their mission target was a red Mechanical Eye. Quan Lu persuaded Yuan Yi to pause the experiments by claiming the humans wanted to join the city, but Yuan Yi planned to use a human body to preserve its own energy.

• Lu Wang and the Quan Lu Squad failed to escape their sealed room, and Quan Lu said his father was seeking help analyzing the secret realm.
• Guardians escorted the squad to Laboratory 01, where they found Yuan Yi and learned they could not see its health or locate a way to shut it down.
• Yuan Yi ordered the squad placed on experiment tables, and Experiment Guards easily overpowered them despite their attacks barely dealing damage.
• After receiving advice from his father, Quan Lu told Yuan Yi that the humans wanted to join the Underground City, and Yuan Yi ordered the Guards to release him.
• Yuan Yi considered the offer while revealing that its dwindling resources threatened its energy supply, so it planned to find a human body to keep itself from going dormant.

Qin Muyu deceived Shasha and Dingding into revealing the Shadow Realm’s location, while Xiao Fan secretly followed Dr. Xin to the real God Demon Stone. After his companions left God Demon City safely, Xiao Fan prepared to steal it, but stopped at the last instant when he felt something was wrong.

• Qin Muyu told Shasha and Dingding that Peng Qing and the others had escaped, then persuaded them to leave the Shadow Realm’s address for her group.
• Xiao Fan followed Dr. Xin to his villa and discovered a hidden laboratory containing the real God Demon Stone.
• Qin Muyu learned that Dr. Xin had staged Peng Qing’s escape to restore the old Half God Demon Humans’ trust in the Replicas, and she obtained the Shadow Realm’s address.
• Xiao Fan watched Dr. Xin visit the God Demon Stone and speak of replenishing its energy and attaining eternal life.
• Qin Muyu and her companions left God Demon City, and Xiao Fan waited until Dr. Xin had gone before approaching the stone.
• Xiao Fan reached for the God Demon Stone but stopped less than a millimeter away when his heart lurched.

Xiao Fan was trapped underwater in Dr. Xin’s lab while Qin Muyu’s team traveled through the Underground City toward the Shadow Realm. There, they encountered Quan Lu’s player team, and Xiao Fan realized the secret realm might have assigned two teams to opposing factions.

• Xiao Fan avoided Dr. Xin’s trap but was sealed inside the lab, where Dr. Xin ordered the room flooded to force the invisible intruder to reveal himself.
• Xiao Fan endured the rising water with Stealing Heaven and Changing Day, then messaged Qin Muyu while Dr. Xin continued watching the lab.
• Qin Muyu’s group used the teleportation array to reach Dr. Ai’s Safe Zone and crossed the Underground City in protective suits.
• Blade Shadow’s team encountered Quan Lu and his players in the Underground City, then avoided them and continued toward the surface without revealing their identities.
• After Blade Shadow told Xiao Fan about the encounter, Xiao Fan inferred that the secret realm had admitted two teams into different factions and considered whether it was a versus mode.

Blade Shadow led his team across the desert toward the Shadow Realm while Quan Lu’s squad was dumped from Yuan Yi’s craft and searched for an underground entrance. In God Demon City, Dr. Xin blamed Xiao Fan for the stolen God Demon Stone, and Xiao Fan followed its signal southeast before stepping on something atop the rooftops.

• Xiao Fan warned Blade Shadow that Quan Lu’s squad might be in the same secret realm, so Blade Shadow kept his team hidden and led them toward the Shadow Realm.
• Yuan Yi sent Quan Lu’s squad to the desert by flying craft, then ejected them when they refused to exit; Quan Lu’s team used its Analysis Team’s advice to search for an underground entrance.
• Quan Lu learned that the Analysis Team had studied Jiu Chen’s methods, but his father said they still could not contact Jiu Chen.
• Dr. Xin learned that the God Demon Stone had been stolen and ordered the laboratory drained, assuming the invisible Xiao Fan had escaped with it.
• Xiao Fan left the laboratory, followed Dr. Xin’s signal southeast, and stepped on something while crossing the rooftops.

Xiao Fan found the stolen God Demon Stone and learned that God Demon City had sealed itself under Level 1 Defense, trapping him inside. He hid in the home of Twelve, the thief, and overheard him and his accomplices discuss the missing stone and their ties to the Shadow Realm People.

