Recaps

Xiao Fan found that the treasure marked on his map lay beyond a newly revealed secret realm entrance, making him worry that clearing the realm might still yield no treasure. He considered the realm’s player limit and type, while the Red-Gold Behemoth grew excited about the possibility of a great opportunity.

• Xiao Fan checked the Treasure Map and discovered an arrow pointing to the glowing secret realm entrance.
• Xiao Fan lamented that he would have to clear the secret realm before reaching the treasure and feared the site might contain no reward.
• The Red-Gold Behemoth and Bao Bao admitted they had never seen the strange entrance before.
• The Red-Gold Behemoth guessed that the entrance concealed a tremendous opportunity, then decided to follow Xiao Fan’s orders.
• Xiao Fan wondered whether the secret realm was multiplayer and considered abandoning the treasure hunt if it was.

Xiao Fan entered the solo secret realm called Treasure Map, hoping his contracted Magic Beasts could join him. The Red-Gold Behemoth failed to enter and waited outside with Bao Bao and Zijin.

• Xiao Fan identified the glowing entrance as a solo secret realm and wondered whether Zijin and Bao Bao could accompany him.
• Xiao Fan confirmed entry and disappeared into the white ring of light.
• The Red-Gold Behemoth transformed into a man and tried to follow Xiao Fan, but passed through the entrance without entering.
• The Red-Gold Behemoth repeatedly tried to get inside before realizing invisible rules barred it.
• Zijin explained to Bao Bao that Xiao Fan had entered a secret realm and they probably could not enter it, so they waited for him to return.

Xiao Fan entered a timed Solo Instance and followed an Incomplete Treasure Map into a dangerous forest. After preparing for traps and beasts, he encountered several Claw Hyenas on the ancient path.

• Xiao Fan arrived in the Solo Instance and received a quest to find buried treasure using the Incomplete Treasure Map.
• Xiao Fan examined the map’s glowing clue and noted the instance’s dangers and twenty-four-hour time limit.
• Xiao Fan chose Full Body Armor Transformation and cautiously followed the ancient path.
• Several Claw Hyenas sprang from the bushes and surrounded Xiao Fan’s path.

Xiao Fan fought eight Claw Hyenas in the Treasure Map secret realm and realized he needed to collect map fragments from beasts to locate the hidden treasure and clear the realm. After testing his abilities against the pack, he defeated them all.

• Xiao Fan learned that Claw Hyenas could drop fragments of a damaged Treasure Map and deduced that he needed a complete map to find the hidden treasure.
• Eight Claw Hyenas attacked Xiao Fan, led by the largest hyena's swift pounce.
• Xiao Fan dodged the pack's attacks and fought back with his longsword, testing the beasts' strength without using skills.
• Xiao Fan defeated the final Claw Hyena, and its body vanished into pale light.

After defeating a pack of Claw Hyenas in the solo secret realm, Xiao Fan continued deeper into the forest despite worrying that stronger beasts awaited him. The chapter left him advancing into increasingly dark and oppressive woods.

• Xiao Fan killed eight Claw Hyenas, including their leader, and gained Secret Realm Points but no Treasure Map fragments.
• Xiao Fan judged the Claw Hyenas to be around level fifty and worried that stronger beasts might appear deeper in the realm.
• Xiao Fan decided to continue exploring, reasoning that he could hide until the timer ran out if he could not win.
• Xiao Fan walked farther into the forest as the trees grew denser, the light faded, and a chilling aura surrounded him.

Xiao Fan encountered three Shadow Scale Lizards while following the incomplete Treasure Map and tested their strength in battle. The lizards coordinated their attacks and proved faster and more heavily armored than the Claw Hyenas, leaving Xiao Fan facing a more dangerous fight.

• Xiao Fan followed the Treasure Map deeper into the forest, where the exotic beasts' auras grew denser and more violent.
• Three Shadow Scale Lizards ambushed Xiao Fan from the bushes, and he learned that they were fast, venomous, and skilled at stealth.
• Xiao Fan chose to fight without using skills so he could test the lizards' strength.
• The Shadow Scale Lizards flanked Xiao Fan in a triangular formation, and he dodged the lead lizard's attack before striking it with his sword.
• Xiao Fan's blow left only a shallow mark on the lizard's scales, revealing that its defenses were stronger than those of the Claw Hyenas.

