Recaps

Zhou He’s expedition reached the third BOSS and sought Xiao Fan’s advice about a Good-or-Evil choice. Xiao Fan revealed it would divide the players into two groups, and Zhou He’s group assembled in a white space, where they waited for the other group to appear.

• Zhou He’s team reached a glowing passage that asked them to choose Good or Evil before entering the third BOSS area.
• The players debated which option to select, then Da Fei suggested asking Xiao Fan for advice.
• Xiao Fan explained that the choice was meant to split the players into two groups, preventing their teams from ending up with unbalanced roles.
• Zhou He assigned Group One to choose Good and Group Two to choose Evil, and Jian Qingfeng led the first group into the glow.
• Zhou He confirmed entry into Evil and found himself alone in a vast white space where he could not move or reach anyone.
• After about three minutes, the white space faded and Group Two appeared around Zhou He.

Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng’s teams fought separate Bosses on a strange balance where Good and Evil appeared to affect its movement and the teams’ health. As the Bosses swapped sides and triggered random mechanics, Zhou He watched for clues and prepared his team for an unknown attack.

• Zhou He saw that the third stage placed his team against the fused Black and White Boss and Jian Qingfeng’s team against the Ice Wolf King on opposite sides of a balance.
• Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng agreed to fight once while observing the mechanics, and Good disappeared above the balance, leaving Evil.
• When the balance tilted, Jian Qingfeng’s team lost half its health, and the two Bosses then switched sides.
• The Good and Evil characters changed again as both teams continued fighting, and the Bosses triggered mechanics in a different order than expected.
• Zhou He’s team dodged the Snow Wolf King’s tornadoes while Jian Qingfeng’s team entered the Black Lotus mechanic.
• The balance tilted with Zhou He’s side rising, so he activated his invincibility skill just before black material fell from above.

Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He struggled against the paired Bosses in the third stage, where Good restored the teams and Evil dealt damage, until both teams were wiped out. After reviewing Zhou He’s report, Xiao Fan explained the stage’s strategy and accepted Jian Qingfeng’s offer to commission a powerful Heaven-Tier Skill.

• Jian Qingfeng’s team suffered repeated damage from Evil and ran out of mana, while Zhou He’s team recovered when Good appeared.
• The Bosses switched sides, and Zhou He’s team damaged its Boss faster, but an unexpected wave of black light wiped out Jian Qingfeng’s team before Team Two was defeated as well.
• The Bosses recovered and returned to their original positions, and Xiao Fan received messages from both Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He about the failed attempt.
• Jian Qingfeng commissioned a custom Heaven-Tier Skill for two hundred million, and Xiao Fan promised to deliver it in at least seven days.
• Xiao Fan sent Zhou He an analysis and strategy for the third stage, advising him to keep the two Bosses’ HP balanced.

Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng coordinated their groups to manage the two Bosses’ health and survive the Good and Evil mechanics in the Glacier Secret Realm. They defeated both Bosses despite an enrage near the end and cleared the Level 80 secret realm, earning Core Power and a Resurrection Art clue.

• Xiao Fan explained how to balance the Bosses’ health and handle the stage’s mechanics, including the likely enrage.
• Zhou He shared the strategy with everyone and agreed with Jian Qingfeng to coordinate damage, use invincibility against Evil, and distribute Good effects.
• The groups progressed through the stage while keeping the Bosses’ health close, and they encountered only two Evil effects before the Bosses enraged at 2.3% health.
• Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng’s groups unleashed their strongest attacks; Jian Qingfeng’s group killed its Boss first, and Zhou He’s group killed the other a minute later.
• The system announced that the team had cleared the Level 80 Mysterious Secret Realm Good and Evil in Ice and Snow and received 800,000 Core Power and one Resurrection Art clue.

After clearing the Glacier Secret Realm, Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng discovered that its Resurrection Art clue required a God-Tier Skill, leaving them unable to use it. Xiao Fan realized he already possessed a God-Tier Skill but hesitated to reveal it because using the clue could bind him more closely to the country.

• Zhou He picked up the Seven-Colored Light Orb and learned that only players with a God-Tier Skill could use it to qualify for the Resurrection Art quest.
• Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He lamented that ordinary players had no way to obtain a God-Tier Skill, then left the realm determined to write a detailed guide and help new players.
• Zhou He thanked Xiao Fan for helping them clear the Glacier Secret Realm and said he would help investigate Xiao Fan's switched gaokao results.
• Zhou He told Xiao Fan about the clue's God-Tier Skill requirement, and Xiao Fan realized he could use it but kept his skill secret.
• Zhou He asked Xiao Fan to help him find a solution for the unusable clue, while Xiao Fan weighed his desire to claim it against the consequences of revealing his skill.

