Recaps

Zhao Fu broke through Heavenly Stone City's closed gate and fought his way outside, where the general identified him as the S-rank fugitive Li Wu and announced a 100,000-gold reward. Drawn by the bounty, the crowd charged him, and Zhao Fu began slaughtering them.

• Zhao Fu used Heavenly Demon Slash to kill the soldiers closing and guarding the city gate, then rushed outside.
• The gate general blocked Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu knocked him back and escaped through the gate while dodging the archers' arrows.
• Zhao Fu struck the general with Heavenly Demon Soul Devour, severely injuring him, then fled as the general identified him as the S-rank fugitive Li Wu and offered 100,000 gold coins for his capture or death.
• The huge bounty drove people inside and outside the city to charge at Zhao Fu, who attacked the crowd with the Heavenly Demon Sword and began a massacre.

Zhao Fu used his newly created King's Profound Meaning: Demon Domain: Ten Thousand Burials to kill more than fifteen hundred pursuers, then tried to escape as the city's guards joined the battle. He summoned the White-Furred Monkey King to clear a path, but a powerful arrow destroyed it and continued toward him.

• Zhao Fu used the Heavenly Demon Sword and his King's Blood to unleash Ten Thousand Burials, impaling more than fifteen hundred attackers with black spikes.
• The crowd recognized Heavenly Demon, and the commanding general ordered more than four thousand guards to kill Zhao Fu at any cost.
• Zhao Fu fought his way toward escape with Heavenly Demon Slash, but the surrounding pursuers kept him from breaking free before the guards could reach him.
• Zhao Fu summoned the White-Furred Monkey King, whose roar killed or blasted away people across a wide area and let Zhao Fu leap from the crowd.
• A powerful arrow pierced the White-Furred Monkey King, making it vanish, then continued toward Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu was overwhelmed by Heavenly Stone City's three great war generals until he unleashed a terrifying power that transformed the battlefield. The chapter left his identity revealed beneath a blood-red sky as the astonished generals faced his murderous aura.

• Zhao Fu fought Yue Linping, Gu Feng, and Liu Sheng, but their coordinated attacks drove him into retreat.
• Gu Feng's arrow pierced Zhao Fu's chest, and Liu Sheng's spear shattered his shield and sent him crashing to the ground.
• As Yue Linping approached to capture him, Zhao Fu stood and declared that he was not afraid of the three generals.
• Zhao Fu raised the Heavenly Demon Sword, summoning a blood-red sky and an overwhelming slaughterous aura.
• Zhao Fu's black cloak shattered, revealing his face, waist-length black hair, and scarlet eyes to the stunned crowd.

Zhao Fu lost control while wielding the Level 2 Nation-Guarding Artifact and overwhelmed Heavenly Stone City's forces. After killing Gu Feng and devastating the guards, he pursued the wounded Liu Sheng, but a powerful figure appeared in the air before he could finish him.

• Zhao Fu struck Yue Linping and sent him crashing into Heavenly Stone City's wall, severely wounding him and frightening nearby players into fleeing.
• Zhao Fu split Gu Feng's arrow and killed him with a slash from behind.
• Liu Sheng charged Zhao Fu, who seized his spear and severed both of his hands before the guards intervened with a volley of arrows.
• Zhao Fu repelled the arrows, broke through the Shield Bearers, and unleashed a blast that killed more than nine tenths of the several thousand guards.
• Liu Sheng fled, but Zhao Fu caught up to him; just as Zhao Fu prepared to kill him, a majestic figure descended and appeared suspended in midair.

Zhao Fu fought Shi Jian after the Heavenly Stone City lord arrived to avenge his soldiers and generals, and Shi Jian gained the upper hand by drawing power from the city. As Shi Jian prepared to kill Zhao Fu, a golden pillar erupted from Great Qin Town, interrupting the execution and startling the other city lords.

• Shi Jian arrived and attacked Zhao Fu, who fought back despite the devastation their clash caused.
• Zhao Fu and Shi Jian exchanged powerful attacks, injuring and bloodying each other.
• Shi Jian drew power from Heavenly Stone City and formed a mysterious rune that enhanced his saber.
• Zhao Fu unleashed blood spikes from a thousand-meter black domain, but Shi Jian shattered them and wounded Zhao Fu gravely.
• Shi Jian raised his stone saber to kill Zhao Fu, but a golden pillar erupted from Great Qin Town and forced him back.
• The jade seal bearing five divine dragons shone within the golden light, drawing the attention of the other three Eastern Azure system city lords.

