Recaps

Zhao Fu upgraded the All-Beings Nest to legendary quality and opened six of his Orange Light Divine Fish treasures. As he opened the last treasure, a powerful fish took his bait and dragged him and his boat toward deeper water.

• Zhao Fu redeemed the remaining Upgrade Stone and destroyed five silver-quality villages to obtain damaged City Hearts.
• Zhao Fu used ten damaged City Hearts to upgrade the All-Beings Nest to gold quality, then used the Upgrade Stone to raise it to legendary quality.
• Zhao Fu learned that the nest could now spawn one Void-Severing Beast each day, while regional passages would still open every three days.
• Zhao Fu returned to fishing at the Li River and opened six Fish Treasures, gaining several legendary-quality items, including a sealing pillar and a blade-intent item.
• A powerful fish swallowed Zhao Fu's bait and pulled him and his boat toward deeper waters.

Zhao Fu caught a rare Tricolor Divine Fish on the Li River, then used the One-Life Rod’s rain gear to recover his attributes as the fourth day of the Divine Fish Festival began. A vast whirlpool overwhelmed the river and dragged him toward its center, where he spotted a seven-colored, horned giant fish.

• Zhao Fu battled a powerful creature for over an hour before catching a Tricolor Divine Fish that transformed into light and awarded him 5,000 Divine Fish Points, but no fish treasure.
• As the fourth day of the Divine Fish Festival arrived, Zhao Fu continued fishing on the Li River, hoping to catch more Tricolor Divine Fish and obtain Epic-grade items.
• When rain began, Zhao Fu activated the One-Life Rod’s fourth state and discovered that its bamboo hat and straw rain cape restored his attributes.
• A whirlpool grew to a million li, trapping Zhao Fu and pulling his boat toward its center despite his attempts to escape with King's Domain.
• At the center of the whirlpool, Zhao Fu saw a ten-meter-long, golden-scaled fish with dragon horns and whiskers that radiated seven-colored light.

Zhao Fu fought a Seven-Colored Divine Fish that had been drawn to him by his bait, using several weapons and techniques to wound it. After hours of struggle, he exhausted the fish and pulled it toward the surface, where he heard people talking nearby.

• The Seven-Colored Divine Fish tried to swallow Zhao Fu, but he wounded it with a fiery blade and shattered its water-column attacks.
• Zhao Fu split the river with a powerful slash, struck the fish again with the Evil-Breaking Spear, and dodged its water-arrow attack.
• The fish attacked Zhao Fu at close range, but he wounded it with the One-Life Rod and Royal Wood Sword, then bound it with his fishing line.
• The Seven-Colored Divine Fish fled and dragged Zhao Fu through the river for several hours until it exhausted its strength.
• Zhao Fu pulled the fish to within ten meters of the surface, heard people talking above, and continued hauling it upward.

Zhao Fu caught a Seven-Colored Divine Fish at the Li River and used its treasure, which produced a rare Stone of the Heavenly Domain rather than a divine artifact. He exchanged his Divine Fish Points for a gold-grade City-Building Stone and continued fishing as the festival entered its fifth day.

• Zhao Fu caught a Seven-Colored Divine Fish, gained 100,000 Divine Fish Points, and flew away with its treasure as the crowd watched.
• News of the Seven-Colored Divine Fish spread, and people speculated that an unknown monstrous genius had caught it.
• Zhao Fu used the Seven-Colored Fish Treasure and received a Stone of the Heavenly Domain, which he put away.
• Zhao Fu exchanged 200,000 Divine Fish Points for a gold-grade City-Building Stone at a system main city.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Li River upstream but caught only Purple Light and Orange Light Divine Fish as the fourth festival day ended and the fifth began.

Zhao Fu used his blood to lure divine fish but instead drew a massive swarm of Li River fish monsters, which he fought with his weapons and skills. While chasing their Lord-grade leader, he discovered a stone platform and fish monster statue at the bottom of the river, revealing its lair.

