Recaps

Wei Xing prepared to leave Longwind City after receiving Dawn, strengthened into a Spirit Armament, and a collection of supplies and rune research for the front lines. He drove into the wilderness carrying hope that the gifts would strengthen the authorities’ efforts.

• Wei Xing woke after a restless night and was escorted to the Governing Hall, where Zhang Rui told him the Lord could not see him off.
• Zhang Rui presented Wei Xing with Dawn, which the Lord had strengthened with Runes and rare materials into a Spirit Armament capable of growing on its own.
• Zhang Rui escorted Wei Xing to the Outer City and explained that an off-road vehicle carried supplies for the authorities, along with a Rune Compendium of Longwind City’s research.
• Wei Xing thanked Zhang Rui, climbed into the vehicle with the Black Dog, and drove toward the front lines as the sun rose.

Liang Fengyi defeated Wang Xiaoyu in the Intermediate Division final, winning the championship through greater combat experience despite her hidden second demonic bear. After the arena emptied, Golden Dragon encountered Xue Ningning’s second personality, who complained that someone had trapped her in a competition and left her bound to Longwind City by debt.

• Liang Fengyi and Wang Xiaoyu fought fiercely in the Intermediate Division final, using his Corpse Yin powers and her spirit-infused demonic bear and Rune Weapons.
• Liang Fengyi feinted toward Wang Xiaoyu’s bear and attacked her, but she summoned a second bear that crushed him.
• Liang Fengyi appeared behind Wang Xiaoyu and conceded no defeat, so Golden Dragon declared him the champion and told both finalists they would receive the Lord’s awards after the Advanced Division.
• The arena crowd dispersed, and the damaged Martial Platform repaired itself as Golden Dragon left the venue.
• Golden Dragon met Xue Ningning’s second personality and warned her not to disrupt the Advanced Division competition.
• Xue Ningning complained that someone had forced her into competing and that even winning would not repay her debt to Longwind City.

The Advanced Division began, drawing a huge crowd eager to watch powerful fighters compete. Luo Qian overwhelmed Li Kai, and Chen Siwei defeated Night Owl, leaving Qingwei impressed by Chen Siwei’s B-Rank strength.

• Xue Ningning angrily left after realizing she feared the dark figure who could kill her for good.
• Bai Ge dressed carefully for the Advanced Division, while Bluebird teased him and Shen Xi shared a knowing smile with her.
• Giant plant platforms rose around the arena to accommodate the crowds, and Wang Xiaoyu greeted Qingwei from the stands.
• Luo Qian defeated Li Kai with his Soul-Devouring Hand, sending him flying off the Martial Platform.
• Chen Siwei countered Night Owl’s stealth attacks and defeated him after trapping him in a magnetic storm.
• Qingwei watched Chen Siwei fight and judged her strength comparable to the best B-Rank Ability Users in Peerless City.

The Advanced Tournament revealed Longwind City's strength as more B-Rank ability users and official fighters advanced. Bai Ge lost badly to Jiang Li after freezing up, leaving him too embarrassed to face her again.

• Jiang Li and Xue Ningning displayed B-Rank abilities, surprising spectators and highlighting Longwind City's strength.
• The three-day qualifiers ended with sixteen contestants advancing to the Duel Tournament, where official fighters made up most of the field.
• Bai Ge faced Jiang Li but froze instead of attacking, baffling his Gray Feather Squad companions.
• Jiang Li's Great Fireball Technique pursued and engulfed Bai Ge, and Golden Dragon declared her the winner.
• After recovering in the Medical Office's shelter, Bai Ge realized how badly he had embarrassed himself and feared he could never face Jiang Li again.

Luo Qian and Xia Xun fought a fierce quarterfinal duel, each revealing powerful techniques and pushing the Boundarylight barrier to its limit. They unleashed their strongest attacks at the same time, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Luo Qian and Xia Xun began their quarterfinal match, with Luo Qian transforming his arm into a Wraith Hand as Xia Xun called on his advanced Rune power.
• Luo Qian pressured Xia Xun at close range, but Xia Xun used Assault Perception and lightning to evade and counter his attacks.
• Luo Qian tried to drag Xia Xun in with Soul-Devouring Hand, but Xia Xun answered with Soul Shock and sent Luo Qian flying.
• Luo Qian combined his Wraith Hand with his Shadow Sword and unleashed Thousand-Hand Sword Tomb across the platform.
• Xia Xun summoned crimson lightning with Electric Execution as Luo Qian’s sword hands attacked, and their collision cracked the Boundarylight barrier.

