Recaps

Players rushed to earn Contribution Points after Lightning Palm and Elite Disciple benefits were announced. On the third day, three members of the Green Sparrow Gang arrived at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to meet its leaders, believing the players had destroyed a White Feather Gang base.

• Players praised Lightning Palm’s combat power and discussed buying it and reaching Elite Disciple status to obtain private rooms.
• Luo Wu Shang told the Heavenly Might members to pool points and run mine missions, while other teams also gathered points to rent Big Three-Wheelers.
• Lin Qi rented vehicles to three teams, and players crowded the training ground to form teams and pursue missions.
• On the third day, Twilight of the Gods told Lin Qi that Winged Race visitors had arrived, and Lin Qi invited them in after learning they belonged to the rival Green Sparrow Gang.
• Flo, a Peak Apprentice, entered with two Advanced Apprentice companions; a Winged Race woman questioned whether the players could have destroyed the White Feather Gang base, while Flo affirmed it and players hurried to alert those who had logged off.

Lin Qi heard the Green Sparrow Gang’s proposal to join its fight against the White Feather Gang for control of Crimson Moon Mountain. Flo offered the Gray Robe Gang 5% ownership of the mine in exchange for ten Apprentice-level fighters, and Lin Qi had not yet accepted.

• Luo Wu Shang learned that three Green Sparrow Gang members had arrived to discuss cooperation and hurried the Heavenly Might members back to the martial arts hall.
• Flo assessed the Gray Robe Gang’s strength as Lin Qi arrived, then introduced himself as the Green Sparrow Gang’s vice leader.
• Flo assured Lin Qi that the Green Sparrow Gang would conceal the Gray Robe Gang’s role in attacking the White Feather Gang and had claimed it paid Luo Qi’s ransom.
• Flo explained that the Green Sparrow Gang and White Feather Gang would send fifty Apprentice-level experts each to fight over Crimson Moon Mountain in twelve days.
• Flo offered the Gray Robe Gang 5% ownership of the mine for sending ten Apprentice-level experts and presented a binding contract.

Flo proposed that the Gray Robe Gang provide fighters for a death battle over an Energy Vein, but Lin Qi rejected his terms and demanded a larger share. Lin Qi challenged Flo’s two experts to a pair of short matches to demonstrate the gang’s strength.

• Twilight of the Gods and Luo Wu Shang discussed competing with the other squads for the ten dungeon slots Flo had offered.
• Lin Qi rejected Flo’s contract, leaving the players and Green Sparrow Gang representatives confused.
• Lin Qi countered by offering twenty fighters in exchange for 20% of the Energy Vein’s ownership.
• Flo offered 10% instead, arguing that the Gray Robe Gang’s fighters were weaker than those of other supporting gangs.
• Lin Qi proposed two matches against Flo’s experts, with each contest decided within three moves.

Lin Qi arranged two three-move matches to negotiate better terms for the Gray Robe Gang, while encouraging his players to fight for the contract’s slots. One Leaf Floating Cloud volunteered for the first match against Fischer, and their life-or-death duel began.

• Flo agreed to two matches, with the contract subject to reconsideration if his companions won within three moves.
• Lin Qi told the players that the contract depended on their performance and promised an additional reward to any victor.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud volunteered to fight Fischer, and the others accepted his choice because of his improved strength and powerful spear technique.
• Fischer noticed that One Leaf Floating Cloud had no protective gear, but he declared he would fight without holding back.
• Fischer put aside her contempt and agreed to fight seriously as Lin Qi started the match.

One Leaf Floating Cloud’s desperate duel with Fischer won the Gray Robe Gang a larger share of the Crimson Moon Mountain Energy Vein in exchange for sending thirty Apprentice-level fighters. Lin Qi accepted the deal and rewarded One Leaf Floating Cloud, then offered automatic Inner Disciple status to disciples who reached the fifth skill stage, prompting Luo Wu Shang to notice she was already close.

