Recaps

Chen Silu and the others destroyed the boards’ central foundation, but Wang Yi revealed he was still under the white-suited man’s control. Lin Zhao called herself the man’s friend and asked him to stop speaking to Wang Yi, and Wang Yi suddenly regained himself.

• Chen Silu severed the northeast square’s connections while Li Wenchang explained how the board’s momentum worked.
• Wang Yi repaired the square, but Baili Tu’s seven spears pierced the Tengen and shattered both boards.
• Wang Yi told Baili Tu he had won, but the Heavenly Mechanism Elder warned that Wang Yi was only gathering strength under the white-suited man’s control.
• Wang Yi revealed a starlit board and prepared to take out a piece as Chen Silu and the others confronted the white-suited man.
• Lin Zhao offered to be the white-suited man’s friend and asked him to stop speaking to Wang Yi; he agreed, and Wang Yi exclaimed that he had returned.

Wang Dalong tried to recruit Wang Yi and Lin Zhao to Happy Residents Street, but Blue Sea Tideborn arrived and warned them that entering Black Town would trap them. He used the Stillwater Prison Bracelet to silence the strange man and urged the group to follow him before its effect ended.

• Baili Tu prepared to attack Wang Dalong, but the Heavenly Mechanism Elder warned him that the encounter involved a Strange Tale and urged him to let Wang Yi handle it.
• Wang Dalong introduced himself to Lin Zhao and invited her and Wang Yi to join Happy Residents Street, mentioning a friendship fee.
• Wang Yi asked what would happen if they refused to pay, and Wang Dalong said they would not be his friends; Wang Yi agreed to go with him.
• Blue Sea Tideborn descended in golden light and warned the group not to enter Black Town, then challenged Wang Dalong for trying to trap them.
• Wang Yi realized Wang Dalong could break his stated agreement not to speak to him, but Blue Sea Tideborn's Stillwater Prison Bracelet interrupted Wang Dalong and silenced everyone.
• Blue Sea Tideborn explained that the bracelet's effect would not last and urged Wang Yi, Lin Zhao, and the others to follow him.

Blue Sea Tideborn used a Fixed-Course Anchor Disc to escape the Mist Zone, but arrived alone in a corridor that Freddy had made part of his dream. Freddy revealed that Blue Sea Tideborn had entered his dream and was already trapped in his realm.

• Xu Lang weighed whether to keep releasing Strange Tales or reveal himself, wary of the Primordial Titan and the Titan Building’s preparations.
• Blue Sea Tideborn opened a portal with a Fixed-Course Anchor Disc, and Wang Yi, Lin Zhao, and the others followed him through.
• Blue Sea Tideborn emerged alone in the Titan Building, found the anchor disc spent, and discovered that his chat system was blocked.
• Blue Sea Tideborn realized the seemingly endless corridor was an illusion and that he had never left the Mist Zone.
• Freddy appeared, introduced himself as a forbidden-zone-grade Strange Tale sent by Boss Wang, and explained that Blue Sea Tideborn had entered his dream when he stepped through the portal.

Freddy took Blue Sea Tideborn into his dream domain, where he stripped away Blue Sea Tideborn’s powers and attacked him as an ordinary mortal. After being badly wounded, Blue Sea Tideborn realized the dream’s rules might be shaped by belief and fought back by facing his pain and trapping Freddy’s claw.

• Freddy told Blue Sea Tideborn that the others were in different layers of the same dream, then said he would take him to the Black Town and play games with him.
• Freddy’s domain reduced Blue Sea Tideborn to an ordinary mortal, and Freddy slashed his side during their fight.
• Freddy explained that mortals had to endure pain and the fear of death without relief or regeneration.
• Blue Sea Tideborn reasoned that his lost powers might have been suggested away and dulled his pain by believing it could no longer control him.
• Blue Sea Tideborn charged Freddy and jammed the blades of Freddy’s claw into his finger joints.

Blue Sea Tideborn uncovered how Freddy’s dream worked and killed him by exploiting an old burn wound. When the corridor remained unchanged and his powers stayed inaccessible, he realized Freddy had only been part of the dream and set out to find Wang Yi and the others.