• After failing to find divine fish upstream and in the middle reaches, Zhao Fu cut his arm and let his blood flow into the river to attract them.
• Zhao Fu's blood drew countless fish monsters, and he used the Royal Wood Sword to grow a vast canopy of branches that impaled and killed them.
• A Lord-grade fish monster attacked Zhao Fu with two water-formed fish, but Zhao Fu destroyed the water creatures and wounded the lord with the Heavenly Demon Sword.
• The fish monster lord fled into the river, and Zhao Fu pursued it using the King's Domain after its barrier broke and the Godly Demon-Devouring Bite wounded it.
• Zhao Fu followed the fish monster lord to a stone platform on the riverbed, where he found a statue of a fish monster and discovered its lair.

Zhao Fu killed the Ugly-Bone Fish lord and occupied its nest, but a gigantic regional lord drove him from the Li River. Back in Great Qin, he learned of a Dragon-Locking Well and began considering where to fish next.

• Zhao Fu trapped the wounded Ugly-Bone Fish lord in his Killing Field Domain and killed it after fighting off its water clones.
• Zhao Fu occupied and relocated the mid-town-grade Ugly-Bone Fish nest, gaining battle merit and 230,000 experience.
• A gigantic Ugly-Bone Fish appeared and tried to swallow Zhao Fu, who escaped using a Ten-Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and learned there was a Dragon-Locking Well in another region.

Zhao Fu fished at the Dragon-Locking Well during the Divine Fish Festival, then spent his remaining points on a third-tier pill formula. Back in Great Qin, he tallied the festival’s rewards, expanded the army, and opened purple Fish Treasures that yielded several valuable items.

• Zhao Fu caught Purple, Orange, and Three-Colored Divine Fish at the Dragon-Locking Well over two days of fishing.
• After the Divine Fish Festival ended, Zhao Fu exchanged his remaining points for the Withered Wood Pill formula.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and counted 154 City-Building Stones, bringing its total villages to 651, then expanded the army to 60,000 soldiers.
• Zhao Fu placed the Ugly-Bone Fish nest in Great Qin and distributed the Fish Treasures below purple grade for others to open.
• Zhao Fu opened 43 purple Fish Treasures and obtained legendary equipment, materials, and skills, along with a fifth-tier pill formula, Living Spirit Water, Poison Dragon Liquid, Realm Iron, and The Invisible One pendant.

After reviewing the Divine Fish Festival’s gains and news, Zhao Fu strengthened Great Qin and received an opportunity involving Orc City. There, elites began suffering from the poison Zhao Fu had secretly planted in their pills, and the shamans could not cure them.

• Zhao Fu reviewed the festival’s rewards and forum news, including the City-Building Stone owners, the Xuanyuan and Chiyou descendants’ draw, and the three Seven-Colored Divine Fish.
• Wu Qingniang urged Zhao Fu to build ties with the Alliance of Soldiers, and he returned to Apocalypse World after agreeing to consider it.
• A Great Qin assassin reported something to Zhao Fu, who smiled faintly.
• In Orc City, Gunado watched shamans fail to treat a dozen sick elite orcs and demanded that they find a cure.
• The orcs’ illness was revealed to be the accumulated poison of Evil-Warding that Zhao Fu had secretly added to their pills, which required a Tier 5 antidote to remove completely.

Zhao Fu’s poison sickened more and more orcs, while Orc City’s leaders struggled to find the cause. He delayed his planned attack until Great Qin Town could form a City Lord Seal and the poison weakened Orc City further, then visited to exchange for slaves and was asked to provide medicine.