Luo Qian defeated Xia Xun in a devastating match, and the Longwind Martial Tournament continued through its remaining bouts before Chen Siwei won the final. The tournament concluded with Chen Siwei as champion.

• Luo Qian survived Xia Xun's Dominion-School Rune, Electric Execution, and Golden Dragon declared him the winner before the Medical Office treated both fighters.
• Jiang Li defeated Liu Xifeng, while Xu Qing used Cooperative Symbiosis's Composite State to defeat Jian Xiujie.
• Chen Siwei defeated Xue Ningning after a fierce battle in which Chen Siwei sacrificed an arm.
• Chen Siwei narrowly defeated Jiang Li in the final, bringing the Longwind Martial Tournament to a close.

Lincon agreed that Longwind City should take control of Jiangzhou’s main transportation routes and use the effort to extend its influence. He left the story preparing to assign the operation to Guan Teng and send the Garrison Guard into action.

• Zhang Rui told Lincon that Mu Que, Liang Fengyi, and Chen Siwei had won the Junior, Intermediate, and Advanced Martial Tournaments.
• Zhang Rui reported that two villages had been built for new subjects and asked Lincon to name them when he visited.
• Zhang Rui proposed that Longwind City take over Jiangzhou’s safe transportation routes, and Lincon agreed that the city should control the main routes while leaving some paths to smaller factions.
• Lincon said he would assign the transportation operation to Guan Teng when he returned and use the Garrison Guard to extend Longwind City’s reach.

Lincon attended the Longwind Martial Tournament’s award ceremony, where citizens compared him to the statues in the Shrines and called him a god. After the ceremony, Guan Teng returned to the Sacred Court, having broken through to B-Plus Rank.

• Lincon learned that Guan Teng had successfully advanced to B-Plus Rank and was already on his way back from the wasteland.
• Lincon appeared before Longwind City’s citizens at the Martial Tournament awards ceremony, and people recognized his resemblance to the Shrine statues.
• Luo Qian and Xia Xun discussed how Rune formations connected the Shrines across the Longwind Territory.
• Lincon awarded Martial Medals to Mu Que, Liang Fengyi, and Chen Siwei, and promised Chen Siwei a dedicated training ground.
• Xue Ningning worried that she owed Longwind City 3,851 Gold Coins, while Golden Dragon tried to reassure her.
• Guan Teng returned to the Sacred Court and told Lincon, “My lord, I’m back!”

Wei Xing returned to Capital Province and reached the Great Wall Defense Line, where he learned that Wu Kai had died fighting the High-Rank Lord called Wind Demon. Wind Demon escaped, and Wei Xing angrily questioned whether Taiyi had done anything before a gray-haired old man rebuked him.

• Wei Xing and Black Dog fought off a group of Predators as they traveled north toward Capital Province.
• Wei Xing drove through Capital Province and entered the Great Wall Defense Line using a special passage.
• A young soldier told Wei Xing that the Abyss Sea had attacked twice and Wu Kai had died covering the Great Wall Seventh Company.
• The young soldier explained that Wind Demon killed Wu Kai on Defense Line Three and escaped despite the other officers' intervention.
• Wei Xing angrily asked whether Taiyi had stood by, and a gray-haired old man approached and told him he had gone too far.

Wei Xing confronted Zhou Kang over Wu Kai’s death and warned him to guard the important cargo he had brought back. At a military conference, General Guo Chongguang shut down Wei Xing’s questions about Wu Kai and asked him to report on Jiangzhou.