• Fischer attacked One Leaf Floating Cloud with Burning Moon, and he countered with Spiral Demon Spear Kill; both were badly hurt, but he stood ready to fight again.
• Flo stopped the match and offered the Gray Robe Gang twenty percent ownership of the Energy Vein if it sent thirty Apprentice-level experts, or twelve percent if it sent twenty.
• Lin Qi agreed to send thirty people, signed Flo’s contract, and watched Flo, Fischer, and Papp leave Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
• The players celebrated the expanded mission slots, while Lin Qi worried that sending thirty fighters would leave the martial arts hall unguarded.
• Lin Qi rewarded One Leaf Floating Cloud with 1,000 Contribution and 10,000 Points, and announced that disciples reaching the fifth skill stage could become Inner Disciples directly.
• Luo Wu Shang checked her recorded Point Star data and saw that her skill was at the fourth stage, 89%.

Flo and Fischer left Obsidian Martial Arts Hall after discussing the Gray Robe Gang’s strength and the danger posed by its skilled fighters. Back at the hall, players celebrated the benefits of becoming Inner Disciples until a player brought Lin Qi a valuable discovery from deep underground.

• Flo told Fischer that recruiting thirty Beginner Apprentices from the Gray Robe Gang could help the Green Sparrow Gang win a battle, while Fischer regretted that One Leaf Floating Cloud might not survive.
• Flo warned that the Gray Robe Gang could threaten the Green Sparrow Gang if it had many Intermediate Apprentices skilled in Quasi-Martial Artist-level martial skills, though Fischer doubted it.
• After Flo and the others left, players gathered at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to seek guidance and celebrated the chance to become Inner Disciples and receive Blood Essence Rice.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud discussed the taste and benefits of Blood Essence Rice, and Lin Qi quoted high prices for cooking oil and salt while refusing to provide eggs.
• A dark-skinned player brought Lin Qi a fist-sized piece of Bronze Ore that he had dug up more than five hundred meters underground and asked whether it could be exchanged for points.

Lin Qi learned that I'm a Professional Hole-Digger had found valuable Bronze Ore in a vast underground maze beneath the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, where Unicorn Gold-Eating Rats roamed. Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud tried to recruit him to explore the maze, and the group concluded it might be an expansion-type dungeon before Fang Zhen asked if he had seen any treasure chests.

• Lin Qi examined I'm a Professional Hole-Digger's exceptional martial arts progress and offered rewards for Bronze Ore and information about the underground site.
• I'm a Professional Hole-Digger said he had found scattered Bronze Ore in a maze-like tunnel more than five hundred meters underground, where radiation limited his stay and Unicorn Gold-Eating Rats appeared occasionally.
• Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud competed to recruit I'm a Professional Hole-Digger, offering shares of the profits and other benefits.
• I'm a Professional Hole-Digger explained that the maze was vast, required players to dig out the ore, and was too dangerous for those with low physical attributes to explore for long.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud and Fang Zhen reasoned that the scattered rats made the maze an expansion-type dungeon that players might explore gradually.
• Fang Zhen asked I'm a Professional Hole-Digger whether he had seen any treasure chests in the maze.

Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud concluded that Lightning Palm could penetrate the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rats’ tough hides and help them clear the maze, while Lin Qi realized the players had misunderstood his reward and planned to pursue the dungeon anyway. The next morning, Lin Qi brought ore to the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop and showed Luo Qi several chunks of Bronze Ore.

• Fang Zhen proposed that the maze dungeon was designed for Inner Disciples who could use Lightning Palm to kill the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rats.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud and Digging Holes Is My Profession agreed to pool resources with Fang Zhen, learn Lightning Palm, and secretly explore the dungeon.
• Lin Qi realized the players had misread his ten-thousand-point reward and accepted that they would pursue their supposed dungeon treasure hunt.
• Lin Qi delivered ore to the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop, where new players unloaded it eagerly for him.
• Lin Qi visited Luo Qi in her workshop and showed her six chunks of Bronze Ore, which she recognized with surprise.