Xiao Fan and Zhou He planned to trade the Resurrection Art clue for Heaven-Tier Skill books, but struggled to arrange a safe exchange without exposing Xiao Fan’s identity. After Qin Muyu suggested using the Triangle Auction House or trading through the Real World, Xiao Fan began considering a Skill that could hide information.

• Xiao Fan proposed that Zhou He trade the Resurrection Art clue to the owner of a God-Tier Skill for Heaven-Tier Skill books, and Zhou He agreed to spread the word on the Game Forums.
• Xiao Fan asked Qin Muyu how he could trade with players outside the Novice Village, and she explained that he could materialize items in the Real World and recommended the Triangle Auction House.
• Qin Muyu offered to accompany Xiao Fan to the Triangle Auction House, and Xiao Fan agreed that he would contact her if needed.
• Xiao Fan realized he could not contact Zhou He without risking exposure, then considered creating a Skill that hid information.

Xiao Fan spent several days disguising himself around Zone 18 to improve his camouflage, then joined the others to celebrate the completion of the village’s first city wall. As Zone 18 gained a powerful defense, Wind Snow Traveler quietly touched the wall with reluctance.

• Fatty and the others went to run a dungeon without Xiao Fan, then found him hiding in the forest to test their perception.
• Xiao Fan explained that he was farming camouflage traits and invited the group to run a dungeon with him.
• Over the following days, Xiao Fan disguised himself as objects and surroundings throughout Zone 18, startling players and improving his camouflage.
• After a week of farming traits, Xiao Fan decided to prepare to reach level fifteen.
• Wind Snow Traveler brought out the completed twenty-meter city wall, and the players of Zone 18 cheered as it rose around the village.
• Wind Snow Traveler stood alone, touching the wall with reluctance while the others celebrated.

Xiao Fan reached level 15, unlocked the Disguiser trait, and created the Heaven Rank skill Thousand-Faced One to disguise his game identity. After gathering Imitation Value from player information, he disguised himself as Taichu and sent Zhou He a friend request.

• Xiao Fan leveled up to 15 and gained the Disguiser trait and a chance to create a skill.
• Xiao Fan created Thousand-Faced One, which let him steal Imitation Value and construct disguised character data.
• Xiao Fan asked Qin Muyu for player information, then stole Imitation Value from Taichu, King of Beggars, and four other players.
• Xiao Fan checked in with Zhou He, who said factions were pressuring his group for Resurrection Art clues and doubted the God-Tier Skill holder existed.
• Xiao Fan used Thousand-Faced One to disguise himself as Taichu and sent Zhou He a friend request.

Xiao Fan negotiated with Zhou He to exchange five Heaven-Tier Skill Books for the Resurrection Art clues. The next morning, Wind Snow Traveler announced he was leaving Zone 18, and Xiao Fan and the other players saw him off.

• Xiao Fan contacted Zhou He under the disguised name Taichu and claimed he had a God-Tier Skill.
• Zhou He questioned Taichu's identity, then agreed to trade the Resurrection Art clues for five Heaven-Tier Skill Books with no use requirements except weapon-related ones.
• Xiao Fan and Zhou He arranged to make the exchange at the Triangle Auction House, and Xiao Fan planned to create the five books before his disguise expired.
• The next morning, Xiao Fan found Wind Snow Traveler and the Zone 18 players gathered outside, where Wind Snow Traveler said he had to leave the Novice Village.
• Xiao Fan offered to help Wind Snow Traveler and promised to take care of Zone 18 before Wind Snow Traveler departed as the players watched.

Xiao Fan continued creating skill books while Zone 18 grew stronger, but Blade Shadow and six teammates vanished during an expedition. Xiao Fan found no trace of them and asked Qin Muyu to punch him after noticing a strange rock near the cliff.

• Xiao Fan sold skill books cheaply to strengthen Zone 18, and Blade Shadow took charge of mapping the mountains after Wind Snow Traveler left.
• Blade Shadow led a team to explore a new area, but he and five teammates disappeared while Soccer Is Delicious was away briefly.
• Xiao Fan learned of the disappearance and hurried to the location with Qin Muyu and the others.
• Xiao Fan sensed the area and searched the ground but found no sign of the missing players.
• Xiao Fan noticed a strange rock near the cliff and asked Qin Muyu to give him a few punches.