• After dozens of orcs fell ill, Gunado reported the unexplained outbreak to Kaki, who ordered an urgent investigation and secrecy.
• Zhao Fu learned of the outbreak and weighed Orc City’s defenses, deciding to wait for Great Qin Town to form a City Lord Seal and for Evil-Warding’s poison to take stronger effect.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin’s forces to prioritize capturing villages until the town upgraded, then traveled to Orc City the following day.
• Gunado welcomed Zhao Fu and brought him to inspect two thousand slaves offered in exchange.
• Gunado asked Zhao Fu for powerful medicine to treat the illness after Zhou Ming’s medicine failed to help the increasingly numerous sick orcs.

Zhao Fu exploited Orc City’s mysterious illness by trading deceptive medicines for slaves and City-Building Stones, then returned to negotiate for preventive medicine. He left facing City Lord Kaki’s offer of silver, stones, and more slaves.

• Zhao Fu traded medicine for treating the illness to Gunado in exchange for the current two thousand slaves and ten ordinary City-Building Stones.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin to make medicine that only delayed the effects of the poison, along with preventive pills containing mostly Evil-Warding poison.
• Gunado tested Zhao Fu’s medicine on several Orcs, saw their symptoms improve, and decided to buy preventive medicine after more Orcs fell ill.
• Gunado led Zhao Fu to a hall where City Lord Kaki and Orc City’s upper echelon had gathered.
• Kaki offered Zhao Fu two hundred thousand silver coins, ten City-Building Stones, and three thousand slaves for the preventive medicine.

Zhao Fu completed the medicine trade with Orc City and focused on preparing Great Qin for war and its town upgrade. Great Qin became a small city, summoning a massive black dragon and drawing the attention of inheritors and rising factions across Huaxia, while He Xianru decided to explain everything to His Highness.

• Gunado raised the price for Zhao Fu’s medicines, and Zhao Fu accepted the deal after Gunado calmed the hostile orcs.
• Gunado tested the preventive medicines on slaves, then distributed them throughout Orc City after confirming they were safe.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin’s forces to conquer as quickly as possible while he waited for Great Qin Town to gain enough experience to upgrade.
• Zhang Dahu occupied a village, triggering Great Qin Town’s upgrade to a small city and a vast black aura that formed a thousand-meter-long dragon.
• Inheritors and fortune-blessed people across Huaxia sensed Great Qin’s rise, while He Xianru resolved to explain everything to His Highness.

Zhao Fu oversaw Great Qin City’s transformation into a small city, gaining its City Lord Seal and awakening the final three historical figures. He welcomed Sima Cuo, Shang Yang, and Zhang Han, then ordered preparations to conquer Orc City.

• Great Qin City formed its City Lord Seal, unlocked city functions, and raised the Heaven-Prayer Platform’s level.
• Zhao Fu learned that Sima Cuo, Shang Yang, and Zhang Han were the final historical figures to awaken.
• Sima Cuo, Shang Yang, and Zhang Han regained awareness in the Land of Origin and pledged themselves to Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu had Li Si brief the three newcomers, recalled the soldiers, and began preparing to conquer Orc City.
• Zhao Fu inspected Great Qin City’s new small-city attributes and its population, territory, and military strength.

Zhao Fu used burning Evil-Warding Grass branches to trigger the poison in Bodili’s Orc soldiers and ambushed their group. He then defeated Bodili with a single sword strike, revealing himself as a City Lord.

• Zhao Fu and his generals devised a strategy against Orc City and split Great Qin’s soldiers into four groups.
• Bodili led over five thousand Orcs on a campaign to conquer villages while Zhao Fu’s assassins followed his group.
• Great Qin’s assassins burned Evil-Warding branches, causing the poisoned Orcs to collapse as Zhao Fu’s soldiers surrounded them.
• Bodili charged Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu ordered his archers to target Bodili’s giant wolf and then struck Bodili with his sword.
• Bodili crashed through trees and realized Zhao Fu was a City Lord.

Zhao Fu defeated Orc City's forces outside the city and began the next stage of his plan to capture it. As Old Rogge and Duo Ke infiltrated the city to recruit the slaves, Duo Ke found a kobold leader and tried to convince him that Great Qin could defeat Orc City.