• Blue Sea Tideborn deduced that Freddy was real within the dream and that Freddy could be made to hurt himself.
• Blue Sea Tideborn endured Freddy’s attacks and targeted the weakness at the seam of Freddy’s right wrist guard.
• Blue Sea Tideborn tore open Freddy’s old burn wound with his teeth, causing Freddy to burn and turn to ashes.
• Blue Sea Tideborn found that the dream persisted and that he still could not access his powers or player panel.
• Blue Sea Tideborn concluded that Wang Yi and the others were likely trapped in the dream too, then felt his way down the corridor to help them.

Blue Sea Tideborn uncovered the ritual connecting seven apparently dead companions and tried to reverse it, only to learn that Freddy controlled the dream. Freddy let him escape briefly before dragging him back into the dream, where Blue Sea Tideborn surrendered and begged to be released.

• Blue Sea Tideborn found Qin Chuan, Lin Zhao, Li Wenchang, Heavenly Mechanism Elder, Baili Tu, Chen Silu, and Wang Yi arranged in a room and deduced that their positions formed a ritual.
• Blue Sea Tideborn completed the formation and discovered that Wang Yi was draining the other six to awaken as a new nightmare.
• Blue Sea Tideborn took Wang Yi’s hand and reversed the ritual, absorbing the group’s memories before Freddy appeared and claimed victory.
• Freddy shattered the dream and Blue Sea Tideborn woke at the edge of the Mist Zone beside the seven sleepers, where Wang Yi also awoke without recognizing him.
• Blue Sea Tideborn saw a thread and button tied to Freddy’s claw glove, was pulled back through the Mist Zone, and found himself again in the room with Freddy wearing his face.
• Blue Sea Tideborn agreed to Freddy’s demands and cried for Xu Lang to let him out.

Xu Lang brainwashed Blue Sea Tideborn into becoming an undercover agent inside Titan Building, while planning to lure the Titans out and locate the reincarnation of the Ziwei Star. The Steel Titan invited Blue Sea Tideborn to accompany him to Black Town, and Blue Sea Tideborn asked for access to the meditation room on the forty-fourth floor.

• Freddy made Blue Sea Tideborn pledge loyalty to Xu Lang, allowing him to return to Titan Building as an undercover agent.
• Six of the seven astral warriors who had returned with Blue Sea Tideborn were revealed as Strange Tales, leaving the real Wang Yi behind as bait.
• Xu Lang watched the Northern Dipper and Southern Dipper Principal Stars arrive in Black Town and discussed whether they could challenge it with Freddy.
• The Steel Titan questioned Blue Sea Tideborn about Freddy, then showed him an encrypted invitation from Xu Lang asking the Steel Titan to visit Black Town in three days.
• The Steel Titan decided to go to Black Town to investigate Xu Lang and the astral warriors, and asked Blue Sea Tideborn to accompany him.
• Blue Sea Tideborn agreed on the condition that he be allowed to use the meditation room on the forty-fourth floor.

Blue Sea Tideborn used the Steel Titan’s permission to enter the meditation room and search the Titan Building’s information nodes for the Ziwei Star’s reincarnation. After finding deep storage and probing several Titans’ dormitories without success, he began investigating the Star Dormitory.

• Blue Sea Tideborn persuaded the Steel Titan to give him a one-time access token, and the Steel Titan told him to assemble on the seventh floor in three days.
• The Steel Titan secretly reported that Blue Sea Tideborn had taken the token, but the encrypted channel gave no reply.
• Wrench registered Blue Sea Tideborn’s visit and warned him about the meditation room before he entered and focused on the Titan Building.
• Blue Sea Tideborn found information nodes showing the forty-fourth floor’s layout and the location of the Steel Legion’s deep storage.
• Blue Sea Tideborn searched the Earth, Forest, Beast, and Frostfield Titans’ dormitories but found no sign of the Ziwei Star’s reincarnation.
• Blue Sea Tideborn chose to investigate the Star Dormitory despite fearing its security measures.