• Xiao Fan found a God Demon Stone on a rooftop, while Dr. Xin failed to sense it and ordered God Demon City to activate Level 1 Defense.
• Xiao Fan learned that Twelve had stolen the stone and left it on the roof, then told his teammates he had obtained it.
• Xiao Fan found the city sealed by an invisible barrier and avoided detection as patrols sprayed a pungent liquid to expose him.
• Xiao Fan hid in Twelve's home and discovered that a young man and woman were Twelve's accomplices.
• Twelve insisted that the God Demon Stone had vanished from the roof, and the young man revealed that the Shadow Realm People had supplied the tools they used to steal it.

Xiao Fan escaped God Demon City by using a God King Rank Skill to break through its defense barrier, then traveled to the Shadow Realm. There, he discovered that the Shadow Realm was a cyberpunk city inhabited by players from another world, revealing that Cloud Sea had invaded the secret realm.

• Xiao Fan impersonated a God Demon Soldier and tricked Twelve and the others into leaving God Demon City, learning that they had lost the stolen God Demon Stone.
• A manager ambushed Twelve and his companions at an Air Raid Shelter, while Dr. Xin exposed Xiao Fan with a spraying liquid and ordered soldiers to seize him.
• Xiao Fan used Armor Transformation and Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning to break through God Demon City's barrier, escaped with the God Demon Stone, and flew toward the teleportation array.
• Xiao Fan crossed the depleted Underground City and reached the Shadow Realm using the location Qin Muyu sent him.
• Xiao Fan arrived in a neon-lit cyberpunk city, where its residents recognized him as a player invading from another world.
• Xiao Fan realized that the Shadow Realm's city had been built in a world invaded by Cloud Sea, and that its pure-human inhabitants had become players.

Xiao Fan faced five Shadow Realm Players and activated his Full Body Armor Transformation before they attacked. After his Big Iron Pot blocked their Heaven-Tier Skills, he entered his Half-Blood War God state and activated Thunder Sword Domain, leaving the fight poised to begin.

• Xiao Fan transformed into full purple armor, and the Shadow Realm Players hesitated as they tried to judge his strength.
• The Shadow Realm Players chose to fight, and a high-ponytailed girl ordered them to attack Xiao Fan.
• Three Shadow Realm Players transformed their legs into mechanical limbs, while two transformed their arms, and all five used Heaven-Tier Skills.
• The five Shadow Realm Players struck Xiao Fan, but a Big Iron Pot appeared and blocked their attacks.
• Xiao Fan retreated, entered his Half-Blood War God state, and activated the Heaven-Tier Skill Thunder Sword Domain.

Xiao Fan attacked a group of Shadow Realm Players, then vanished while invisible and overheard them explain that the Cloud Sea’s Ranked Matches could determine whether entire planets survived. He realized Blue Star could be eliminated and resolved to grow stronger so he could help it advance.

• Xiao Fan struck Bo Bo and Xiao Jie with lightning swords, but their high levels meant they took little damage.
• Sister Yu and the others searched the rooftop after Xiao Fan disappeared, wondering whether he had fallen from the building.
• Sister Yu decided the group had to report an invasion by players from another planet to the Game Association.
• Sister Yu explained that planets that failed to earn enough Points in the seasonal Ranked Matches could be swallowed by the Cloud Sea.
• Xiao Fan listened while invisible, realized Blue Star’s survival was at stake, and resolved to become stronger.

Xiao Fan entered the Shadow Realm, became concerned when Qin Muyu and the others stopped responding, and followed Peng Qing and his companions to a bookstore. There, he overheard an old man reveal his connection to God Demon City and learned that Peng Qing had once been controlled by the God Demon power.

• Xiao Fan watched Sister Yu's group fly away using Mechanical Wings, then took the elevator down while worrying that Qin Muyu and the others had not replied.
• Xiao Fan explored the Shadow Realm and concluded that it was likely a separate space created in the game.
• Xiao Fan spotted Peng Qing and his companions, followed them into the Memory bookstore, and listened as they met with a white-haired old man.
• The old man thanked Peng Qing for helping him escape God Demon City and offered to help him settle in the Shadow Realm.
• Peng Qing said the old man had escaped because he had abandoned them, and that Dr. Xin might not otherwise have let him go.