Xiao Fan used the Shadow Scale Lizards to test how ancient martial arts techniques worked alongside game skills, discovering that their soft bellies were vulnerable. He killed all three lizards and emerged from the fight victorious.

• Xiao Fan dodged the three Shadow Scale Lizards as they encircled him and decided to test his recent training.
• Xiao Fan struck one lizard's exposed belly with an ancient martial arts technique, then followed up with a skill to kill it.
• Xiao Fan knocked a second lizard aside and killed it with another combined martial arts and skill attack.
• Xiao Fan evaded the leader Shadow Scale Lizard's poison and attacks while wearing it down.
• Xiao Fan struck the exhausted leader with a charged game burst skill and killed it.

Xiao Fan continued through the Treasure Map secret realm, refining how he combined martial arts with game skills while searching for another Treasure Map Fragment. Near the end of his route, he encountered a huge Beast Tide and charged into it to test his fighting technique.

• Xiao Fan killed three Shadow Scale Lizards and gained Secret Realm Points, but no Treasure Map Fragment dropped.
• Xiao Fan followed the map onward and defeated a group of Silver-tailed Martens, still without finding a fragment.
• As Xiao Fan neared the end of his mapped route, a horde of at least fifty beasts from five kinds surrounded him.
• Xiao Fan charged into the Beast Tide, chaining martial arts moves and game skills to attack the beasts.

Xiao Fan fought off a Beast Tide in the secret realm and obtained his first Incomplete Treasure Map Fragment. After killing the remaining beasts with a Heaven-Tier Skill, he hurried to collect the fragment.

• Xiao Fan held off the charging beasts, relying on his growing strength and healing skill to withstand the Beast Tide.
• Xiao Fan killed a Silver-tailed Marten leader and received an Incomplete Treasure Map Fragment.
• Xiao Fan flew above the forest and used a Heaven-Tier Skill to kill the remaining beasts.
• Xiao Fan descended and hurried toward the floating Treasure Map Fragment.

Xiao Fan fused a new Treasure Map Fragment and discovered that the secret realm was much larger than expected, with three fragments needed to reveal its treasure. He set off to explore, but flight restrictions forced him to travel on foot.

• The golden fragment merged into Xiao Fan's Treasure Map and revealed a vast secret realm with locations along a single route.
• Xiao Fan concluded that three fragments were needed to complete the map and locate the secret realm's treasure.
• After resting and confirming he was unharmed, Xiao Fan tried to fly toward the next location.
• Xiao Fan discovered that flight was restricted and raced deeper into the secret realm on foot.

Xiao Fan fought through waves of increasingly powerful exotic beasts in the Secret Realm, where his kills yielded only unexplained Secret Realm Points. After defeating a large beast horde, he obtained the second Treasure Map Fragment and continued onward, determined to find the final horde despite the dwindling time.

• Xiao Fan killed seven Heaven-Devouring Tigers but received only Secret Realm Points and could not discover how to use them.
• Xiao Fan fought through several more waves of exotic beasts, gaining more Secret Realm Points as the enemies grew stronger.
• Xiao Fan unleashed Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning against a horde of roughly fifty exotic beasts and killed the Dark Butterfly Leader.
• Xiao Fan obtained the second Incomplete Treasure Map Fragment, which merged into his map and revealed another third of the area.
• Xiao Fan concluded that one more beast horde would complete the map, worried that fourteen hours would not be enough, and continued deeper into the Secret Realm.

After reaching 20,000 Secret Realm Points, Xiao Fan unlocked the Points Mall and inspected its first floor. He left with healing supplies and two uses of the Instant Movement Secret Art, while the second floor remained locked.

• Xiao Fan received a notification that accumulating 20,000 Secret Realm Points had unlocked the Points Shop.
• Xiao Fan opened the Points Mall and saw that only its first floor was available.
• Xiao Fan redeemed a bottle of Body Spirit Liquid and an Intermediate Healing Pill.
• Xiao Fan decided to save the Barrier-Breaking Talisman for later.
• Xiao Fan redeemed both available uses of the costly Instant Movement Secret Art.

After a brutal final beast tide, Xiao Fan obtained the last Treasure Map Fragment and realized he had only five and a half hours left in the secret realm. The final map would take at least twenty-one hours to clear, leaving him with no apparent way to reach the hidden treasure in time.