• Zhao Fu killed Bodili after Bodili refused to surrender, and Great Qin's forces subdued the poisoned orcs outside the city.
• Bai Qi and the other commanders surrounded Orc City and prepared an isolation formation while Zhao Fu sent infiltrators to contact the slaves.
• Old Rogge and Duo Ke entered Orc City disguised as garbage haulers, and Duo Ke found the kobold slaves and their leader.
• Duo Ke offered the middle-aged kobold a chance to earn freedom by helping Great Qin attack Orc City.
• The middle-aged kobold doubted Duo Ke's claim until Duo Ke showed him a legendary-grade spear and boasted about Great Qin's strength.

Duo Ke and Old Rogge secured the Kobolds’ and Goblins’ help before Zhao Fu launched a surprise attack on Orc City. The Orc defenders collapsed after Great Qin spread Evil-Warding Grass smoke through the city and across its walls, leaving the siege in Great Qin’s favor.

• Duo Ke persuaded the Kobold leaders to aid Great Qin or flee during the attack, and the Goblin leaders agreed after killing two suspected informants.
• Duo Ke and Old Rogge returned to Great Qin, and Zhao Fu activated the isolation grand formation and ordered an attack on the Orc villages around Orc City.
• Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s forces to Orc City, where Bai Qi, Wang Jian, and Wei Liao surrounded it from four directions.
• Gunado recognized Zhao Fu on the city wall and taunted him, but Zhao Fu ordered ballista bolts carrying Evil-Warding branches fired over the walls into the city.
• As Orc soldiers inhaled the smoke and collapsed, Zhao Fu shot at Gunado with the Great Roc Spirit Bow, interrupting his spell and allowing smoke to overwhelm the defenders on the walls.

Zhao Fu’s Great Qin forces attacked Orc City while poison and white smoke crippled its defenders. Orc City’s outer walls fell, and Kaki fled as Gunado prepared to sacrifice himself against Zhao Fu.

• Gunado used a life-draining secret technique to suppress the poison in the fallen orc soldiers, while Kaki arrived and ordered the fighting to continue.
• Zhao Fu summoned the twelve assassin inheritors and sent them to kill Gunado, then fought Kaki in the sky.
• White smoke left most orc civilians too weak to fight, while the slaves joined Great Qin’s forces and helped Bai Qi and the other two capture the southern, western, and northern walls.
• Gunado urged Kaki to flee after receiving news that the three walls had fallen, and Kaki forced Zhao Fu back before escaping toward the City Lord’s Manor.
• Gunado laughed and fixed his gaze on Zhao Fu, intending to die together with him and the soldiers.

Zhao Fu's forces stopped Gunado from summoning Orc City's giant wolves and launched their assault, while Zhao Fu intercepted Kaki as he tried to relocate the city. When the two City Lord Seals appeared, Kaki realized Zhao Fu was the mysterious person feared in Terror Forest.

• Tuoba Qing and Little Slaughter attacked Gunado, with Little Slaughter severing his hands and Tuoba Qing cutting him in two before he could summon the giant wolves.
• The awakened orcs died after Gunado lost his power, and Zhao Fu ordered his soldiers to attack Orc City.
• Zhao Fu intercepted Kaki as he flew toward the City Lord's Residence and clashed with him using the Heavenly Demon Sword.
• Bai Qi and two others attacked Orc City's City Lord's Heart, but its golden protective barrier remained intact.
• Kaki and Zhao Fu summoned their City Lord Seals, and Kaki recognized Zhao Fu as the mysterious person feared in Terror Forest.

Zhao Fu kept Kaki occupied while Bai Qi and the others weakened Orc City's golden barrier with their giant beasts. After Kaki unleashed the power of his ancestors and tried to reach the City-Building Stone, Zhao Fu shattered the barrier and reached the City Heart first, while Kaki charged at him.