Xiao Fan received three Secret Realm missions, while Qin Muyu’s team and the Quan Lu Squad were trapped in an air prison that blocked player messages. Qin Muyu suspected the realm was more than a game and hoped Xiao Fan would rescue them, while the Quan Lu Squad struggled to understand the missions.

• Xiao Fan received missions to kill Dr. Xin in God Demon City, destroy Yuan Yi, and obtain the Cloud Sea Ranking Token.
• Qin Muyu’s team and the Quan Lu Squad received the same mission prompt while trapped in suspended cages in Shadow Realm.
• Quan Lu kicked his cage in anger, frightening his teammates, and Aili rebuked him.
• The Fatty and Han the Person blamed the Quan Lu Squad for their capture, while Qin Muyu confirmed the prison blocked communication between players.
• Qin Muyu warned her teammates not to reveal that they were players and considered leaving the Secret Realm as a last resort.
• The Quan Lu Squad discussed the missions and admitted they did not know where God Demon City was or what Dr. Xin and the Cloud Sea Ranking Token were.

Quan Lu Squad and Qin Muyu's group were imprisoned in the Shadow Realm, and Xiao Fan rescued Qin Muyu's group as winged pursuers chased them through the air. The chapter ended with Xiao Fan activating God of War Mode and dropping a Big Iron Pot on a pursuing player.

• Quan Lu Squad's cage was taken away after the team apparently revealed they were players, leaving Qin Muyu and the others worried they would be exposed too.
• Qin Muyu decided they would try to escape and leave the instance if they could not win, but their cage began rising soon afterward.
• Xiao Fan flew in with golden wings, broke the cage's suspension joint with five Thunder Sword strikes, and caught the falling cage before it hit the ground.
• Xiao Fan carried the Fatty, Qin Muyu, and the others away as Shadow Realm players with mechanical wings pursued them.
• After Qin Muyu warned Xiao Fan that the pursuers were preparing to shoot arrows, a Big Iron Pot struck a Shadow Realm player, and Xiao Fan said he had activated God of War Mode.

Xiao Fan carried the chubby guy and the others through the air while Jasmine led Shadow Realm players in a deadly arrow pursuit. Xiao Fan escaped the volleys by flying into a residential district, but Jasmine’s forces remained close behind.

• Xiao Fan dodged arrows from Shadow Realm pursuers while carrying the exposed cage, and the chubby guy and the others narrowly avoided being hit.
• Jasmine took command after Salted Fish was knocked out of the sky and ordered a mass volley, hoping to capture Xiao Fan and plunder his Golden Wings.
• A falling Big Iron Pot deflected most of the arrows, letting Xiao Fan fly through the opening, but he had no second pot ready when another volley came.
• Xiao Fan spotted a residential district and accelerated toward its buildings as Jasmine ordered the players below to fire too.
• Xiao Fan dodged another volley, flew through the district’s gate tower, and escaped into the residential area with the chubby guy and the others.

Jasmine and Salted Fish organized a search for Xiao Fan’s group after they escaped into the Residential Area, while the group learned that Cloud Sea had invaded the Shadow Realm. Xiao Fan decided to leave the Shadow Realm and complete the first two secret-realm missions.

• Jasmine ordered the Residential Area surrounded and its entrances guarded, expecting Xiao Fan’s group to land when their flying time ran out.
• Salted Fish received word that eight captured invaders were level-forty- or -fifty players, and he criticized Jasmine for letting Xiao Fan escape.
• Qin Muyu explained to the group that Cloud Sea had invaded multiple planets, including the Shadow Realm.
• Wind Snow Traveler realized that players from the invaded planets were enemies, and Xiao Fan decided they should leave the Shadow Realm and complete the first two secret-realm missions.

Xiao Fan escaped Shadow Realm with Fatty and the other prisoners, while Salted Fish ordered a manhunt and sealed the realm’s entrance. Xiao Fan began freeing the group and wondered whether Cloud Sea used invaded Real Worlds as settings for its game secret realms.