Blue Sea Tideborn used Meditation to search Titan Dormitories for Ziwei Star, finding no clear match while uncovering a possible self-destruct mechanism in the Thunder Dormitory. He marked unusual NPCs in Skyreach Dormitory for later attention and left the search unresolved.

• Blue Sea Tideborn explored Star Dormitory, sensed its sleeping Titan, and noticed a purple information node tangled in strands of light before withdrawing.
• Blue Sea Tideborn surveyed Zhu Rong Dormitory and Sea God Dormitory, finding two hidden constellation warriors in the latter but no clue about Ziwei Star.
• Blue Sea Tideborn examined Thunder Dormitory’s power network and suspected its enormous purple crystal could trigger a Safe Zone-wide self-destruct attack.
• Blue Sea Tideborn briefly investigated Blade Dormitory and Iron Dormitory, then made only a short visit to his former home, Primordial Dormitory.
• Blue Sea Tideborn searched Skyreach Dormitory and marked several unusual NPCs, but found no clear bearer of the Purple Tenuity Star Fate Pattern and avoided Demon Dormitory.

Xu Lang prepared for a peace summit with the Titan Building by mastering Chaotic Heaven Blade Ultimate, while the Titans debated whether to ambush him. He led the Mad King Building delegation into the crowded Titan venue, where the giants watched them with open hostility.

• Xu Lang read Blue Sea Tideborn's message about the Ziwei Star, Star Dormitory, and Thunder Dormitory, then decided he could run a Simulation that night.
• Xu Lang's harvest log showed his attributes had grown, and he raised Chaotic Heaven Blade Ultimate to level 50, unlocking its elemental blade forms and combinations.
• Xu Lang went to the training room to practice Chaotic Heaven Blade Ultimate, prompting Tong Qi and the others to train for the peace talks.
• The Titans debated ambushing Xu Lang at the summit but chose to wait and probe him after he arrived.
• Xu Lang led Kui Zi, Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, Wang Yazhi, ten Floor Leaders, and more than a hundred Residents' Committee members into the Titan Building's packed peace talks hall.

Xu Lang met with the Titans to negotiate peace between the Titan Building and the Mad King Building, asking for a real ceasefire and access to part of their intelligence network. The Titans reacted with immediate tension, leaving the talks’ outcome uncertain.

• Xu Lang walked through the arena as giants watched, laughed, and threw a piece of jerky near him.
• The Earth, Forest, Frostfield, Zhu Rong, Sea God, Thunder, Beast, Steel, Sky, and Star Titans emerged and took their places among their legions.
• The Earth Titan said the absent Titans would not attend and that those present could make decisions for the peace talks.
• The Forest Titan asked Xu Lang what he wanted, citing his invitation to bury the hatchet and bring NPCs to the talks.
• Xu Lang demanded a genuine ceasefire between the Titan Building and the Mad King Building and access to part of the Titans’ intelligence network.
• The Titans and their legions tensed at Xu Lang’s request, and the chapter ended with them questioning whether the Mad King Building deserved an alliance.

Xu Lang negotiated a ceasefire and intelligence sharing with the Titans, then proposed exchanging NPCs to trade skills and inheritances. The exchange was approved, with the Star Titan volunteering to go first, and the Sky Titan invited Xu Lang to a private meeting.

• The Titans challenged Xu Lang over the Demon Army’s attack, but Xu Lang and his allies argued that the Titans had brought the attack upon themselves and that the Mad King Building had protected its NPCs.
• Xu Lang proposed a ceasefire and shared intelligence, then asked the Titans to exchange NPCs so both sides could learn their skills and inheritances.
• The Titans objected to giving up NPCs, but Xu Lang clarified that they would exchange them temporarily, and an NPC in the stands erupted in anger before attendants subdued him.
• After discussing the proposal, the Earth Titan suggested exchanging a hundred NPCs instead of twenty, and Xu Lang agreed.
• Xu Lang suggested choosing dormitories in sequence; the Star Titan volunteered to go first, and the Sky Titan later invited Xu Lang to a private meeting.

Xu Lang negotiated with the Sky Titan for passage to Earth and arranged an NPC exchange between the Mad King Building and Skyreach Dormitory. The exchange left Pei Yizhi exhausted from teaching martial arts, but news of his daughter’s breakthrough drove him back to work.

