Recaps

Xiao Fan’s team reached Level Three and prepared to hunt in the inner area of the Southwest Forest. After replanting Seven-Colored Flowers to increase his mana, Xiao Fan set off with enough MP to use his skills without worrying about running out.

• Xiao Fan’s team returned to Novice Village, where Blade Shadow and Wind Snow Traveler discussed their progress and Xiao Fan’s newly learned Skill Chain.
• The team killed a Level Two Red Flame Fox, earned its Boss reward, and gained enough Core Power for all five members to reach Level Three.
• Xiao Fan announced that the team would hunt along the outskirts of the Southwest Forest’s inner area, and his teammates agreed.
• Mom Is Not Home and the other players reacted in disbelief when they learned Xiao Fan’s team had reached Level Three and planned to face stronger beasts.
• Xiao Fan’s team picked and replanted Seven-Colored Flowers before entering the forest, raising Jiu Chen’s MP to 2,224.

Xiao Fan and his companions fought a Level 4 Diamond Behemoth Boss, rotating aggro while Gift of the Saint kept them alive. Realizing their strategy was too dangerous, Xiao Fan increased his Agility and Constitution, took the Boss’s aggro himself, and fled to give the others a chance to escape.

• Xiao Fan’s group defeated a Diamond Behemoth and then encountered a Level 4 Diamond Behemoth Boss.
• Zai Zai took the Boss’s aggro while the others attacked, but the Boss’s powerful punch left him badly hurt.
• Swift as Wind and then Garfield Without Fat took over aggro as Xiao Fan managed their attacks and healing.
• When Garfield Without Fat barely escaped the Boss, Xiao Fan decided their strategy was too risky and spent Core Power to raise his Agility and Constitution.
• Xiao Fan raced in, punched the Boss to take its aggro, and told the others to run.

Xiao Fan led his team to defeat Diamond Behemoth Bosses and reached level four, but he wanted a faster way to gain Core Power. At the village entrance, Wind Snow Traveler asked him to sit, apparently preparing to explain something about Zone 18.

• Xiao Fan drew the Diamond Behemoth Boss's attention while Han the Person and the other three attacked, and their team defeated it for generous Core Power rewards.
• Xiao Fan led the team into the Southwest Forest for several days, where they repeatedly killed Diamond Behemoth Bosses.
• Xiao Fan spent 1,000 Core Power to reach level four and left his five Free Attribute Points unused.
• Han the Person and the others offered to patrol with Xiao Fan, but Wind Snow Traveler arrived and sent them to rest.
• Xiao Fan asked Wind Snow Traveler about Zone 18, and Wind Snow Traveler gestured for him to sit beneath the streetlamp.

Wind Snow Traveler explained how Beast Tides repeatedly devastated Zone 18 and why he had remained at level ten for four years. He hoped Xiao Fan’s strength could help his group tackle the Trial Land, which required a team to clear before players could level up.

• Wind Snow Traveler guessed that Xiao Fan’s first skill was Heaven-Tier, and Xiao Fan confirmed it.
• Wind Snow Traveler recounted how the country established Zone 18, where repeated Beast Tides killed many new players and drove others away.
• Wind Snow Traveler revealed that he had discovered Zone 18 four years earlier and was already level ten at the time.
• Wind Snow Traveler explained that players had to clear a team Trial Land after reaching level ten before they could level up further.
• Wind Snow Traveler said he had gathered five level-ten players to explore Zone 18’s Trial Land, and Xiao Fan’s arrival gave him new hope.

Xiao Fan learned about a dangerous secret realm where a successful trip could earn each player 1,000 Core Power, and decided his team would go once everyone reached level four. After seven days of hunting, the team reached level two, and Xiao Fan upgraded Gift of the Saint.

