Festival of Lights · Diwali
Lu Xiu built and cleared Resident Evil, earning powerful rewards before launching it as an S-rank player-made dungeon. As players struggled through its horrors and discovered its valuable rewards, the Coordination Bureau faced worsening pressure from monsters at the front.
Lu Xiu built and cleared an SS-rated Sekiro dungeon, gaining powerful skills and weapons while officials and private groups searched for her. When Spirit Pivot cornered her at home and threatened Wang Baosheng’s mother, Lu Xiu fought back and left Wang Baosheng wounded as she returned inside.
Lu Xiu’s Sekiro dungeon pushed players to their limits, while its affordable entry and rewards helped fighters grow stronger. After the Goddess restricted the dungeon and granted Lu Xiu a special title, she began building Titanfall, whose battlefield trial left the Coordination Bureau eager to test its equipment.
Lu Xiu’s Titanfall dungeon gave soldiers new equipment and forced many of them to confront BT’s sacrifice, while an approaching cross-realm arena prompted her to build new instances. After rival builders released weak Resident Evil imitations, Lu Xiu launched Outlast, leaving one of them to enter its asylum and face its first scares.
As the Iron and Blood update began, Prison Rock players invaded Nine Provinces and targeted Lu Xiu. Lu Xiu and the Strategy Group repelled them, but Zhang Chongshan defected, and Lu Xiu returned home ready to run her dungeon.
Lu Xiu created Sifu, a punishing hand-to-hand combat dungeon that taught players to read and counter enemies. As Nine Provinces players began adapting to it, Prison Rock’s leaders argued over Zhang Chongshan’s intelligence and whether they could reproduce the instance.
Lu Xiu built and tested Witch, a deceptive horror dungeon whose players mistook Viola for the victim and helped the Witch. After the reveal exposed their mistake, Lu Xiu recruited Shen Nian and Jian Li to test the instance’s difficult reversal ending as the Iron and Blood expansion approached.
Lu Xiu’s dungeons shaped the City Confrontation War as Nine Provinces gained territory and battle strength through her victories. Her new SSS-rated Dark Souls then unleashed a deadly invasion, leaving Lu Xiu still fighting toward its final area.
Lu Xiu completed Dark Souls, altered its world to help players, and led Nine Provinces to victory in the speedrun contest. As the group battles began, the Creator debuff exposed her to both Prison Rock players and Dark Souls bosses.
Lu Xiu led Nine Provinces through shifting boss arenas and defeated Prison Rock’s leaders while securing the Core Bonfires. Nine Provinces won the battle, and Lu Xiu returned home as its celebrated star player with new questions about the Play Society.
Lu Xiu placed and cleared the Witch instance, gained control of its reality-overwrite area, and helped secure Nine Provinces’ victory over Prison Rock. With new powers and systems opening up, she began building a Monster Hunter multiplayer dungeon and prepared to draw players into it.
Lu Xiu brought Monster Hunter into the real world, manifesting Astera in Jade Capital and using its weapons and systems to fight the monster tide. Astera’s NPCs and equipment drew players and foreign leaders toward Nine Provinces as Lu Xiu returned to the frontline to test new gear.
Lu Xiu built Left 4 Dead as a training dungeon for frontline soldiers, forged new equipment, and moved the Witch Forest to the frontier as foreign delegations arrived. After learning to release power without relying on skills, she began adapting Franca’s Blood Frenzy Art while considering how to make it safer.
Lu Xiu created and entered Dungeon Fighter Online, defeated the strongest challengers, and won the Apostle’s Proof. After the contest, she completed the Berserker class using Jian Li and Shen Nian’s blood, leaving foreign powers and new enemies focused on her creation.
Lu Xiu confronted a King-class Monster by bringing Dark Souls into the real world, then launched Bloodborne to teach players blood control and prepare them for the threat. As players fought through Yharnam and learned Berserker skills from phantom Hunters, Lu Xiu prepared to join the hunt herself.
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