• Kaki attacked Zhao Fu with his City Lord Seal and axe as Bai Qi and the others sent their giant beasts against the golden barrier.
• Kaki offered Zhao Fu everything in Orc City except the City-Building Stone, but Zhao Fu refused and continued fighting him.
• Kaki summoned the power of the orc ancestors and struck Zhao Fu, who blocked with his Demon Shield and King's Domain before being sent flying.
• Kaki rushed toward the barrier, but Bai Qi and the others used their beasts to hold him back.
• Zhao Fu unleashed Demon Sun and struck Kaki, shattering the weakened golden barrier with him.
• Zhao Fu reached the platform and touched the City Heart as Kaki, bloodied and enraged, charged at him.

Zhao Fu occupied Kaki City after defeating the orcs, killed Kaki when he refused to surrender, and took control of the city and its Beast Wolf Nest. Bai Qi reported Great Qin’s spoils and light losses, leaving Zhao Fu to consider the city’s resources and the end of his conflict with Gunado.

• Zhao Fu occupied Kaki City, gained battle merits and Conquest Points, and stripped Kaki of the City Lord Seal’s power.
• Zhao Fu offered Kaki a chance to surrender, but Kaki attacked him and Zhao Fu killed him.
• Zhao Fu ordered Bai Qi to gather the sick orcs, loot supplies, and tally losses while he inspected Kaki City’s attributes and troop classes.
• Zhao Fu inspected the Beast Wolf Nest and its giant wolves, which could support the creation of a large orc cavalry force.
• Bai Qi reported that Great Qin captured more than 250,000 orcs and 73 City-Building Stones, gained 340,000 gold coins and other supplies, and suffered few losses.
• Zhao Fu reflected on Gunado’s death and the end of their long conflict, but remained resolved that he would have killed Gunado again.

Zhao Fu forced the captured Orcs to choose between submitting to Great Qin and being executed, ordering a mass slaughter that ended only when Bai Qi intervened to save the children. Afterward, 220,000 Orcs remained as captives, bringing Great Qin a total of 240,000 new people alongside the surrendered Kobolds and Goblins.

• Zhao Fu welcomed the surrendered Kobolds and Goblins as citizens of Great Qin rather than slaves.
• Zhao Fu demanded that the captured Orcs submit, then ordered thousands of loyalists and elderly Orcs executed when they refused.
• As a blood-colored star’s influence intensified, Zhao Fu ordered more Orcs killed and then ordered the execution of the Orc children.
• Bai Qi and several generals stopped the execution, and Zhao Fu released the children before ordering the remaining non-surrendering Orcs killed.
• Bai Qi completed the sorting, leaving 220,000 of the original 250,000 Orc captives alive; together with the 20,000 surrendered captives, they added 240,000 people to Great Qin.

Zhao Fu absorbed the gains from conquering Orc City and oversaw Great Qin’s development. He Xianru apologized and revealed her ties to the Yin-Yang School and her true name, before Zhao Fu asked her to come with him.

• Zhao Fu rebuilt Orc City as a subordinate city, appointed Sade its lord, and rewarded him and his longtime generals with aptitude spheres and a Blood God Pill.
• The destruction of Kaki City alarmed the three other system city lords in Terror Forest, while Zhou Ming returned to the Zhou Family to investigate who had conquered Orc City.
• Great Qin focused on absorbing its new population and expanding Great Qin City, while Zhao Fu cultivated beside a stream.
• He Xianru apologized for concealing her identity and revealed that she belonged to the Food School and Yin-Yang School, served as the Wood Vein Director of Fate, and was named Xianru, not He Xianru.
• Xianru said the Sect Master had sent her to apologize for the sealing incident; Zhao Fu accepted the apology and told her to come with him.

Zhao Fu brought Xian Ru to Great Qin City and officially welcomed her into Great Qin, then met with representatives of the Alliance of Soldiers. Afterward, Dong Junhua warned that Zhao Fu had frightening power and ambitions, while Zhao Fu turned his thoughts to an unresolved matter.