• Wind Snow Traveler told Xiao Fan about a secret realm filled with countless monsters and three level-five Bosses, where his team had once earned 1,000 Core Power each.
• Xiao Fan decided to take his team to the secret realm after they reached level four and saved enough Core Power, despite Wind Snow Traveler warning him about the danger.
• Xiao Fan told Garfield Without Fat, Zai Zai, Swift as Wind, and Han the Person about his plan, and they enthusiastically agreed to go.
• Over the next seven days, Xiao Fan's team hunted Fierce Beasts and helped the other teams defeat two Wild Bosses.
• The Xiao Fan Team reached level two, and Xiao Fan spent 1,000 Core Power to upgrade Gift of the Saint.

Xiao Fan led his team into the Misty Forest secret realm, where his increased Spirit let him sense nearby monsters. After Zai Zai charged at a group of Dark Spiders, more spiders emerged from the forest.

• Xiao Fan and his teammates left Novice Village while Wind Snow Traveler and Blade Shadow watched them go.
• Xiao Fan's team reached the secret realm entrance and entered the Misty Forest.
• Xiao Fan assigned his five unused Free Attribute Points to Spirit and sensed monsters ahead.
• Xiao Fan directed Garfield Without Fat to shoot at a tree, drawing four level-three Dark Spiders toward the team.
• Zai Zai charged at the spiders despite Xiao Fan's warning, and eight more Dark Spiders rushed out of the forest.

Xiao Fan led his team through waves of Dark Spiders and defeated the dungeon’s first Boss, then discovered the second Boss could mesmerize players with its floral scent. After taking precautions against the illusion, the team began its fight with the Forget-Me-Not Orchid.

• Zai Zai recklessly approached a group of Dark Spiders, but Xiao Fan warned him back and led the team in killing the twelve minions; Zai Zai apologized and promised to follow orders.
• Xiao Fan tested the minions’ aggro range and guided the team through repeated waves, using Gift of the Saint to heal and protect them.
• Xiao Fan directed the team against the Dark Spider Boss, warning them to dodge its legs and webs until Garfield Without Fat struck its final point of health.
• The team reached the Forget-Me-Not Orchid Boss, whose floral scent mesmerized Han the Person and the others until Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to wake them.
• Xiao Fan’s team covered their faces, raised their Spirit, and approached the flower; Zai Zai attacked its stem and dealt 15 damage.

Xiao Fan’s team defeated the third Boss and cleared the Misty Forest secret realm, earning a large Core Power reward. They returned to the Southwest Forest, where the other players learned of their achievement and listened to their account of the secret realm.

• Xiao Fan warned the team of a lethal thorn attack after the flower Boss died, and they dodged it before moving on to the third Boss.
• Xiao Fan drew the Ancient Thousand-Whisker Venerable’s aggro while the others attacked and avoided its exploding Saplings.
• The Xiao Fan Team defeated the tree Boss, cleared the Misty Forest secret realm, and earned 1000 Core Power points each.
• Xiao Fan’s team hunted more Fierce Beasts, helped the other two teams defeat a Boss, and Xiao Fan’s Core Power reached 1111.
• The other players asked about the secret realm, and Han the Person and the others described its monsters and Bosses.

After clearing the secret realm, Xiao Fan and his team learned that a silent girl from Zone 1 had arrived in Zone 18, then continued building their strength. When Xiao Fan sensed a Beast Tide approaching in the night, he ordered the village guards to wake everyone.

• Xiao Fan and his team returned safely after clearing the secret realm, and Wind Snow Traveler told them that a new player had arrived in Zone 18.
• Wind Snow Traveler revealed that the silent girl in the village corner had come from Zone 1, and Xiao Fan's group left her alone when she did not respond.
• Over the next several days, Xiao Fan led the team through the secret realm while the girl stayed isolated, and his Core Power neared the amount needed to reach Level 5.
• Xiao Fan woke from a frightening dream and went to the village entrance, where he found Mom Is Not Home and Qi Guoguo dozing during their guard shift.
• Xiao Fan sensed a Beast Tide approaching and ordered Mom Is Not Home and Qi Guoguo to wake the village, so they grabbed the gong and ran to sound the alarm.