Zhao Fu awakened the power of a Fate Clan Artifact and gained the upper hand against Shi Jian. Shi Jian summoned Heavenly Stone City's City Lord Seal and fought back, ending the chapter as he sent a green lion charging at Zhao Fu.

• Zhao Fu absorbed the golden pillar's power, awakened as a supreme King, and struck Shi Jian with his strengthened Heavenly Demon Sword.
• Shi Jian was sent flying, while three observers decided not to intervene because Zhao Fu possessed powerful artifacts and might seek revenge.
• Shi Jian summoned Heavenly Stone City's City Lord Seal, merged it into his chest, and unleashed its power against Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu and Shi Jian fought an aerial duel, exchanging sword and blade attacks that devastated the battlefield.
• Shi Jian summoned a huge green lion and sent it charging toward Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu repelled Shi Jian’s enhanced saber strike with the power of nine golden dragons, but Shi Jian then drew strength from Heavenly Stone City’s hundred thousand Tier 1 soldiers. As Shi Jian’s power surged toward a final, world-shaking attack, spectators and factions rushed to learn more about the battle.

• Shi Jian swallowed a strength-enhancing pill, appeared beside Zhao Fu, and attacked him with a colossal saber strike.
• Zhao Fu unleashed nine golden divine dragons, blasted Shi Jian into Heavenly Stone City’s wall, and stood above the crater in the air.
• Three distant observers withdrew, while players and factions learned of the battle through the Apocalypse Forum and hurried toward Heavenly Stone City.
• Heavenly Stone City’s hundred thousand Tier 1 soldiers arrived, knelt, and offered their power to the wounded Shi Jian.
• Shi Jian used the City Lord Seal to absorb the soldiers’ bloody auras, and his power erupted in azure and blood-red flames.

Zhao Fu and Shi Jian fought a devastating battle, each drawing on immense power to unleash their strongest attacks. Their final clash destroyed much of Heavenly Stone City, and the battle appeared to be over, though the chapter did not reveal who survived.

• Zhao Fu and Shi Jian repeatedly clashed in midair, leveling more than ten thousand meters of land around Heavenly Stone City.
• Zhao Fu summoned nine golden dragons that pierced Shi Jian’s azure lion and drove him through the city wall.
• Shi Jian drew power from the lives of one hundred thousand soldiers, then seized Zhao Fu with a giant blood-red hand and slammed him into the ground.
• Zhao Fu unleashed Demon Sun, darkening the sun, while Shi Jian gathered energy from Heavenly Stone City’s residents into an enormous stone seal.
• Zhao Fu’s black sword light collided with Shi Jian’s azure seal, leaving a ten-thousand-meter crater and splitting Heavenly Stone City in two.
• The crowd watched the devastation and eventually concluded that the battle had ended.

News of Great Qin’s appearance spread after the battle at Heavenly Stone City, and factions began reacting to the revealed name of its inheritor. The Ying Family recruited Li Wu to pose as the Great Qin Imperial Son, ending with the announcement that the Imperial Son had returned to the Ying Family.

• Reports of the battle revealed that a player wielding a Nation-Guarding Artifact had devastated Heavenly Stone City, leading factions to identify him as the hidden Great Qin inheritor.
• The first four top-tier powers and foreign countries welcomed Great Qin’s appearance and began considering how to guard against it.
• Legalist School members discussed seeking refuge with Great Qin, though they did not know where to find its Imperial Son.
• The Ying Family offered Li Wu resources and protection if he agreed to pose as the Great Qin Imperial Son, and he accepted despite suspecting it would draw him into trouble.
• The Ying Family announced that the Great Qin Imperial Son had returned to the family.

The Ying Family used the rumored return of the Great Qin Imperial Son to divert attention from Zhao Fu, while the Qian Family faced the consequences of provoking his faction in Heavenly Stone City. In Great Qin Town, Bai Qi and the others still had no news of Zhao Fu.

• The Ying Family’s staged claims about Li Wu drew scrutiny, though many powerful factions doubted the Great Qin Imperial Son had truly returned.
• The Qian Family realized its plot against Zhao Fu had brought disaster and tried to withdraw its forces, but soldiers surrounded the family.
• Shi Wen woke up to find himself confined and learned that his father, Shi Jian, had been seriously injured.
• Bai Qi vowed to massacre Heavenly Stone City, but Ba Qing urged him to focus on finding Zhao Fu.
• Li Si reported that thousands of searchers had found no trace of Zhao Fu in Eastern Azure.