Lin Qi commissioned two B2 Grade Weapons from Luo Qi and adjusted the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s rewards and recruitment. As Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud’s skills rapidly improved, Lin Qi extracted their gains and reached the Perfection Realm in Crushing Pile.

• Lin Qi paid Luo Qi to forge two standard-issue B2 Grade Weapons and bought two polished A6 Grade Weapons.
• Lin Qi ordered the transport workers to run back as training, then announced new weapon exchanges and recruited a warehouse administrator.
• Luo Wu Shang urged Zhang Qingwei to apply for the administrator position, and Lin Qi selected her from the applicants.
• Lin Qi checked the players’ progress and found Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud had rapidly improved their skills.
• Lin Qi extracted their gains, raising Chasing Wind to 97% proficiency and bringing Crushing Pile to the Perfection Realm.

Lin Qi discovered that reaching the Perfection Realm with a martial skill increased his normal punching power by 10%, then used player extractions to try to advance his Leopard Shadow Steps. Meanwhile, Fang Zhen and the others killed the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat after three days of relentless attacks.

• Lin Qi found that his perfected first-level Crushing Stone Fist boosted his normal punching strength by 10%.
• Lin Qi extracted Li Ranxing, Luo Wu Shang, and Zhang Qingwei to improve his Leopard Shadow Steps, but the latter two extractions produced no progress.
• Lin Qi considered selling his mature Blood Essence Rice to fund the martial arts hall repairs and the vagrants' wages.
• Fang Zhen directed the players as they continued harassing the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat beneath the martial arts hall, using Lightning Palms to weaken it.
• Li Ranxing and One Leaf Floating Cloud struck the rat's right flank while the others blocked its escape, and the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat collapsed and died.

Luo Wu Shang reached Martial Artist-level skill, while Lin Qi watched the players expand their work plans and train. Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud returned with a corroded box from a monster they had killed, and Lin Qi found a high-end Smart Watch inside.

• Luo Wu Shang perfected Point Star at nine stars and earned a 51% score, reaching Martial Artist-level skill.
• Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei discussed hiring newcomers for two shifts at Grizzly Mine once they rented a medium transport truck.
• Lin Qi copied Lightning Palm and saw that his hidden Heaven-Born Talent mission was two-thirds complete.
• Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud told Lin Qi they had spent three days killing a Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat and brought him its corroded metal-box drop.
• Lin Qi carefully cut the box's clasp with his A6 Grade Standard Long Sword and discovered a B6-class Cloud Iron Alloy Smart Watch inside.

One Leaf Floating Cloud found a Smart Watch inside the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat and Lin Qi bought it for 50,000 points and 1,000 contribution points. After the players learned they could have earned rewards for bringing back the rat’s corpse, One Leaf Floating Cloud disconnected and woke up on Blue Star, where Ye Qinglu ordered him to train.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud found a Smart Watch in the Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat’s stomach, and Lin Qi offered to buy it for 50,000 points and 1,000 contribution points.
• Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud accepted Lin Qi’s offer, then learned the dojo would have paid for the rat’s meat and corpse.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud collapsed after disconnecting, and Lin Qi told the others he was only asleep.
• Fang Zhen sent two players to carry One Leaf Floating Cloud to the resting area and led the rest back to the tunnel to look for the corpse.
• On Blue Star, Ye Qinglu confronted Ye Yun for neglecting physical training and ordered him to change clothes and spar with her.