• Wei Xing accused Zhou Kang of abandoning Wu Kai during a retreat, then warned him that the tarpaulin-wrapped cargo needed strict protection.
• Zhou Kang’s guards took over the vehicle, and Black Dog carried Dawn’s case as Wei Xing went with Zhou Kang.
• At a conference, Wei Xing challenged the officials over Wu Kai’s death and accused some of them of opposing General Guo Chongguang’s Casting Cauldron Plan.
• Tang Lin accused Wei Xing of undermining his comrades, and a senior officer ordered both men to stop arguing.
• General Guo Chongguang declared that no one had manipulated events behind Wu Kai’s death, ended Wei Xing’s investigation, and asked him to recount the situation in Jiangzhou.

Wei Xing recounted Longwind City’s history and achievements to the Great Wall Defense Line’s military leaders, while Tang Lin doubted his account. Guo Chongguang revealed a demonstration of Dawn’s overwhelming power, leaving the leaders stunned by Longwind City’s rune technology and the changes it could bring.

• Wei Xing told the meeting about Longwind City, its origins as Longwind Fortress, and Lincon’s service there as a night-watch guard.
• Tang Lin questioned whether one person could survive near an Abyss Rift for three years and build a city for three hundred thousand people, but Guo Chongguang confirmed Lincon’s identity and defended Wei Xing’s account.
• Guo Chongguang presented research findings on items Wei Xing brought back and showed a holographic video of a modified Dawn being used against Blackscale.
• The weapon pierced Blackscale’s defenses and destroyed it with one shot, though its rank-user wielder collapsed from the strain.
• Li Xingzhou recognized Dawn as Wei Xing’s gun, and Guo Chongguang displayed it while explaining that the Longwind Lord had enhanced it with runes.

Guo Chongguang explained that Dawn was a living Spirit Armament that recognized its master, and defended Longwind City and Lincon against criticism. He then proposed adding Lincon to the Casting Cauldron Plan by replacing one of the five official candidates, leaving the conference room tense as attendees wondered who would give up the position.

• Guo Chongguang said Dawn possessed its own consciousness, drained strength from unrecognized users, and could not be mass-produced.
• Wei Xing explained that Dawn was a Spirit Armament, and Guo Chongguang warned the meeting not to belittle Longwind City or question Lincon.
• Guo Chongguang began the Casting Cauldron Plan discussion and proposed adding Lincon among the five official candidates rather than the inland reserves.
• Guo Chongguang revealed that Lu Guan and the other absent candidates had already agreed to respect his decision.
• The factions at the meeting fell silent, wondering which official candidate would be replaced by Lincon.

Zhou Kang told Tang Lin that Taiyi had chosen Lincon for the Cauldron-Forger position, leaving Tang Lin furious but unable to change the decision. In Longwind City, Lincon ordered Guan Teng to reorganize Jiangzhou’s transportation and set Longwind Academy’s opening for seven days later.

• Zhou Kang refused to replace the chosen candidate, and Tang Lin demanded to know why before Guo Chongguang said Taiyi had made the final decision.
• Tang Lin stormed out of the meeting, while Xu Dong and Guo Chongguang discussed the trouble Lincon might cause when he arrived in Capital Province.
• Lincon assigned Guan Teng to reorganize Jiangzhou’s transportation with Zhou Qing’s help and authorized the Garrison Guard to deal forcefully with anyone who obstructed them.
• Old Jiang reported that Longwind Academy was complete, and Lincon scheduled its opening for seven days later and ordered the student intake to be determined.
• Lincon suggested enrolling Zhang Han and the other children of the Radiant Legion, prompting Zhang Rui to recall how the children had eagerly spread the news about their group.

Lincon recruited Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning into Longwind City’s newly created Sacred Guard after learning about Star Pavilion and offering them paid positions. They accepted the jobs, and Lincon welcomed them as the first Left Guards.

• Guan Teng led Garrison Guard soldiers and city staff out of Longwind City to expand the city’s reach into the wasteland and ruins.
• The Gray Feather Squad watched the force depart, and Bluebird and Shen Xi urged Bai Ge to grow stronger if he wanted to protect Jiang Li.
• Lincon asked Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning about Star Pavilion and proposed recruiting them, while Xue Ningning worried about repaying her debt.
• Jiang Li explained that the Sacred Guard would capture and detain ability users who caused trouble, and Lincon offered the pair base pay and bounties.
• Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning signed employment contracts, joining Longwind City as Left Guards of the Sacred Guard.