Xiao Fan triggered the rare Life Space encounter by touching the strange rock while at low health, then found himself in a cave on a sheer cliff with no apparent way down. Qin Muyu deduced that the rock only transported players above level ten, while Xiao Fan suspected he would need to complete the encounter to escape.

• Xiao Fan had the chubby guy reduce his HP to 48% so he could activate Stealing Heaven and Changing Day and investigate the strange rock alone.
• Xiao Fan touched the rock and vanished; Qin Muyu deduced that players above level ten were the ones transported, and led the others away to wait for him.
• Xiao Fan discovered that touching the rock had triggered the Life Space encounter, but the system gave him no instructions or tasks.
• Xiao Fan searched the cave for Blade Shadow and the others, then approached the bright entrance and found the cave opened onto a sheer cliff above a waterfall.
• Xiao Fan realized he had no safe way back to the mountains or down the cliff and suspected completing the encounter was his only means of escape.

Xiao Fan failed to extract a Flight skill because his server had not met the requirements, then met two giant birds seeking help against a Space Beast. He joined their effort and flew down into a vast valley, where a giant White Wolf greeted the birds.

• Xiao Fan successfully created a Flight skill but learned the system would not let him extract it on his server.
• Xiao Fan heard two giant birds discussing a Space Beast that had devoured three Life Crystal Mines and volunteered to help them drive it away.
• One bird carried Xiao Fan from the cliff cave into the valley.
• Xiao Fan admired the valley's scenery as they descended, and a giant White Wolf greeted the birds on landing.

Xiao Fan joined Tusk and the valley animals as they tried to find a way to defeat the Space Beast, whose Flash skill made it difficult to attack. He prepared to use Flower Grafting to swap his HP with the beast’s, but first needed to learn how its ability worked.

• Little Fire introduced Xiao Fan, who called himself Jiu Chen, to Tusk and the gathered animals as a volunteer willing to help defeat the Space Beast.
• Tusk doubted Jiu Chen could defeat the level-20 Space Beast, while Jiu Chen considered using Flower Grafting to exchange their HP.
• The Big Rabbit and Tusk explained that the Space Beast could Flash away from attacks, making Jiu Chen worry it might escape before his skill took effect.
• The animals shared unsuccessful ideas, and Tusk explained that the Space Beast threatened the Life Crystal Mine and the valley’s inhabitants.
• Tusk asked Jiu Chen for ideas, and Jiu Chen asked about the Space Beast’s Flash cooldown and range, but Tusk did not know what a cooldown was.

Xiao Fan learned about the Space Beast’s short Flash cooldown and range, then devised a plan to lure it into his Flower Grafting mark. He and the Magic Beasts reached the Life Crystal Mine, where they found the Space Beast had devoured more crystals and began putting his plan into action.

• Xiao Fan asked the Magic Beasts about the Space Beast’s Flash, learning it could travel about 100 meters and had a cooldown of only a few dozen counts.
• Xiao Fan devised a plan with the Magic Beasts to lure the Space Beast into his Flower Grafting mark, and Tusk agreed to help.
• Little Fire and Little Blaze flew ahead to scout as Xiao Fan rode Old Yellow Ox through the valley toward the Life Crystal Mine.
• Old Ox explained that Magic Beasts grew stronger by fusing with Evolution Fragments, which helped them absorb power from Life Crystals.
• Little Fire and Little Blaze reported that the Space Beast had devoured another half of the Life Crystals, and Tusk ordered the Magic Beasts to follow Xiao Fan’s plan.
• Xiao Fan climbed onto Little Fire’s back and set out with the beasts to confront the Space Beast.

Xiao Fan and the Magic Beasts tried to herd the Space Beast away from the Life Crystal Mine and into a gorge, where Xiao Fan could trap it with Flower Grafting. The Space Beast reached Tusk in the gorge, and Xiao Fan prepared his marks for its next Flash.

• Xiao Fan assigned the Magic Beasts roles in a plan to drive the Space Beast into a gorge.
• Big Ox, Big Lion, and Black Bear attacked the Space Beast, which repeatedly Flashed away while devouring Life Crystals.
• Xiao Fan used Sun and Moon Rotation to slow the Space Beast, and Big Ox struck it before it escaped with Flash.
• Xiao Fan and Little Fire followed the Space Beast as the other Magic Beasts guided it toward the gorge.
• Xiao Fan placed marks beneath himself and at the Space Beast's predicted destination, then waited for its Flash cooldown to end.

Xiao Fan weakened and defeated the Space Beast, completing the Life Space encounter and freeing Tusk and the other trapped Magic Beasts. After the encounter sent him back to the strange boulder, he reunited with Blade Shadow’s group and returned to Novice Village, where he gave the others a vague explanation.