Zhao Fu recovered in a secluded valley with help from three flower fairies and persuaded them to join Great Qin. As he reflected on his severe injuries, Great Qin’s depleted fortune, and the changes in his temperament, he accepted that he could no longer turn back from the path of kingship.

• Mei Mei, Bai Bai, and Taozi healed Zhao Fu and explained that they had saved him because his Flower's Embrace blessing attracted flower fairies.
• Zhao Fu learned about the fairies’ abilities, including healing magic and the power to shorten crop growth time, and invited them to Great Qin.
• Mei Mei, Bai Bai, and Taozi agreed to go with Zhao Fu, then happily ate Black Forest Fruits he gave them.
• Zhao Fu assessed his wounds and realized that a strand of azure energy was preventing them from healing.
• Zhao Fu considered how the battle against Heavenly Stone City had nearly exhausted Great Qin’s fortune and left him with few soldiers and no victory.
• Zhao Fu reflected on the growing brutality and bloodlust within him and accepted that he could not turn back from the path of kingship.

After defeating Gu Feng, Zhao Fu examined his spoils and kept the City Lord Seal fragment that could help him counter Heavenly Stone City. He could not return to Great Qin until he found a Teleportation Array, so he and Mei Mei rested while he recovered.

• Zhao Fu collected Gu Feng's SSS-grade corpse, equipment, storage ring, and Reversal Talisman, noting that the Great Spirit Roc Bow had no current wielder.
• Zhao Fu recognized an azure fragment of Heavenly Stone City's damaged City Lord Seal and resolved to use it in his future conflict with Shi Jian.
• Mei Mei asked Zhao Fu when they would return to Great Qin, and he explained that they needed a Teleportation Array and could not travel back yet.
• Zhao Fu and Mei Mei rested in the wilderness as Zhao Fu recovered from his injuries.

After recovering from his injuries, Zhao Fu investigated the Lolan Ruins despite the flower fairies’ warnings and began drawing goblins away from the ruins in small groups. He succeeded in provoking a group into approaching, while the deeper ruins remained unexplored.

• After three days of recovery, Zhao Fu set out toward Nine Suns City with Mei Mei, Bai Bai, and Taozi.
• The flower fairies warned Zhao Fu that the Lolan Ruins ahead contained dangerous goblins and Minotaurs, but he decided to investigate.
• Zhao Fu scouted the ruins and identified Goblins, Throwing Goblins, and Decurion Goblins, then chose to clear the outer area carefully.
• Zhao Fu tried to lure a goblin group with pebbles, but the goblins ignored the noises and chatted about food.
• Zhao Fu threw several pebbles at the goblins, finally enraging them and drawing them toward his hiding place.

Zhao Fu silently killed five Goblins and discovered fragments that could form a token to enter the Gloomwood secret realm. Meanwhile, Bai Qi proposed turning Great Qin into a war-focused empire to seize population, splitting its leaders into three factions.

• Zhao Fu used his Assassin skills to kill five Goblins without alerting nearby groups.
• Zhao Fu found five Gloomwood Fragments among the Goblins’ belongings and learned that ten could be combined into a token for the Gloomwood secret realm.
• Mei Mei praised Zhao Fu, who continued luring and killing Goblins.
• At Great Qin Town, Bai Qi proposed expanding the army to ten thousand and making war and population acquisition the empire’s priority.
• Bai Qi’s proposal divided Great Qin’s leaders into war, moderate, and neutral factions.

Great Qin’s leaders split into factions over Bai Qi’s harsh policies, but Bai Qi proceeded with his plans despite Li Si’s warning. In the Lolan Ruins, Zhao Fu defeated a Goblin squad leader and discovered that its drop could contribute to forging a legendary sword.

• Bai Qi’s pro-war faction pushed Great Qin toward harsher policies, while Li Si, Ba Qing, Daisy, Ge Nie, and others favored a more moderate course.
• Li Si warned Bai Qi that Zhao Fu would oppose turning Great Qin into a cold killing machine, but Bai Qi said he would accept the consequences and issued orders.
• Zhao Fu lured a Goblin squad away and fought its squad leader while the Flower Fairies restrained three Goblins attempting to summon reinforcements.
• Zhao Fu used the Heavenly Demon Sword to break the squad leader’s weapon and killed him when he tried to flee.
• Zhao Fu picked up a Silver Lake Narcissus Sword Essence and learned that collecting 1,200 could form the legendary sword.