One Leaf Floating Cloud sparred with his sister Ye Qinglu to prove he could meet Sky Travelers’ standards and join its preparations for Eternal Immortal Path. His Crushing Stone Fist gave him enough strength and reflexes to match her, leaving Ye Qinglu convinced he had taken something.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud went to Spark Fitness Center to spar with Ye Qinglu and improve his chances of joining Sky Travelers.
• Ye Qinglu explained that Eternal Immortal Path would train players for Pioneer Mechs and that Sky Travelers sought to become Cosmic Pioneers.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud used Crushing Stone Fist and increased his strength by about 50 percent, surprising Ye Qinglu when their punches matched.
• Ye Qinglu unleashed a rapid barrage, but One Leaf Floating Cloud blocked her attacks for more than ten seconds without being injured.
• Ye Qinglu accused One Leaf Floating Cloud of taking something after their spar ended without either of them gaining the upper hand.

One Leaf Floating Cloud explained that High Martial Descent had improved his real-world reactions and let him use martial skills, leaving Ye Qinglu stunned by the game's effects. In City of Light Chasing, Lin Qi discovered that Meng Changtian's Smart Watch contained a set of Martial Artist-level secret techniques.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud told Ye Qinglu that High Martial Descent and its Crushing Stone Fist and Star Explosion Meditation Technique had improved his real-world abilities.
• One Leaf Floating Cloud demonstrated Leopard Shadow Steps, and Ye Qinglu was astonished that a game's martial skills could work in reality.
• Lin Qi calculated the costs of repairing Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and preparing equipment for its upcoming death match.
• Lin Qi examined a B6-class Smart Watch and learned it had belonged to the renowned Martial Artist Meng Changtian, who died in the City Destruction War.
• Lin Qi opened Meng Changtian's recording and discovered that the Smart Watch held the secret techniques Meng Changtian had created.

Lin Qi studied Meng Changtian’s Prairie Fire Three Forms and learned how Energy Ore and Energy Crystals shaped advancement beyond the Martial Artist stage. After the system revealed that Level Two authority would unlock cultivation-method merging and optimization, Lin Qi raised restoration rewards and added two Prairie Fire techniques to the training ground’s exchange board.

• Lin Qi read Meng Changtian’s Prairie Fire Three Forms and discovered that the Intermediate Martial Artist secret technique could unleash Advanced-level power but required Energy Crystals for its cultivation method.
• Lin Qi learned that Martial Artists needed Energy Ore to strengthen their internal organs and understood why cities and gangs fought over Energy Veins.
• The system offered to merge and optimize Lin Qi’s cultivation method, but warned that his Level One authority could not access the feature.
• Lin Qi decided to increase martial arts hall restoration rewards by fifty percent and release the Prairie Fire Spear Technique and Prairie Fire Steps at different exchange requirements.
• Players gathered at the notice board, saw the new weapon skills, and reacted with surprise to the Intermediate Martial Artist spear technique.

One Leaf Floating Cloud discovered that the martial arts hall had added powerful spear and movement techniques that could reshape the players’ rankings. Meanwhile, Lin Qi brought goods to Phosphor Fire Trading Market, where a Feather Race youth recognized the transport truck as one stolen from his base and reported it to his captain.

• One Leaf Floating Cloud learned that Prairie Fire Spear Technique and Prairie Fire Steps had been added, giving players a chance to catch up with the first tier.
• Lin Qi bought two B2 Grade Standard Swords, delivered Bronze Ore to Luo Qi for spear-making, and drove to Phosphor Fire Trading Market with his group.
• Xia Ling agreed to meet Lin Qi after hearing that he had brought something she might like.
• Drifters watched Lin Qi’s group arrive in a medium transport truck and discussed the Gray Robe Gang’s growing wealth.
• A one-armed Feather Race youth recognized the truck as one lost by his base and contacted Captain Mans to claim the reward.