• Xiao Fan used two movement techniques to speed through the secret realm, while the exotic beasts grew stronger and their battles became more demanding.
• During the final beast tide, Xiao Fan exhausted his Body Spirit Liquid and Intermediate Healing Pills before fighting for an hour and killing the last beasts.
• Xiao Fan collected the final Treasure Map Fragment from the leader’s corpse and checked the timer, which showed five and a half hours remaining.
• Xiao Fan estimated that clearing the final map would take at least twenty-one hours and saw no conventional way to find the hidden treasure before time ran out.

Xiao Fan unlocked the Secret Realm Points Shop’s second layer after completing the Treasure Map and reaching 50,000 Points. He searched its new items for a way to extend the Secret Realm, but found no time-related item among the forty-eight options.

• Xiao Fan realized the second layer of the Points Shop might contain a way to overcome his predicament.
• The final Treasure Map Fragment merged into the incomplete Treasure Map, completing it.
• The system opened the second layer after confirming Xiao Fan had a complete Treasure Map and 50,000 Points.
• Xiao Fan realized using the Barrier-Breaking Talismans would have left him short of the Points needed to unlock the second layer.
• Xiao Fan searched the shop’s six pages of items but found no time-related item.

Xiao Fan studied the second-floor Points Mall and realized that the Treasure Map instance’s later stages would involve traps, special rooms, and Puppet teammates. He discovered powerful rainbow-grade items but remained unsure which ones he could afford or what dangers lay ahead.

• Xiao Fan examined the mall’s items for traps, mirror backlash, hidden rooms, and environmental mutations, and inferred that the instance’s later stages had different challenges from the earlier ones.
• Xiao Fan reviewed the item grades and found three rainbow-grade treasures that could revive or greatly enhance Puppets.
• Xiao Fan concluded that Puppets would eventually take the place of teammates in the Solo Instance.
• Xiao Fan calculated that he could afford at most two rainbow items if he spent no Points elsewhere, and possibly only one if later stages offered no Points.
• Xiao Fan decided to postpone choosing items, closed the exchange page, and looked toward the road ahead.

Xiao Fan activated the completed Treasure Map, transforming the secret realm and revealing three ancient gates. With only five hours left, he faced a choice between three unknown paths.

• Xiao Fan noticed that only five hours remained and decided to use the completed Treasure Map.
• Xiao Fan opened the Treasure Map, causing the secret realm to shake and transform into a mysterious new world.
• Xiao Fan watched three ancient stone gates appear, each radiating a different aura and leading along an unknown path.
• Xiao Fan realized the new secret realm rule required him to choose one of the three gates.

Xiao Fan chose the pitch-black door in the secret realm and entered a maze of corridors lined with stone rooms. He opened one room and learned that the Umbral Erosion Curse was invading his body.

• Xiao Fan chose the pitch-black door, knowing the other two would seal permanently once he entered.
• Xiao Fan passed through the door and found himself in a seemingly endless network of corridors lined with identical rooms.
• Xiao Fan found no Secret Realm Rules and guessed they might be inside the rooms.
• Xiao Fan opened a stone room and encountered a decaying aura, blood-red patterns, and pale red smoke.
• A system notification warned Xiao Fan that the Umbral Erosion Curse was invading his body.

Xiao Fan was afflicted by a curse in the Curse Room and spent 3,000 Points to dispel it. He escaped the room, frustrated that he had lost Points before accomplishing anything.

• Xiao Fan tried to flee the Curse Room, but a curse spread through his body and left him unable to move.
• Xiao Fan searched for a way to lift the curse but found no clue in the room.
• Xiao Fan used the Points Mall to exchange 3,000 Points for a Curse-Dispelling Umbrella.
• The item burned away the curse, and Xiao Fan regained control of his body.
• Xiao Fan exited the Curse Room and complained about losing 3,000 Points before he had even started.

After barely surviving a deadly curse in the first sealed room, Xiao Fan considered how the switched secret realm could be cleared. Unable to find any clues, he decided to keep exploring the rooms for answers.