Zhao Fu used the Heavenly Demon Sword to kill Goblins and collect sword essence while learning to control its awakened demon. Meanwhile, Great Qin’s fully militarized forces began a swift assault on an intermediate village, and Saar led the charge toward its leader.

• The awakened Heavenly Demon Sword frightened Mei Mei and the other flower fairies, but Zhao Fu reassured them and showed he could control its aura.
• Zhao Fu used the Heavenly Demon Sword’s power to kill a ten-man commander and the fleeing Goblins, then continued hunting for fragments and sword essence.
• Saar’s team discovered an intermediate village of roughly twelve hundred people and chose to attack after assessing its defenses.
• Saar led three hundred Orc Cavalry into the village as Great Qin’s archers, ballistae, infantry, and shield bearers attacked alongside them.
• Saar rode to the village hall and charged the apparent leader while the King’s Death Knight and three hundred skeletons held the defenders in place.

Great Qin's forces captured mountain villages through brutal attacks and coercion, while Zhao Fu advanced into the Lolan Ruins after clearing out the Goblins outside.

• Saar beheaded a village leader, secured the surrender of the village, and distributed its spoils after reporting 752 prisoners and his casualties.
• Xiao Jian tortured a prisoner for information, then sent assassins to kidnap the families of Small Slope Village's leaders.
• Xiao Jian executed an old man and threatened to kill the hostages and slaughter the village unless it surrendered.
• Small Slope Village laid down its weapons, and Xiao Jian's force took 1,500 prisoners and substantial spoils with almost no losses.
• Great Qin's other teams continued their bloody expansion, while Zhao Fu advanced into the Lolan Ruins after clearing the Goblins outside.

Zhao Fu fought a powerful Goblin squad inside the Lolan Ruins and defeated it using stealth, the Heavenly Demon Sword, his bow, and the Flower Fairies. He obtained an ice enchantment card and used it to add ice attacks and resistance to a blue-grade sword.

• Zhao Fu lured a Goblin squad into the ruins’ buildings, killed several Goblins, and evaded the squad’s attacks.
• Zhao Fu used the Great Spirit Roc Bow’s Purple Light Arrow to kill the Blue Goblin.
• Zhao Fu had the Flower Fairies bind the Throwing Goblins, then killed the squad leader and the remaining Goblins.
• Zhao Fu collected the squad’s drops and obtained a Goblin · Ice Enhancement enchantment card.
• Zhao Fu enchanted a blue-grade sword, turning it into an Ice · Azure Steel Sword with ice attacks and resistance.

After leaving the Lolan Ruins to eat and check the real-world forum, Zhao Fu learned that people had deduced his identity and location after the Heavenly Stone City incident. He discovered that the Ying Family had announced a fake Great Qin Imperial Son’s return and planned a banquet, which he decided to ignore before going back to explore the ruins.

• Zhao Fu roasted and ate a Gurgle Chicken while Mei Mei and the other flower fairies ate Black Forest Fruits, then left Apocalypse World.
• Zhao Fu read forum discussions about the Heavenly Stone City incident and weighed the risks and benefits of his identity and location being exposed.
• Zhao Fu found a post announcing that a supposed Great Qin Imperial Son had returned to the Ying Family and realized the Ying Family had arranged the deception.
• Zhao Fu considered using the fake as a shield while the Ying Family’s welcome banquet drew public attention and anger from rival families.
• Zhao Fu saw that the banquet was happening that day but had no invitation and chose to eat and return to exploring the Lolan Ruins.

Wu Qingniang brought Zhao Fu to a banquet celebrating the supposed Great Qin Imperial Son, where Zhao Fu stayed composed despite being looked down on and hinted at his greater ambitions. After Su Yuyan arrived, the banquet’s protagonist entered the hall.

• Wu Qingniang persuaded Zhao Fu to attend the banquet as her male companion, despite his belief that it was a staged performance.
• Guests who learned Zhao Fu was an ordinary collateral descendant of the Ying Family lost interest in him, but Zhao Fu remained calm when Wu Qingniang asked if he was angry.
• Wu Qingniang offered Zhao Fu resources to establish a faction, but he said he could do it himself and revealed an imposing aura as he declared his ambition.
• Wu Qingniang suspected Zhao Fu was hiding something, but he brushed her concern aside.
• Su Yuyan entered and drew the hall’s attention, and Zhao Fu soon saw the banquet’s protagonist arrive with several elderly men.