• Jasmine told Salted Fish that Xiao Fan’s Golden Wings had flown for over an hour, and Salted Fish offered rewards for capturing the alien players, suspecting they were sent to sabotage Cloud Sea’s final Ranked Match.
• Salted Fish ordered Shadow Realm closed to prevent the aliens from escaping, but Xiao Fan had already led Fatty and the others out into the desert.
• Blade Shadow broke his White Blade trying to cut through the cage, and Han the Person shattered his Blue Gem against it.
• Xiao Fan recovered his Stamina and explained that the prison was made of Sink Iron, which could hold players below level 200 and block system chats.
• Xiao Fan wondered whether Cloud Sea used Real Worlds it had invaded as settings for game secret realms.

Xiao Fan and his team searched the Underground City for Yuan Yi while Dr. Xin sensed the God Demon Stone and headed toward them. After Yang Dianfeng revealed that Yuan Yi had imprisoned him in Laboratory No. 1, Xiao Fan reached the building, but the labyrinthine layout concealed Yang Dianfeng’s location; an alarm rang after Xiao Fan asked him to make noise.

• Xiao Fan freed his teammates from the high-altitude prison with his red longsword and explained that Shadow Realm people had drained energy from the Underground City and God Demon City.
• Xiao Fan used the God Demon Stone to lure Dr. Xin toward the Underground City, expecting Yuan Yi to attack the God Demon City intruders.
• Xiao Fan and his team searched nearby buildings for Yuan Yi but found no clues until Yang Dianfeng’s pleas for help appeared in the Nearby Channel.
• Yang Dianfeng told Xiao Fan that Yuan Yi had trapped him in Laboratory No. 1 and planned to transfer its consciousness into his body.
• Xiao Fan and his team entered the enormous building to find Yang Dianfeng, and an alarm sounded after Xiao Fan asked him to make noise.

Xiao Fan and his team reached Yuan Yi’s laboratory as the AI tried to erase Yang Dianfeng’s soul and take over his body. Xiao Fan destroyed Yuan Yi after defeating its Exterminators, leaving the Underground City’s fate unresolved.

• An alarm revealed that God Demon City was attacking the Underground City, and Yang Dianfeng realized Yuan Yi was preparing to erase his soul and occupy his body.
• Yang Dianfeng identified Xiao Fan’s nearby group on Yuan Yi’s map and guided them to the laboratory while Yuan Yi attacked his soul.
• Xiao Fan and his team arrived just before Yang Dianfeng’s consciousness was erased, and Yang Dianfeng pointed out Yuan Yi before passing out.
• Yuan Yi summoned level-75 Exterminators and tried to drive the intruders away, then ordered them to attack when the team refused to leave.
• Xiao Fan transformed using Zijin’s armor and defeated the Exterminators with a lightning skill combo.
• Xiao Fan struck Yuan Yi’s Electronic Eye and killed the AI, having deduced that it was fragile and feared being caught in the crossfire.

After Yuan Yi's defeat, the Underground City began shutting down, and Xiao Fan raced to escape with his teammates. Outside the city, Dr. Xin appeared and turned the others against Xiao Fan with the power of his God Demon Stone heart.

• Xiao Fan's group received the warning that the Underground City was nearly out of energy, and he healed the unconscious Yang Dianfeng before rushing to escape.
• Yang Dianfeng woke, read Xiao Fan's message, discovered he could leave the secret realm, and departed.
• Xiao Fan carried his teammates in the Sky Prison and flew toward the city gate as the Underground City's energy rapidly dwindled.
• Xiao Fan hurled the cage ahead and escaped the shutdown, then caught it outside the Underground City.
• Dr. Xin appeared with a God Demon Stone fused into his heart, and Xiao Fan told the team to attack him.
• Dr. Xin's heartbeat beguiled Xiao Fan's teammates into attacking him, so Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to dispel their abnormal status.

Xiao Fan and his companions defeated Dr. Xin and learned they needed a Ranking Token to finish the secret realm. He obtained one from Shuo Fengye by trading away a signed Dance Weaver poster, leaving his team ready to clear the realm.

• Xiao Fan and the others broke free of Dr. Xin's mental control and defeated him, completing their first quest when his God Demon Heart shattered.
• Xiao Fan accepted Yang Dianfeng's friend request and falsely claimed he had drawn the robots away to save him.
• Xiao Fan explained the Ranked Match and the Shadow Realm's origins, then left his companions behind to seek a Ranking Token from Shuo Fengye.
• Shuo Fengye refused to help Xiao Fan until he offered a signed Dance Weaver poster, which Shuo Fengye eagerly traded for a Ranking Token.
• Xiao Fan obtained the Ranking Token and prepared to use it to clear the secret realm.