• The Sky Titan agreed to exchange NPCs and asked Xu Lang for a slot in a passage to Earth, which Xu Lang accepted.
• The Holy Angel invited Xu Lang to coordinate the joint defense plan the next morning, and Xu Lang killed a drooling dog-headed player before leaving.
• Xu Lang and the Mad King Building’s leaders prepared an NPC exchange, and NPCs from both sides taught martial arts to selected players.
• Pei Yizhi grew overwhelmed as players from several dormitories sought to learn his martial arts, then refused to teach any more.
• Pei Yizhi learned that his daughter had gained a century of lifespan and reached the Grandmaster realm, so he rallied himself and resumed teaching.

Xu Lang opened a portal to Earth so Sky Titan and the Sky Legion could join the Salvation Army’s efforts to rescue survivors. As the reinforcements arrived, survivors in Sea City gathered to meet them, unsure what to expect.

• Xu Lang checked his harvest and prepared a blue portal for Sky Titan’s trip to Earth.
• Sky Titan gathered his core subordinates, named Shi Jian his deputy in charge of liaison, and led the Sky Legion through Xu Lang’s portal.
• On Earth, the Salvation Army had rescued more than 200,000 survivors in Sea City and received protection from Earth’s consciousness.
• Uncle Zhou and other survivors gathered in the ruins to await reinforcements, while Xiao Li said Lady Wang had warned them not to be scared because the newcomers were very big.

The Sky Titan and the Sky Legion arrived on Earth, where the survivors and players reacted with fear to the giants. After learning about the dangerous Woodcarving Secret Realm, the Sky Titan agreed to help clear Earth’s threats in exchange for a share of the profits and a territory in the new world.

• Uncle Zhou and the survivors shouted for the reinforcements to kill every threat as the Sky Legion emerged from the Portal.
• The Sky Titan, Qi Yue, and the Sky Legion shrank to make room, and the Sky Titan agreed to head north toward the Woodcarving Secret Realm.
• Su Yuan welcomed the Sky Titan and gave him an information scroll describing Earth’s cataclysm.
• Su Yuan explained that reconnaissance teams had vanished inside the Woodcarving Secret Realm, where teleportation and tracking failures made exploration dangerous.
• The Sky Titan asked whether he would receive territory after Earth was occupied, and Su Yuan confirmed Xu Lang had already agreed to it.
• The Sky Titan accepted the mission to clear Earth’s threats in return for a share of the profits.

Sky Titan led the Titan Legion through a ruin lined with woodcarvings made from people and defeated the twisted wooden gatekeeper in its central hall. The gatekeeper warned that the path ahead grew harder, while its scattered pieces yielded Legendary Grade materials.

• Sky Titan led the Titan Legion into the secret realm, where the carvings drew on nearby living creatures and he identified them as people transformed into wood.
• Sky Titan guided the group along the carving-lined path, crossed a chasm after breaking a tentacle, and led them past carvings of houses, cars, and beds.
• Sky Titan entered a circular hall and confronted a fifty-meter twisted carving that called itself a gatekeeper and warned them not to continue.
• Sky Titan grew to a hundred meters and tore off the gatekeeper's arms before lifting it and slamming it into the floor until it shattered.
• Sky Titan and Qi Yue found that the gatekeeper's broken wood contained residual energy and could be collected as Legendary Grade items.

Xu Lang asked the Holy Angel for intelligence about the Fallen Angel imprisoned beneath the Angel Building, and she agreed based on her trust in his record of dealing fairly. An Ziqi began his first shift as a warden and was guided through the Angel Building’s underground levels, where he encountered punishments for the dead and learned about the dangers below.