• Xiao Fan’s skill slowed the weakened Space Beast, and Tusk charged it despite Xiao Fan’s warning; the Space Beast’s vortex nearly swallowed Tusk before it died from Xiao Fan’s final damage.
• Xiao Fan received 100,000 Core Power, a Life Space Stone, a Life Crystal, and a Monster Space Evolution Fragment when he completed the Life Space encounter.
• The system closed the encounter scene and sent Xiao Fan back beside the strange boulder, where touching the stone again did nothing.
• Blade Shadow told Xiao Fan that he and the other six had been trapped in a dark space after Blade Shadow touched the boulder, then returned when the encounter ended.
• Xiao Fan reunited with Blade Shadow’s group and led them back to Novice Village, where he told the others that completing a quest had freed them.

Xiao Fan stored the Life Crystal and Life Space Stone, finished preparing five Heaven-Tier Skill Books, and left Cloud Sea for reality. After reuniting with his family, he learned Qin Muyu had arranged their trip to the Triangle Zone and was told to reach Dragon City by five that afternoon.

• Xiao Fan learned that skill tiers surpassed God-Tier and considered whether to use the Life Space Stone to make a Space Ring, but decided to save it.
• Xiao Fan spent the week crafting Skill Books, completed five Heaven-Tier books, and arranged a trade with Zhou He using Taichu's information.
• Xiao Fan left Cloud Sea, manifesting Thousand-Faced One, Sun and Moon Rotation, and the five Skill Books for twenty-five million Core Power.
• Xiao Fan returned home, saw that his uncle Xiao Yi was doing well, and chatted with him about the game.
• Qin Muyu messaged Xiao Fan that they would leave for the Triangle Zone that night and told him to reach Dragon City by five.

Zhou He identified Taichu as Ye Changge and became convinced that he owned the God-Tier Skill, giving up on recruiting him. Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu traveled to the Triangle Auction House, where Xiao Fan used Thousand-Faced One to disguise himself as a muscular stranger.

• Zhou He read Ye Changge's file and recalled how Ye Changge had left the Ye Family to live with his mother rather than return under pressure.
• Zhou He concluded that Ye Changge was probably the God-Tier Skill owner and abandoned his plan to recruit him.
• Xiao Fan arrived in Dragon City and met Qin Muyu, who led him toward the Triangle Auction House.
• Qin Muyu boarded the boat in disguise and mocked Xiao Fan for arriving without covering his face.
• Xiao Fan returned disguised as a muscular man and revealed himself to Qin Muyu as Jiu Chen.
• Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu reached the island where the Triangle Auction House was located.

Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu arrived at the Triangle Auction House, where Xiao Fan borrowed Qin Muyu’s VIP token so he could attend the game-item auction alone. Meanwhile, Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng learned that Ye Changge had come to the island and concluded that he was the player behind the God-Tier Skill and possibly several anonymous Heaven-Tier Skills.

• Qin Muyu used her Baisheng Chamber of Commerce VIP token to get herself and Xiao Fan onto the island, then explained how the Triangle Auction House handled game-item trades.
• Xiao Fan asked Qin Muyu to leave him her token and wait at the hotel so she would not learn that he had won the Resurrection Art clue.
• Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu went to the hotel to rest before the two o’clock auction.
• Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng arrived at Xiao Fan’s hotel and discussed Ye Changge’s presence on the island.
• Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng decided that Ye Changge had created the God-Tier Skill and might also have created the earlier anonymous Heaven-Tier Skills.

Xiao Fan attended the Triangle Auction House and watched Lan Feifei present a mysterious Phoenix model as a game item. No one bid on it at the price of a Heaven-Tier Skill, so Xiao Fan memorized the owner's contact information before the auction's final item was revealed.

• Xiao Fan went to the auction house while Qin Muyu returned to the hotel, and he watched the masked crowd from a private room.
• Lan Feifei opened the auction and sold several prearranged weapons and low-tier Heavenly Spirit Treasures.
• Lan Feifei used a throwing knife to knock off the mask of a man who questioned the Phoenix model's authenticity, then warned the crowd not to insult the auction house.
• Lan Feifei set the Phoenix model's opening bid at one Heaven-Tier Skill, but no one bid; Xiao Fan decided he needed to obtain it and memorized the owner's contact information.
• Lan Feifei introduced the final item and asked the guests to guess what it was.

Lan Feifei revealed that the Triangle Auction House’s final item was a Resurrection Art clue, priced at five Heaven-Tier Skill Books, and Xiao Fan won it from his private room. After the other guests left, Lan Feifei escorted him out and offered to buy any more Heaven-Tier Skill Books he had.