A second Beast Tide attacked Zone 18’s Novice Village, forcing Wind Snow Traveler, Xiao Fan, and the other players to fight increasingly powerful waves through the night. As level-six Forest Shadow Bears overwhelmed the defenders, Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to shield and heal Wind Snow Traveler and the veterans.

• Mom Is Not Home and Qi Guoguo sounded the alarm, and Wind Snow Traveler gathered the players at the village entrance to prepare for the Beast Tide.
• Wind Snow Traveler led the defense against about thirty level-four Diamond Behemoths, and the players killed them after the Xiao Fan Team and the veterans fought together.
• Level-five Thunder Leopards arrived, and Wind Snow Traveler’s group and the Xiao Fan Team defeated them while two newcomers were injured.
• Level-six Forest Shadow Bears attacked, and Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to heal and shield Wind Snow Traveler and the other veteran players.
• Wind Snow Traveler noticed the shield and renewed energy, then heard Swift as Wind say that Brother Chen had finally used his skill.

As the Beast Tide escalated beyond level nine, Xiao Fan reached level five and created his second self-made skill, Flower Grafting, a God Rank ability. The level-ten Heaven-Devouring Tigers closed in as the chapter ended, leaving Zone 18’s survival dependent on Xiao Fan using his new skill.

• Xiao Fan’s Halo of the Saint helped the veterans and his team survive successive waves of level-six, level-seven, level-eight, and level-nine Fierce Beasts.
• More than thirty level-ten Heaven-Devouring Tigers arrived before the veterans had finished the level-nine wave, driving the defenders into despair.
• Xiao Fan asked Wind Snow Traveler for Core Power so he could reach level five and create another skill, and Wind Snow Traveler transferred him 1,000 Core Power.
• Xiao Fan reached level five, discovered his new Gardener trait, and raised his Intelligence and Spirit to 20 before creating a skill.
• Xiao Fan successfully created Flower Grafting, a God Rank skill that swapped health and attribute resistances between units in marked areas and weakened enemies when it ended.

Xiao Fan used his newly created Flower Grafting skill to swap the players’ and level-ten Fierce Beasts’ health and resistance, turning the Beast Tide around and saving Zone 18. The skill was announced as the first God-Tier Skill in Cloud Sea, earning Xiao Fan major rewards, while he decided to keep farming traits instead of rushing to level ten.

• Xiao Fan activated Flower Grafting, swapping the players’ and level-ten Fierce Beasts’ health and resistance and giving Zone 18’s defenders the advantage.
• The players killed the remaining Fierce Beasts and survived the Beast Tide, while Wind Snow Traveler and Blade Shadow praised Xiao Fan for saving them.
• Xiao Fan hid his identity after creating Cloud Sea’s first God-Tier Skill and received two free skill-creation attempts and 550,000 Core Power in rewards.
• Wind Snow Traveler distributed the Beast Tide’s 71,268 Core Power, and Xiao Fan received 17,920 before upgrading Gift of the Holy Mother.
• Wind Snow Traveler urged Xiao Fan to reach level ten, but Xiao Fan chose to farm traits instead.

Xiao Fan decided to grind for sun and moon traits, drawing the Black-Clad Girl’s curiosity as she secretly copied him. After reaching level five, he opened the crafting interface to make his first piece of equipment.

• Xiao Fan chose the sun and moon as traits to grind for and spent an hour staring at the morning sun.
• The Black-Clad Girl watched Xiao Fan stagger away and wondered whether studying the sun had helped him create a Heaven-Tier Skill.
• Over the next few days, the Black-Clad Girl saw Xiao Fan gaze at the sun and moon, then secretly imitated him at the same times.
• Xiao Fan opened the game interface in his rented room and read that players could craft equipment and items from their imagination, with Core Power costs based on their strength.