Li Wu returned to the Ying Family as Ying Wu and used his banquet speech to promise Great Qin’s restoration. After Wu Qingniang left with Zhao Fu, she warned him that the real Great Qin Imperial Son was dangerous and rumored to be near the Terror Forest in Eastern Azure.

• Li Wu announced that Great Qin would rise again, then officially changed his name to Ying Wu and returned to the Ying Family.
• Zhao Fu declined Wu Qingniang’s invitation to meet Ying Wu, and she made him promise to wait for her instead of leaving.
• Ying Wu admired Su Yuyan and noticed Wu Qingniang approach Zhao Fu, feeling jealous of their closeness.
• Wu Qingniang spoke with Su Yuyan and Ying Wu, then returned to Zhao Fu and left the venue with him.
• Wu Qingniang told Zhao Fu that Ying Wu was not the real Great Qin Imperial Son and warned him to avoid the true one, rumored to be near the Terror Forest in Eastern Azure.

Zhao Fu reassured Wu Qingniang that he would build his faction on his own, though he accepted her offer to help later, then returned to Apocalypse World to hunt Goblins. After a Goblin sounded an alarm horn, the ruins became heavily guarded, forcing Zhao Fu to change his strategy.

• Wu Qingniang warned Zhao Fu about the Great Qin Imperial Son and offered to help him build a faction, while Zhao Fu said he wanted to manage on his own.
• Wu Qingniang told Zhao Fu she had chosen him and would give him time to develop before stepping in, and Zhao Fu reluctantly agreed.
• Su Yuyan told her Big Sister that the Great Qin Imperial Son was a fake but still useful, then received responsibility for monitoring the Apocalypse Forum in three provinces.
• Zhao Fu returned to Apocalypse World, apologized to Mei Mei, Bai Bai, and Taozi for keeping them waiting, and gave them spirit fruits.
• Zhao Fu and the three flower fairies cleared several Goblin squads in the Lolan Ruins, but a Goblin sounded a horn that summoned a horde and forced Zhao Fu to flee.
• Zhao Fu returned to find the Goblin squads larger and more alert, so he decided to switch from solo assassinations to group combat.

Zhao Fu captured goblin squads on the outskirts of the ruins and used Life and Death Contracts to force their leaders to serve him. After building a fifteen-member force, he led them in a direct attack that wiped out a twenty-goblin squad.

• Zhao Fu ambushed a goblin squad, trapped its Red Goblin and two squad leaders, and forced them to submit with a Life and Death Contract.
• Zhao Fu gave the three goblins healing medicine and silver equipment, raising their loyalty before leading them against another squad.
• Zhao Fu and the three goblins captured and contracted a second squad's Blue Goblin and two squad leaders.
• Zhao Fu repeated his method until his force numbered fifteen: two Blue Goblins, three Red Goblins, and ten squad leaders.
• Zhao Fu led the fifteen goblins in a direct attack on a twenty-member squad and killed them with only minor injuries to his force.

Zhao Fu led his goblin team into the ruins’ interior, discovered four Class Transfer Steles and a powerful Minotaur force, then began a plan to lure one Minotaur away. He successfully provoked a Minotaur on the outskirts and fled with the goblin he had used as bait.

• Zhao Fu expanded his team to thirty-two goblins and learned that Minotaurs occupied the inner ruins.
• Zhao Fu found four Class Transfer Steles for Goblin Bludgeoners, Throwing Goblins, Decurion Goblins, and Blue-Red Goblins, then stored them in the King's Ring.
• Zhao Fu scouted the castle and saw more than fifty Minotaurs, including a massive leader guarding a carved stone gate.
• Zhao Fu prepared a trap using a tree, an iron chain, and a boulder, then lured an ordinary Minotaur toward the outskirts with a goblin's help.
• Zhao Fu grabbed the goblin and ran after the provoked Minotaur charged at them.

Zhao Fu lured a frenzied Minotaur into a trap, but failed to subdue it and killed it instead. He absorbed the Ancient Power it dropped, gaining greater physical strength, and planned to prepare a different trap for the other Minotaurs.

• Zhao Fu used a Goblin as bait to draw the enraged Minotaur through the buildings and into an iron-chain trap.
• Zhao Fu tried twice to subdue the Minotaur with contract paper, but an invisible force repelled the contracts.
• Zhao Fu killed the suspended Minotaur with the Heavenly Demon Sword, which devoured its blood and flesh essence.
• Zhao Fu picked up the Ancient Power orb and fused it into his body, increasing his physique and Strength attribute.
• Zhao Fu decided to prepare a more effective trap for the remaining Minotaurs.