• Zhao Fu took Xian Ru to Great Qin City, gave her permission to enter freely, and put her in charge of sacrificial rites.
• Zhao Fu met Dong Junhua, Dong Ying, and Ren Changzhong in Heaven's Choice and established a slight alliance with the Alliance of Soldiers.
• Dong Ying said Zhao Fu seemed amiable, but Ren Changzhong described his aura and baleful presence as terrifying.
• Dong Junhua admitted he was jealous of Zhao Fu because Wu Qingniang cared about him and said he would warn her about Zhao Fu's ambitions.
• Dong Junhua decided to maintain cooperation with Heaven's Choice and strengthen the Alliance of Soldiers so he could someday become worthy of marrying Wu Qingniang.
• After the visitors left, Zhao Fu suddenly remembered something.

Zhao Fu led an elite squad into Gloomwood in the Lolan Ruins to hunt creatures and gather useful drops. After discovering seven types of Silver Lake Narcissus weapon essences that could unlock the Silver Immortal Seven Combat Classes, he continued deeper into the forest.

• Zhao Fu assembled a force from Great Qin and checked on Willow Mountain Town before traveling to the Lolan Ruins.
• Zhao Fu entered Gloomwood with Shield Bearers, Archers, Blue-Red Goblins, and Hundred Ghost Illusionists, then defeated a group of Black Goblins.
• Zhao Fu’s soldiers killed a larger group of Goblins, Throwing Goblins, and Centurions, collecting token fragments and finding corpses suitable for refining Blood God Pills.
• Zhao Fu discovered seven kinds of weapon essences that could be combined into inheritance equipment and unlock the Silver Immortal Seven Combat Classes.
• Zhao Fu collected the corpses and led the soldiers farther into Gloomwood.

Zhao Fu’s soldiers defeated twenty-six Tier 2 minotaurs, and their Ancient Power transformed twenty-six archers into powerful fighters. When more than fifty cat demons ambushed the group, Zhao Fu used the Killing Field Domain to slow them, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhao Fu sent the Hundred Ghost Illusionists to trap the minotaurs in the Nether Ghost Realm, then killed all twenty-six with the Ghost-Slaying Sword.
• Zhao Fu gave the minotaurs’ Ancient Power to twenty-six archers, whose bodies grew larger and stronger.
• Zhao Fu stored the minotaur corpses and continued exploring Gloomwood’s outskirts, hoping they could be refined into Blood God Pills.
• More than fifty cat demons ambushed Zhao Fu’s group, and the Shield Bearers formed a defensive circle around the archers.
• Zhao Fu activated the Killing Field Domain, enclosing the cat demons in a crimson dome and slowing their movements.

Zhao Fu and his soldiers fought through groups of goblins, minotaurs, and several varieties of cat demons, collecting attribute gems and strengthening their forces. After Heavenly Demon absorbed the dark gems from the Dark Cat Demons, she remained in the sword to digest their power.

• Zhao Fu’s archers killed the slowed cat demons, and his soldiers collected the attribute gems they dropped.
• Zhao Fu used the Hundred Ghost Illusionists’ Nether Ghost Realm to trap a large goblin group, then killed them with ballistas and collected their enchantment cards.
• Zhao Fu restrained the Poison Cat Demons with a blood-colored barrier, and his archers killed them before they could attack; he collected their poison-attribute gems for Great Qin’s assassins.
• Zhao Fu trapped more than thirty minotaurs in Nether Ghost Realm, killed them with the Ghost-Slaying Sword, and distributed their Ancient Power to his soldiers.
• Zhao Fu’s Shield Bearers blocked the Light Cat Demons’ beams while he killed them, then he defeated the Dark Cat Demons and collected their dark-attribute gems.
• Heavenly Demon asked Zhao Fu for the dark gems, absorbed them through the Heavenly Demon Sword, and settled in to digest their power.