Lin Qi traded a Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat, Blood Essence Rice, and equipment at the Phosphor Fire Trading Market, then learned that the White Feather Gang had expanded by attacking other gangs. A new hidden mission rewarded him for player-created martial skills, while the White Feather Gang tracked him back to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

• Xia Ling bought Lin Qi's Unicorn Gold-Eating Rat and Blood Essence Rice, sold him armor, and Lin Qi received 885,610 Bits after the transaction.
• Xia Ling explained that the White Feather Gang had attacked several wilderness gangs and gained strength after its leader and three deputies became Quasi-Martial Artists.
• The system announced that Lin Qi had completed the hidden mission “Heaven Has Given Me Talent” and triggered “Genius is Never Alone,” which required ten player-created Martial Artist-level skills or training methods.
• Lin Qi bought shovels and supplies, returned to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and opened forty new player slots.
• A one-armed Feather Race youth followed Lin Qi and reported the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to Mans, who went to inform the White Feather Gang leader.

Lin Qi welcomed a new batch of players to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, but an attack interrupted their initiation. He led the players to the training ground, where the White Feather Gang confronted them over a stolen transport truck.

• New players arrived at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and the old players recognized guide creator Xiao Yuan and welcomed Ye Qinglu.
• Lin Qi began explaining the newcomers’ trial, but a crash from upstairs interrupted him.
• Lin Qi armed himself and the players, then led them to the training ground.
• Lin Qi found more than twenty armed Featherfolk from the White Feather Gang, led by Vice Gang Leader Gana.
• A one-armed Featherfolk youth identified Lin Qi and the others as the people who had taken the gang’s medium transport truck.

The White Feather Gang’s Gana demanded money and apprentices from Lin Qi’s Gray Robe Gang, while Qin Mu tried to prevent a fight. Newbie players treated the confrontation as a main storyline, and Lin Qi refused Gana’s terms, leaving both sides poised to fight.

• A blast at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall drew nearby vagrants, and Qin Mu led more than a dozen apprentices to support the hall.
• Gana offered to spare the Gray Robe Gang if Lin Qi returned stolen goods, paid two million bits, and supplied ten apprentices.
• Qin Mu objected to Gana’s demands but hesitated to challenge him because the White Feather Gang had three Quasi-Martial Artist vice leaders.
• Forty newbie players watched the confrontation and discussed dividing the White Feather Gang’s apprentices and claiming Gana’s first kill.
• Lin Qi refused to pay or hand anyone over and challenged Gana to fight.

Lin Qi rallied the Gray Robe Gang’s players with a reward of one hundred thousand points for killing Gana, and they overwhelmed the White Feather Gang with their numbers and reckless attacks. As Gana entered the fight, Fang Zhen stepped up to meet him while Captain Li prepared to strike from the side.

• Lin Qi challenged Gana and offered one hundred thousand points to whoever killed the White Feather Gang’s deputy leader, sending the players charging into battle.
• The players’ thirty Apprentice-level fighters and their fearless newcomers stunned Gana and Qin Mu, who joined the fight after seeing the Gray Robe Gang’s losses.
• Qin Mu killed a White Feather Gang expert, while the newcomers complained that he was taking their kills and Xiao Yuan demonstrated how to exploit the enemies’ armor and attack patterns.
• Lin Qi noticed Ye Qinglu using Crushing Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps with surprising skill as she battered a White Feather Gang expert with two shovels.
• After more than half of Gana’s Apprentice-level fighters had fallen, Gana charged Fang Zhen, who met him with the Spark of Fire spear technique as Captain Li looked for a chance to attack from the side.

Fang Zhen and the Gray Robe Gang’s apprentices fought Gana, a Quasi-Martial Artist, and their coordinated attacks overwhelmed him. Lin Qi defeated Gana with Starfire and Lightning Palm, leaving him dead on the martial arts hall floor.

• Fang Zhen charged Gana and survived a direct clash with his Savage Bear axe strike, while Qin Mu watched in shock.
• Luo Wu Shang, Zhang Qingwei, and Zhao Hu attacked Gana with Martial Artist level martial skills, injuring him and revealing that the Gray Robe Gang had several apprentices who had mastered such techniques.
• The fighters from the three squads joined the assault, and Gana fled when he realized he could not withstand their combined attacks.
• Gana knocked aside an arrow and an Alloy Shovel, but Lin Qi charged him and used Starfire to overpower his axe strike.
• Lin Qi struck Gana with Lightning Palm, sent him crashing into the wall, and killed him.