Xiao Fan designed a powerful pistol in Cloud Sea but refused to spend the huge amount of Core Power needed to create it, then returned to the real world to exchange some Core Power for money to help his family. Outside the Login Administration Bureau, he reunited with Little Fatty, who had lost weight and complained about life in Zone 2.

• Xiao Fan simulated a level-five purple pistol named Azure Dragon, but saved its design rather than paying 267,890 Core Power to extract it.
• Xiao Fan and the Xiao Fan Team continued farming Misty Forest for a month, while Xiao Fan planned to help his teammates gain traits and build Skill Chains.
• Xiao Fan exited Cloud Sea, declined to manifest his attribute points or skills, and returned to the Login Administration Bureau.
• Xiao Fan exchanged 100 Core Power for 100,000 Dragon Nation Currency to help pay his family's debt, despite the staff member advising him to save his Core Power.
• Little Fatty caught up with Xiao Fan outside the bureau, revealed that he had lost weight, and complained that Zone 2 had been difficult.

Xiao Fan learned that his uncle had disappeared after joining Jinsheng Company's Gold Farming Group, and his aunt resolved to enter the game to search for him. Xiao Fan stopped her and vowed to find his uncle himself, planning to hire a mercenary.

• Fatty told Xiao Fan that Zone 2's groups had rejected him and that Zhang Chao and Zhao Yuanyuan had joined a group and mocked him.
• Fatty decided to transfer to Zone 18 and start over so he could join Xiao Fan's team, and they agreed to meet in three days.
• Xiao Fan returned home and learned from Liu Xiujuan that his uncle had quit his job and disappeared after leaving Jinsheng Company's gold-farming area.
• Xiao An told Xiao Fan that a game recording showed his father leaving the area on his own after resting, but offered no explanation for why.
• Liu Xiujuan decided to enter the game to find her husband and asked Xiao Fan to care for the children if she did not return.
• Xiao Fan stopped Liu Xiujuan and promised to find his uncle, deciding to use his Core Power to hire a mercenary.

Xiao Fan tried to reassure Liu Xiujuan that he could hire mercenaries to search for his missing uncle, but she doubted he could afford it and urged him not to risk his life. After Xiao Fan revealed that he had created the first God-Tier Skill and received 550,000 Core Power, Liu Xiujuan and his younger siblings learned that he was the anonymous skill creator everyone had been searching for.

• Xiao Fan offered to use game mercenaries to search for his uncle and promised Liu Xiujuan he would cover their fees.
• Liu Xiujuan doubted Xiao Fan had earned enough Core Power and warned him not to endanger himself, even after he transferred her 100,000 Dragon Nation Currency.
• Xiao Fan told Liu Xiujuan that the Game System had rewarded him with 550,000 Core Power for creating a God-Tier Skill.
• Xiao An and Xiao Le recognized the news about the God-Tier Skill and realized their brother was its creator.
• Xiao Le explained that the skill's creator had remained anonymous and that White Race Nation had wrongly speculated that Cannon Fire was responsible.
• Liu Xiujuan finally understood that Xiao Fan had created the game's first and only God-Tier Skill.

Xiao Fan returned to Cloud Sea after learning that his uncle was in trouble and chose to hire the Night Blade Mercenary Group to find someone. He reached Zone 18 and repeatedly tried to contact the group, but its agent rejected every request.

• Xiao Fan told Liu Xiujuan, Xiao Le, and Xiao An to keep his God-Tier Skill secret and promised to help them grow stronger later.
• Xiao Fan researched the Dragon Nation's top mercenary groups, ruled out the Ferocious Tiger and Wild Wolf groups, and chose the Night Blade group for its reputation and skill at finding people.
• Xiao Fan noted the Night Blade agent's business ID, asked his uncle for his game ID, and messaged Fatty to meet him in Zone 18 in three days.
• Xiao Fan logged into Zone 18, spoke briefly with Wind Snow Traveler, and noticed that the Black-Clad Girl had left the village corner.
• Xiao Fan sent repeated friend requests to the Night Blade agent, but each was rejected, so he sent one final polite request explaining that his matter was urgent.