Xiao Fan and his companions left the Cyberpunk World secret realm with their rewards, then avoided Thunder Gathering Place after Yang Dianfeng warned them about Quan Lu’s powerful family. On the way to Yanhuang City, Xiao Fan let Fatty identify one of his Talent Stones, which began glowing white.

• Xiao Fan received secret realm rewards, including an AI Evolution Fragment and a message that he had earned the hatred of the world’s players.
• Yang Dianfeng warned Xiao Fan not to return to Thunder Gathering Place because Quan Lu’s family was extremely powerful.
• Xiao Fan exited the secret realm and led his companions toward Yanhuang City instead of Thunder Gathering Place.
• Xiao Fan learned that everyone had received 100 Star Stones, while he alone had received two Talent Stones, and asked his companions to give him their Star Fragments.
• Fatty used 200 Star Fragments to identify Xiao Fan’s Talent Stone, and it glowed white.

Xiao Fan's team identified a Golden Legend Talent Stone, drawing the attention of Quan Zhong and the Quan Lu Family. As the team traveled toward Yanhuang City, they learned the family had contacted everyone except Xiao Fan and feared it would try to seize the talent.

• After the fat man identified a white talent, the team chose Qin Muyu to identify the last Talent Stone, and it revealed a Golden Legend.
• Xiao Fan took the Talent Stone, and the system announced that Soul Piercer had identified a Golden Legend; he hurried the team away before other players arrived.
• At the Thunder Gathering Place, Quan Zhong learned that Soul Piercer belonged to Qin Muyu's team and ordered his subordinates to find her and claim her Golden Talent.
• During the journey to Yanhuang City, Xiao Fan's team discussed why their secret realm clear had not been announced and wondered what had happened to Quan Lu's team.
• The team discovered that the Quan Lu Family had sent friend requests to all nine members other than Xiao Fan, and Qin Muyu revealed that the family had also pressured her father, Qin Zheng, to contact her.

Xiao Fan examined the Legendary Talent [Myriad Phenomena Absorption] and decided to save it until he understood how Talent sockets worked. As players struggled to find safety from Ghost Domain creatures, Shen Long considered building a City of Sin to attract people who rejected the authorities.

• Xiao Fan found that [Myriad Phenomena Absorption] could grant Intelligence when he killed targets with Elemental Skills, but his teammates dismissed it as unimpressive.
• Xiao Fan successfully socketed the Common Talent [Slaughter] and kept the Legendary Talent in reserve while he investigated how Talent slots worked.
• Xiao Fan kept watch overnight, reflected on Cloud Sea’s planned invasion and its brutal civilization selection, and used a Mechanist Class Card to resolve his concern about his uncle.
• Several waves of Spirit Bodies attacked Xiao Fan’s group overnight, and they prepared to leave at dawn as players across Blue Star sought safer settlements.
• Shen Long complained that King Base was attracting wanted criminals, and Qin Zheng and the Ye Family Head urged him to accept them.
• The Ye Family Head proposed that Shen Long build a City of Sin for players who did not want to follow the authorities, and Shen Long became interested.

Xiao Fan and his group arrived in Yanhuang City and toured its busy streets, facilities, and player housing. After learning that the Bai Family’s Healing Potions were costly and in short supply, Xiao Fan suspected they had developed them using his Water of Life; the group then headed to a convenient, low-floor residence.

• Xiao Fan and his group reached Yanhuang City, where Xiao Liu met them on Zhou He’s behalf and guided them inside.
• Xiao Liu showed the group Yanhuang City’s commercial street and explained how players earned citizenship and rented or built homes.
• The group learned that the Bai Family Pharmacy sold scarce Healing Potions at steep prices, and Xiao Fan suspected the Bai Family had used his Water of Life to develop them.
• Xiao Liu explained the city’s player-run trading market and Arena, and the Fatty challenged Han the Person to a spar.
• Xiao Fan asked for a lower-floor home near the city entrance because of his uncle’s limited mobility, and Xiao Liu led the group toward the Residential Area.