Lin Qi killed White Feather Gang Vice Gang Leader Gana and helped the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall defeat the gang’s attack, earning the human drifters’ gratitude. By dawn, news of Gana’s death had reached the Crystal Race Abandoned District, where Hou Fei learned that the Gray Robe Gang had supposedly dealt with the attackers.

• Lin Qi killed Gana with a palm strike, leaving the White Feather Gang members stunned as the players and Qin Mu’s squads finished off the survivors.
• The human apprentice drifters praised Lin Qi, and Qin Mu warned him that the White Feather Gang might seek revenge.
• Lin Qi thanked Qin Mu for helping and said the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would face the White Feather Gang if it came after them.
• The human abandoned district celebrated the victory, and its neighbors were expected to think twice before encroaching on its territory.
• At dawn, a tall Crystal Race woman told Hou Fei that Gana and his apprentices had vanished after attacking a martial arts hall, and that people blamed the Gray Robe Gang for defeating them.

After the Gray Robe Gang defeated Gana and more than twenty White Feather Gang Apprentices, gangs across the wilderness reassessed its strength and origins. Lin Qi examined the battle’s spoils and discovered a strange metal plate among Gana’s belongings, then tested whether it absorbed blood.

• Hou Fei and a Crystal Race woman discussed how the Gray Robe Gang’s victory could help humans claim streets near the outskirts, but Hou Fei refused to risk the Crystal Race’s secret by joining them yet.
• Fischer told Flo that the Gray Robe Gang had defeated Gana and more than twenty Apprentices, and they considered how the battle might affect their alliance and the coming death battle.
• Flo and Fischer speculated that the Gray Robe Gang was backed by the Phosphor Fire Gang and recognized that its victory would draw attention from other gangs.
• Lin Qi sorted the White Feather Gang’s weapons and loot, including a metal plate that had protected Gana’s chest without being damaged or stained with blood.
• Lin Qi pressed a bloodstained item against the metal plate to test whether it absorbed blood.

Lin Qi discovered that Gana’s metal plate absorbed blood and summoned energy, then had Ye Qinglu test it in exchange for a chance at a special reward. The plate imprinted a Mental Secret Technique into Ye Qinglu’s mind, leaving her astonished and delighted.

• Lin Qi found that blood from the Smart Watch activated red runes on the metal plate and drew energy toward it.
• Lin Qi summoned Ye Qinglu, the top newcomer, and offered her a choice between testing the plate and receiving Lightning Palm.
• Ye Qinglu chose the metal plate, cut her palm, and pressed it against the surface as it absorbed her blood.
• Ye Qinglu told Lin Qi that the plate had imprinted an unforgettable Mental Secret Technique directly into her mind.

Lin Qi learned the Mental Secret Technique from the ancient metal plate and discovered he could freely control and project force, giving him a major advantage against anyone below martial artist rank. He restricted access to the technique and then led thirty disciples toward Crimson Moon Mountain.

• Ye Qinglu learned that the Mental Secret Technique let her use mental power to mobilize bodily force, then exchanged for the Star Explosion Meditation Technique to strengthen her mind.
• Lin Qi memorized the technique, successfully controlled his force, and struck a helmet from a distance, realizing he could release force externally.
• Lin Qi posted the Mental Secret Technique for Inner Disciples to exchange for 20,000 points and 500 contribution, and players discussed the requirements and potential of the new profession.
• Li Ranxing decided the technique suited him, while Xiao Yuan announced she would make a guide for newcomers.
• After six days without an attack from the White Feather Gang, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was nearly rebuilt, and Lin Qi ordered thirty selected disciples into a transport vehicle for the trip to Crimson Moon Mountain.