Recaps

Li Si escorted Lizi and Keleisi out of Kuka City, then exposed a Dillon Kingdom spy network in Northwind City and prepared to continue north. After parting from his companions, he reached Xue Ling Town and began investigating a local legend.

• Li Si helped Keleisi and Lizi escape Kuka City, then broke Keleisi’s Demon Sealing Ring and absorbed the Mutated Styx Essence to gain Styx’s Blessing.
• When Viscount Kuka’s knights searched the caravan, Li Si’s carriage ward burned Rashid, and Li Si later accepted Ignoth’s apology and reassured Keleisi and Lizi that they were safe.
• At Earl Solo’s banquet, Li Si warned Andrew Solo that Dillon Kingdom planned to invade and identified the Cold Pine Merchant Guild as the public face of its Winter Serpent intelligence network.
• Li Si confronted Ul at the guild and defeated him, while Andrew captured Seth and uncovered the guild’s underground intelligence stronghold.
• Andrew began a wider campaign against Winter Serpent, while Li Si left the merchant group with Luo Kui and arranged for him to escort Keleisi and Lizi toward Can Guang City.
• Li Si trained Fink and gave him supplies before leaving for the northwest, while Fink resolved to grow stronger before their next meeting.
• After traveling alone for half a month, Li Si reached Xue Ling Town and asked Yulia about the purple fog and local legends.

Li Si followed the Purple Mist into the Dream World and passed Sphinx’s three trials, gaining the God of Wisdom’s legacy. He left the temple with Wisdom of Sphinx and knowledge that could advance his arcane research, while bound to keep the legacy secret until he reached Legendary-level.

• Li Si learned from Todd that the God of Wisdom’s palace appeared in dreams during the Purple Mist, then entered the Dream World and reached the Black Temple.
• Li Si passed the first trial by climbing the temple steps and began the second trial in a dream of Xue Ling Town, where he lived as Miles and trained to wield the God of Wisdom’s divine arts.
• Li Si spent ten years deciphering the divine rune array, recreated it with Magical Elements, and passed the second trial.
• Sphinx revealed that the dream had preserved Li Si’s knowledge and invited him to take the black cat, the Mage Tower’s Magic Intelligent Life, out of the ruins.
• Li Si learned Sphinx’s Apotheosis Art as he climbed the temple stairs, enduring soul pressure to memorize its teachings on Faith Power, Virtual Divinity, divine authorities, and God Kingdoms.
• Li Si reached the hundredth step and sat on the divine throne, completing the third trial as Sphinx’s remaining consciousness faded and Wisdom of Sphinx settled onto him.
• Li Si learned that Wisdom of Sphinx was a Legendary accessory containing Sphinx’s knowledge, but Sphinx had forbidden him from revealing or sharing the legacy before reaching Legendary-level.
• Li Si discovered Sphinx Dream Building Art in the knowledge vault and considered using Dream Power and Lucid Dream to explore memories stored in a soul.

Li Si used his growing power and knowledge of future events to destroy Wester Castle, infiltrate Ice Peak City as Kinnear Simon, and deepen the conflict between King Lukar and Duke Strand Ward. After setting off explosions around Garsa Warehouse, he launched a larger attack on the Ice Fortress Royal Palace, leaving its barrier shattered.

• Li Si bonded with the black cat Xiao Mi, left the temple, and turned his attention to pursuing the monk specialty Proof of Nature.
• Li Si traveled to Wester Valley, raised his level to 70, and destroyed Wester Castle and part of the Snow Wolf Legion with his domains before escaping Abbas.
• Li Si learned from Old Downs that several Fies Kingdom agents operated in Ice Peak City and chose to assume Kinnear Simon’s identity.
• Gilberto Salas assigned Li Si to investigate Flur Philip, and Li Si resisted Philip’s Subconscious Suggestion at Duke Ward’s soirée.
• Li Si entered Strand Ward’s dream as Moriarty, exposed Shaz Wood’s role in the Demon Gate incident, and proposed an alliance with Ward.
• Li Si arranged for players to bomb Garsa Warehouse, exposing a concealed underground space and prompting King Lukar to order Philip’s arrest.
• Li Si selected sites for a larger spectacle and recruited players to set off explosions across Ice Peak City, drawing guards away from the palace.
• Li Si attacked the Ice Fortress Royal Palace with blue meteors and a high-energy bomb, shattering its barrier before teleporting away.

Li Si helped expose and stop Demogorgon's assault on Ice Peak City, then left Dillon Kingdom to train and travel toward the Bertich Kingdom. Along the way, he killed a young white dragon, took in Helen Evans, and boarded a merchant ship where he encountered Sirens and heard Aivar's tale of a mysterious island.

• Li Si returned to Ice Peak City disguised as Kinnear Simon, gathered intelligence, and pushed Duke Ward toward rebellion while the kingdom prepared for war.
• Duke Ward's armies seized Ice Peak City as King Lukar and Shaz Wood opened a Demon Gate, and Li Si's golden pillar destroyed the main gate after Demogorgon possessed Lukar.
• Stephens drove Demogorgon from Lukar, the Ice and Snow Goddess Church sealed the remaining gates, and Li Si recovered before telling Strand Dillon that Lukar was dead.
• Li Si accepted Strand's rare metals, left Ice Peak City, and trained across the snowy wilderness before defeating a white dragon named Tobias and gaining its traits.
• Li Si reached Ward City, sold his magical beast materials, and took in a starving child who introduced herself as Helen Evans, the future Pirate Queen Mad Helen.
• Li Si and Helen boarded the Mermaid for Dana Port, where Captain Loren asked Li Si to help defend the ship from pirates and a storm tested the crew.
• After Sirens' song entranced the Mermaid's crew, Li Si stunned and killed the attackers, then listened as Aivar described a magical island he had once reached and asked how to return.