Xiao Fan searched for a mercenary group to find his missing uncle, but the Night Blade Mercenary Group refused because its leader was preparing to create a skill. The Black-Clad Girl offered to join Xiao Fan’s team and help contact the group, leaving Xiao Fan with a new idea for persuading its leader.

• Xiao Fan learned that the Night Blade Mercenary Group was not taking jobs and asked Wind Snow Traveler for other contacts, but Wind Snow Traveler knew none.
• The Black-Clad Girl offered contact information for the top ten Dragon Nation mercenary groups in exchange for joining Xiao Fan’s team, and Xiao Fan agreed.
• Xiao Fan explained that he needed help finding his missing uncle, and the Black-Clad Girl recommended the Night Blade Mercenary Group and contacted its leader, Ye Bugu.
• The Black-Clad Girl told Xiao Fan that Ye Bugu had reached level 60 and was preparing to create his twelfth skill, so he had refused the search job.
• Xiao Fan asked whether Ye Bugu would help if Xiao Fan helped him create a Heaven-Tier Skill.

Xiao Fan offered to help Ye Bugu create a Heaven-Tier Skill in exchange for help finding someone, and Ye Bugu agreed to speak with him despite doubting the level-five rookie. The chapter ended with Ye Bugu sharing his attributes and traits while keeping his weapon and Skill Chain private.

• Xiao Fan asked Qin Muyu to pass Ye Bugu his offer to help create a Heaven-Tier Skill if Ye Bugu helped him find someone.
• Ye Bugu weighed the offer and asked Qin Muyu to send him Xiao Fan’s game ID.
• Qin Muyu told Xiao Fan that Ye Bugu had agreed, and Xiao Fan exchanged friend requests with her and Ye Bugu.
• Ye Bugu asked whether Xiao Fan could really create a Heaven-Tier Skill, and Xiao Fan requested his attributes, traits, weapon, and Skill Chain.
• Ye Bugu hesitated to reveal his private skills, so Xiao Fan said the weapon and Skill Chain details were optional, and Ye Bugu agreed to send his attributes and traits.

Xiao Fan used Ye Bugu’s attributes and Shadow Follows Form trait to create a Heaven-Tier skill for him. Ye Bugu successfully created Phantom Shift and publicly revealed his achievement, leaving the Night Blade Mercenary Group celebrating their leader’s new power.

• Xiao Fan reviewed Ye Bugu’s focused attributes and traits, then chose Shadow Follows Form as the basis for a skill.
• Xiao Fan told Ye Bugu to raise several attributes, and Ye Bugu agreed but initially refused to spend Core Power before seeing the skill.
• Xiao Fan sent Ye Bugu the skill design, and Ye Bugu was impressed enough to buy the requested attribute points and enter it into the creation interface.
• Ye Bugu successfully created the Heaven Rank skill Phantom Shift, which let him place phantoms, attack through them, teleport between them, resist control, and recover health.
• Ye Bugu declined to hide his ID, prompting a server-wide announcement that player Shadow had created a Heaven-Tier Skill.
• Members of the Night Blade Mercenary Group rushed in to congratulate Ye Bugu, who tried to act as though the achievement were ordinary.

Ye Bugu confirmed that Xiao Fan had created a Heaven-Tier Skill and began searching for Xiao Fan’s missing uncle, while Xiao Fan got to know Qin Muyu. After two days without news, Xiao Fan continued waiting and learned why Qin Muyu had come to Zone 18.

• Ye Bugu confirmed that Xiao Fan’s Phantom Shift had become a Heaven-Tier Skill and promised to search for Xiao Fan’s missing uncle.
• Xiao Fan sent Ye Bugu his uncle’s game ID and details about his disappearance, and Ye Bugu set out to search for him.
• Qin Muyu was shocked that Xiao Fan could create a Heaven-Tier Skill and introduced herself as Soul Piercer.
• Xiao Fan spent the next two days waiting for news, tending Seven-Colored Flowers, and saving his free skill-creation chances while Qin Muyu followed him.
• Qin Muyu told Xiao Fan she had left the Qin Family’s skill path to create her own skills, failed, and restarted in Zone 18.