• Lan Feifei announced that the final auction item was the Resurrection Art clue, which the Dragon Nation government had agreed to trade for five Heaven-Tier Skill Books.
• The audience realized they could not match the agreed price, and the light in Xiao Fan’s Private Room 211 came on as he bid.
• Lan Feifei confirmed Xiao Fan had won the clue and recognized him as a Potential Ranking genius and the owner of the God-Tier Skill.
• Xiao Fan waited until the auction hall had emptied, then followed Lan Feifei out under the auction house’s safety precautions.
• Lan Feifei offered to buy any additional Heaven-Tier Skill Books Xiao Fan wanted to sell.

Xiao Fan traded five Heaven-Tier Skill books to Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng for the Resurrection Art clue, then flew with them and Qin Muyu back to Dragon City. Lan Feifei and foreign factions began investigating the disguised trader, while Xiao Fan remained unaware of the growing attention.

• Xiao Fan exchanged five Heaven-Tier Skill books for the Resurrection Art clue with Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng.
• Zhou He invited Xiao Fan to leave with them, and Xiao Fan agreed to bring Qin Muyu along.
• Xiao Fan, Qin Muyu, Zhou He, and Jian Qingfeng left the hotel through a secret passage and boarded Zhou He's private plane.
• Lan Feifei learned Xiao Fan had left with Zhou He and ordered her agents in the Dragon Nation to investigate him without acting rashly.
• Foreign factions learned of the trade and sent spies into the Dragon Nation to uncover Xiao Fan's identity.
• Xiao Fan arrived safely in Dragon City without knowing that factions were searching for him.

Xiao Fan returned to Sea City, arranged a possible trade with Ye Changge for the mysterious bird model, and began the quest to create the Resurrection Art. The qualification quest started with several requirements Xiao Fan had already met, but he still needed to hand in a Life Crystal.

• Xiao Fan evaded the people watching him by changing back from his disguise at a Dragon City morning market, then returned to Sea City and contacted the seller of the Phoenix model.
• Ye Changge accepted Xiao Fan’s offer to trade a Heaven-Tier Skill book for the model and shared his game ID, Taichu, without realizing Xiao Fan was the person he had met while disguised.
• Xiao Fan paid ten million Core Power to enter Novice Village, Zone 18, and used the clue to accept the quest to qualify to create the Resurrection Art.
• Xiao Fan checked the quest requirements and found that he had already reached level 10 and possessed the required Evolution Fragment.
• Xiao Fan saw that the next requirement was to hand in one Life Crystal, which he already had.

Xiao Fan examined the ten prerequisites for obtaining Resurrection Art and found that most would be difficult to complete, while he considered asking Jian Qingfeng to reach Level 100. Meanwhile, Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He verified the five Heaven-Tier Skill Books from Taichu and noticed that their skills felt suspiciously like Xiao Fan’s work.

• Xiao Fan submitted a Life Crystal to complete the third prerequisite, then considered whether Taichu’s Phoenix model might be a Spirit or God Beast Soul Stone.
• Xiao Fan reviewed the remaining prerequisites, including Sands of Time, the Heart of Myriad Phenomena, Evolution Fragments, Healing Evolution, Reputation Value, and a server player reaching Level 100.
• Xiao Fan decided to ask Jian Qingfeng to reach Level 100, but when Jian Qingfeng did not reply, he turned to creating skill books for Jian Qingfeng and Taichu.
• Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng entered the game with five Heaven-Tier Skill Books and confirmed their ranks.
• Jian Qingfeng examined the skill books and told Zhou He that the skills were powerful but felt like Xiao Fan’s style.

Xiao Fan discovered that Taichu’s mysterious item was a Phoenix Soul Stone and confirmed the trade, though they still needed to arrange how to exchange it. The chapter left Xiao Fan holding to his promise while Taichu worried he might back out.

• Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He noticed that Taichu’s five skill books matched Xiao Fan’s skill-creation style, and Zhou He ruled out the two knowing each other.
• Xiao Fan created a Heaven-Tier Skill book overnight, while Taichu accepted his friend request using his own game data.
• Ye Changge sent Xiao Fan the details of the mysterious Phoenix model and explained that appraisal attempts were limited.
• Xiao Fan told Ye Changge to appraise it as a Phoenix Soul Stone, and the appraisal succeeded, revealing it contained a fragment of the Phoenix’s soul.
• Xiao Fan confirmed he would honor the trade, and Taichu said they could exchange the item another way instead of waiting for the Triangle Auction House.