• Xu Lang asked the Holy Angel to share everything she knew about the Fallen Angel in the Angel Building’s underground levels, and she agreed despite Shi Jian’s concerns.
• The Holy Angel explained that her past dealings with Xu Lang had built her trust in him, and Xu Lang teased her and Shi Jian about their solemn attitude before promising a share of any future gains.
• An Ziqi began his first day as a warden, and An Guangling led him through the first level, Limbo, where names recorded the wardens’ fates and his player privileges stopped working.
• On the second level, Lust Abyss, An Guangling warned An Ziqi not to linger and explained that unauthorized visitors would perceive the corridor as a burning hell.
• On the third level, Gluttony Cavern, An Guangling distracted Cerberus with food and hurried An Ziqi through the rain where gluttons were punished.
• An Guangling brought An Ziqi to the fourth level, Greed Vault, and explained that misers and spendthrifts were condemned to push boulders endlessly in opposing directions.

An Ziqi continued his tour of Purgatory’s underground floors with An Guangling, witnessing the punishments in the Greed Vault and crossing the dangerous Wrath Prison swamp. They reached the City of Dis, where An Guangling promised a Fallen Angel worthy of An Ziqi’s interest, and stood before the vast city and its colossal central tower.

• An Ziqi saw sinful souls endlessly push stones back and forth in the Greed Vault and learned that the souls respawned at irregular intervals.
• An Guangling explained the two kinds of anger punished in the Wrath Prison, then led An Ziqi barefoot across the swamp’s unstable mud mounds as angry souls pursued them.
• An Ziqi reached the far bank with a cut on his foot, and An Guangling extracted a power from one of the burly souls before explaining the danger of clearing rising mud.
• An Guangling led An Ziqi down to the sixth floor, the City of Dis, and warned him to stay away from its rune-covered walls.
• An Ziqi entered the City of Dis and saw its vast underground cavern, glowing runes, and enormous central tower beneath a crack that poured dark golden light.

An Ziqi and An Guangling discovered the bound Fallen Angel in Purgatory and met Xiao Sheng, the Angel Building’s ancient and powerful Building Lord and warden. After the wardens extracted the angel’s blood, Xiao Sheng warned that a hostile visitor would soon come to Purgatory and ordered them to keep the intruder from reaching its depths.

• An Ziqi saw the black angel bound to the tower, and An Guangling warned him not to look into its eyes.
• An Guangling identified the long-haired man beneath the tower as Xiao Sheng, the Angel Building’s Building Lord and the warden who controlled the sixth level.
• Five senior wardens drew three pots of blood from the angel, and Xiao Sheng stood up to reinforce the chains.
• Xiao Sheng approached An Ziqi, asked whether he was afraid, and advised him to treasure his life in Purgatory.
• Xiao Sheng warned the wardens that a hostile visitor would soon arrive and ordered them to prevent him from reaching Purgatory’s depths.

Xiao Sheng warned that a mysterious Mythic threat could reach Purgatory, while Xu Lang learned more about the Angel Building from the Holy Angel. After weighing his plans and the danger at Heaven’s Gate, Xu Lang returned to the Demon King Castle and began dreaming.

• Xiao Sheng told the Angel Building’s leaders that the Good Angel had foreseen a Mythic outsider threatening Purgatory, and they decided to strengthen its defenses.
• The Holy Angel admitted she had been wrong to set terms with Xu Lang and shared secrets about the Angel Building, including its powerful Sequence Players and Dungeon themes.
• Xu Lang considered taking over the Angel Building and weighed the Savior class against the other steps in his planned progression.
• At Heaven’s Gate, Xu Lang reflected on Long Chi’s strength and the possibility that he would face the Ziwei Star, then trusted the Titan Building to handle any crisis.
• Xu Lang returned to the Demon King Castle and began dreaming on the Nightmare Bed.

Xu Lang celebrated earning more than ten million Nightmare Coins, strengthened his companions with fused equipment, and enjoyed a peaceful day while players prepared for the Demon Race's next attack. The chapter ended with Xu Lang hoping the Star Titan exchange would reveal the Ziwei Star, which he planned to take for himself.

• Xu Lang woke with over ten million Nightmare Coins and distributed upgraded equipment to Chi Qingman, Cao Yaxuan, and the others before returning to bed.
• Xu Lang's Seven Killings True Explanation became an Esoteric Skill, and he considered upgrading a Mythic saber technique but decided against it.
• The Sky Titan conquered the Woodcarving Secret Realm and cleared nearby Hang City, raising Xu Lang's interference power and achievement points.
• Players in the Mad King Community searched for information about the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Ghost as they anticipated a stronger Demon Race attack.
• Xu Lang woke the next morning with his Nightmare Coins and special attributes increased, and he waited for the Star Titan exchange to end in hopes of finding the Ziwei Star.