Xiao Fan welcomed the Fatty to Zone 18 and began planning to train him as the team’s tank. Ye Bugu then told Xiao Fan that his uncle had been found alive but had lost both legs, leaving Xiao Fan waiting for him to wake and reveal what happened.

• The Fatty secretly transferred from Zone 2 to Zone 18, and Xiao Fan agreed to let him stay in his thatched hut.
• Xiao Fan planned to train the Fatty as the team’s frontline tank and help him create a suitable first skill.
• Ye Bugu messaged Xiao Fan that his uncle had been found alive, unconscious, and missing both legs.
• Xiao Fan asked Ye Bugu to care for his uncle and tell him when he woke up, then learned Ye Bugu had kept his role in creating the Heaven-Tier Skill secret.
• Xiao Fan decided to wait for a suitable trait before attempting to create a skill that could regenerate his uncle’s legs.

Xiao Fan gathered his teammates, including the newly arrived Fat That Glows and Qin Muyu, and led them toward a Level 5 Secret Realm. He warned the two level-zero players to stay behind the others as the team prepared to enter.

• Xiao Fan decided to keep farming traits for another week before leveling up, then woke Fat That Glows and told him to get to work.
• Xiao Fan introduced Fat That Glows and Qin Muyu to each other, and the two realized they had both transferred from other Novice Zones.
• Garfield Without Fat and his three teammates agreed to help Fat That Glows and Qin Muyu level up alongside them.
• Xiao Fan led the group toward the Misty Forest, passing up the Seven-Colored Flowers and hunting level-four and level-five Fierce Beasts along the way.
• Qin Muyu grew uneasy when she realized Xiao Fan planned to take two level-zero players into a Level 5 Secret Realm, but she and Fat That Glows agreed to follow his instructions.
• Xiao Fan placed his hand on the secret realm entrance and prepared to lead the team inside.

Xiao Fan led the team, including the newly arrived Fatty and Qin Muyu, through the Misty Forest secret realm and demonstrated his command skills and powerful abilities. After earning 1,000 Core Power points each and returning to the Novice Village, Xiao Fan received a message from Ye Bugu.

• Qin Muyu watched Xiao Fan coordinate the team’s Profession synergy and concluded that he was an exceptional commander.
• Xiao Fan guided the team through the Dark Spider and used Flower Grafting to make the Forget-Me-Not Orchid easy to defeat.
• The team faced the third Boss, and Xiao Fan kept the Fatty alive when a Sapling nearly depleted his health.
• Xiao Fan’s team cleared the Misty Forest and received 1,000 Core Power points each.
• The team hunted Fierce Beasts and defeated a Wild Boss before returning to the Novice Village.
• Xiao Fan began his hour of Moon Gazing and received a message from Ye Bugu.

Xiao Fan learned that the Shen Family had attacked his uncle, Xiao Yi, and left him without legs after he approached a Heavenly Spirit Grass they claimed as their property. Xiao Fan learned the details and was left angry at the Shen Family, while Xiao Yi warned him to flee if he ever encountered them.

• Ye Bugu told Xiao Fan that the person he had been asked to find had awakened, and Xiao Fan added his uncle, Xiao Yi, as a friend.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Fan he was recovering, but claimed he had left the safe zone by accident and been attacked by a Fierce Beast.
• Xiao Fan asked whether Xiao Yi had offended someone important, and Xiao Yi warned him that the Shen Family was powerful and dangerous.
• Xiao Yi explained that he had gone after a Heavenly Spirit Grass to help his family, unaware the Shen Family claimed it.
• A Shen Family guard struck Xiao Yi, and the family members severed both his legs before throwing him into the wilderness.