• Xiao Fan recalled how he had used an item from the Points Mall to break the Bone-Binding Soul-Devouring curse and avoid death.
• After recovering, Xiao Fan returned to the corridor and studied the endless rows of sealed rooms.
• Xiao Fan wondered whether he had to open every room and judged that such a requirement would be impossible to survive.
• Xiao Fan found no clear hints about the secret realm’s rules and decided to continue forward, hoping the rooms would reveal the clearance conditions.

Xiao Fan used Delusion-Breaking Mirror Dust to nullify the curses in every cursed room on the current floor. The system’s wording revealed that the secret realm had multiple floors, and Xiao Fan hurried to explore the rooms for its rules.

• Xiao Fan hesitated to open the second room because he feared encountering another deadly curse.
• Xiao Fan rejected spending more points on an unknown risk and recalled that each second-floor mall item could only be exchanged once.
• Xiao Fan decided to use Delusion-Breaking Mirror Dust, which cost five thousand points and nullified curses in all cursed rooms on the current floor.
• Xiao Fan realized the secret realm had more than one floor and felt pressured to move quickly.
• Xiao Fan set out to explore the rooms and search for the secret realm’s rules.

Xiao Fan opened a series of empty chambers before finding a Puppet Support Room. He contracted the shield-bearing defensive Puppet as his temporary teammate.

• Xiao Fan opened five empty chambers in succession and wondered why there were so many.
• Xiao Fan continued exploring until the ninth chamber poured out dazzling golden light.
• Xiao Fan entered the chamber and found three ancient Puppets equipped with different weapons and gear.
• The secret realm prompt explained that Xiao Fan could contract one Puppet for temporary assistance.
• Xiao Fan chose and contracted the shield-bearing defensive Puppet.

Xiao Fan activated a Puppet and used it to fight two hostile Puppets that ambushed him. His Puppet damaged one enemy, but a Healing Puppet repaired it, leaving Xiao Fan startled by its ability.

• Xiao Fan chose to use the Puppet, which activated and linked to his thoughts.
• The two remaining Puppets in the room attacked Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan commanded his Puppet to block the Long-Blade Puppet and counter with its shield.
• Xiao Fan's Puppet cracked the Long-Blade Puppet's armor and forced it back.
• The Healing Puppet restored the Long-Blade Puppet's armor, shocking Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan used his newly contracted puppet to defeat the two hostile puppets in the sealed chamber. After checking the room for clues or treasure, he concluded that the secret realm held both traps and opportunities and sent his puppet to explore the next room.

• Xiao Fan realized his contracted puppet was stronger than he had expected and coordinated his attacks with it against the two remaining puppets.
• Xiao Fan used precise commands and tactical attacks to drive the puppets back and deplete their health.
• The two defeated puppets froze, dissolved into light, and vanished from the chamber.
• Xiao Fan searched the chamber, found no clues or treasure, and left for the corridor.
• Xiao Fan decided to use his puppet to explore dangerous rooms first and controlled it to open the next room.

After opening eighteen secret chambers, Xiao Fan found that nearly all of them were empty, but the nineteenth revealed a Rule Room. He entered after checking it with his puppet and was finally poised to learn the secret realm’s underlying rules.

• Xiao Fan reflected that most of the eighteen chambers he had opened were empty, aside from the Curse Room and Puppet Room.
• Xiao Fan decided the curse-removal item had still helped him explore more safely and continued onward.
• Xiao Fan sent his puppet through the nineteenth stone door and saw a harmless crimson glow fill the corridor.
• Xiao Fan waited for the puppet to confirm the room was safe, then entered and received a notification identifying it as a Rule Room.
• Xiao Fan realized he could finally learn the secret realm’s underlying rules.

Xiao Fan unlocked the Secret Realm’s foundational rules and learned that the first floor contained five randomly placed room types and that Calamity Room danger increased with exploration progress. Alarmed by the escalating threat, he began considering a reliable plan for continuing.

• Xiao Fan cautiously sent his puppet ahead to scout the empty Rule Room, but no attack came.
• Xiao Fan stepped into the room’s center and unlocked the first rule, learning that the secret realm had multiple floors and that the first floor contained five types of randomly placed rooms.
• Xiao Fan realized he had already encountered four room types and wondered what treasures the unvisited Shop Rooms might hold.
• Xiao Fan heard the second rule and learned that Calamity Rooms grew more dangerous as exploration progressed.
• Xiao Fan recalled how the early Curse Room had nearly trapped him and decided he needed a reliable plan before exploring further.