With the Grand Wuxia game ending in ten days, the Mad King Building continued to grow more chaotic as Chen Hansheng’s church clashed with the patrol squad. Xu Lang focused on finding the missing reincarnation of the Ziwei Star and began an expensive dream simulation of their first meeting.

• Chen Hansheng preached to his followers and other players, using their faith to strengthen his abilities and help restore their Sanity.
• Zhang Liang’s patrol squad shut down Chen Hansheng’s gathering for lacking authorization, and Chen Hansheng was forced to leave with them.
• Xu Lang learned that the latest NPC exchange students from the Star Dormitory did not include the person he sought.
• Xu Lang paid at least 300,000 Nightmare Essence to simulate one minute of his first meeting with the reincarnation of the Ziwei Star.
• The simulation settled on Xu Lang in the Demon King Castle, viewing the Mad King Community through the Eye of Heaven.

Xu Lang discovered that Chen Mu, the Ziwei Star who nearly defeated him in a Simulation dream, was an NPC in Star Dormitory and began planning how to obtain him without revealing his intentions. Shirley proposed having players ask Star Dormitory why Chen Mu had not joined the exchange program, and Xu Lang sent her to investigate while he sought the Black-robed Evil Monk’s advice.

• In a Simulation dream, the Ziwei Star crushed Xu Lang’s Eye of Heaven, then fought Xu Lang and Demon Emperor Lü Qing until the dream ended.
• Xu Lang realized he could not defeat the Ziwei Star, but became eager to claim his power and the other Astral martial artists.
• Xu Lang identified the Ziwei Star as Chen Mu, an inner sect elder of Extreme Yang Hall, and learned he had not come as an exchange student.
• Shirley suggested that players interested in Extreme Yang Hall’s martial arts pressure Star Dormitory for an explanation, beginning with why Chen Mu had not come.
• Xu Lang sent Shirley to carry out the plan and went to the Grave Pasture to summon the Black-robed Evil Monk.

The Black-robed Evil Monk told Xu Lang about Chen Mu, while Xu Ming pressured Chen Mu to visit the Mad King Building and take on students. Chen Mu agreed under strict conditions, but delayed the trip to continue his seclusion.

• The Black-robed Evil Monk visited Xu Lang in the Grave Pasture and told him about Chen Mu’s identity and connection to the Star Dormitory.
• Xu Ming tried to force Chen Mu’s way out of his room so he would go to the Mad King Building, but Chen Mu came out and confronted him.
• Xu Ming claimed the Star Dormitory needed Chen Mu to visit because the Mad King Building wanted him to teach martial arts and had complained about his absence.
• Chen Mu agreed to go if Xu Ming accompanied him, the Mad King Building showed proper courtesies, and he was limited to half a shichen or ten students.
• Xu Ming accepted the conditions, and Chen Mu told him to make arrangements while he remained in seclusion for another half an hour.

Xu Ming secretly planned to abandon Chen Mu’s conditions and led him to the Mad King Building, where Zhou Yuan showed them the Safe Zone’s landmarks. The visit left Chen Mu with an ominous premonition as they approached the building’s strange facilities.

• Xu Ming agreed to Chen Mu’s conditions without intending to fulfill them and passed them to Skyreach Dormitory to work out the rules.
• Chen Mu and Xu Ming crossed into the Mad King Building Safe Zone, where Zhou Yuan and four Residents’ Committee players welcomed them.
• Zhou Yuan guided them along the main road and explained that the Safe Zone’s unusual dark flooring had formed on its own.
• Zhou Yuan showed them five active Flame Demon Towers and warned them that the towers could attack anyone they identified as hostile.
• Zhou Yuan pointed out the Crazy Soldier Demon Furnace, where equipment could be enhanced, while Chen Mu remained silent with an ominous feeling.