Lincon considered Star Pavilion’s interference with the Casting Cauldron Plan and learned that Luo Chiyou’s strength was recovering. He promised to solve Hive Canyon’s food shortage and prepared a Temple trial to choose a second legion commander, leaving the Abyssal races ready to compete in Ironwood Valley.

• Golden Dragon told Lincon about Star Pavilion’s plans to interfere with the Casting Cauldron Plan, and Lincon judged that Longwind City was not yet strong enough to confront Star Pavilion.
• Luo Chiyou woke from her slumber with her wind abilities recovering to about C-Rank, and Lincon offered to find materials to strengthen her soul.
• The Ant Guard reported that the Ant Queen was pregnant with an Ant King and needed more high-energy flesh and blood to survive and produce an A-Rank warrior.
• Lincon acknowledged Hive Canyon’s food shortage and promised to find a solution for the Ant Race, Shadow Race, and Blood Race.
• Lincon told Alashu, Hei Shi, and Bane to fight a powerful human trial-taker in a Temple trial that would determine who was best suited to become Hive Canyon’s second legion commander.
• Lincon led the Abyssal Creatures to Ironwood Valley to familiarize them with the trial venue.

Lincon inspected the Spirit Source Iron Tree’s path to becoming a Gengjin Mother Tree and planned to use it to support Hive Canyon’s future attacks on other Abyss Rifts. He then created a second Trial Temple for ability-user breakthroughs, whose immense domain left the Golden Dragon stunned.

• Lincon visited Ironwood Valley, where the Eight-Headed Snake bowed to him, and examined the Spirit Source Iron Tree’s growth potential and evolution into a Gengjin Mother Tree.
• Lincon decided that Hive Canyon should obtain blood-food by attacking Abyss Rifts in other regions of Blue Star, and considered moving the Gengjin Mother Tree there as a living arsenal.
• Lincon used one Temple Point to create a second Trial Temple designed to train ability users in breaking through their ranks, with a rewind feature to protect them if they chose the wrong path.
• The new Temple’s domain spread a powerful fluctuation across the territory, and the Golden Dragon sensed it while walking with Xue Ningning and froze in awe.

Lincon created a Breakthrough Temple in Ironwood Valley to push Chen Siwei toward a breakthrough, then began unleashing the Spirit Source Iron Tree’s potential. Chen Siwei faced a gauntlet of powerful opponents in the Temple while the tree transformed into a Gengjin Mother Tree.

• Golden Dragon sensed an extraordinary domain near the Sacred Court, then left with Xue Ningning to pursue the troublemaker in Longwind City.
• Lincon brought Alashu and the other Abyssal Creatures into the Breakthrough Temple’s chaotic magnetic domain and ordered them to fight Chen Siwei when she arrived.
• Chen Siwei entered the Temple, where Alashu attacked her; she used magnetic force and a rail-assisted shot to damage him before encountering six B-Rank creatures, including Ant Guards.
• Lincon sent Death Scythe into the Temple to spar with Chen Siwei and display its domain without killing her.
• Lincon used Potential Unleashing on the Spirit Source Iron Tree, causing it to transform into a colossal sword-like Gengjin Mother Tree as golden weapons appeared around it.

Lincon successfully unleashed the Gengjin Mother Tree’s potential, but the effort left him mentally exhausted. After receiving its Iron Tree Hollow Husk and planning to use it in future Abyss Rift campaigns, he returned to the Sacred Court to recover and left Luo Chiyou to handle government affairs.

• Lincon revealed the Gengjin Mother Tree’s true body and abilities, and its Tree Spirit presented him with the Geng Metal Iron Tree Hollow Husk it had shed.
• Lincon had the Gengjin Mother Tree cut the hollow husk into fist-sized pieces and told her to prepare to assist Hive Canyon in invading Abyss Rifts, starting with Lin Province.
• Lincon ordered the Eight-Headed Snake to guard Ironwood Valley’s entrance, then returned to the Sacred Court and drank Life Essence to speed his recovery.
• Luo Chiyou asked what Lincon had evolved, but he went to bed without answering and asked her to handle the Governing Hall’s documents while he slept.
• Luo Chiyou accepted the work after Lincon thanked her and went to the study to review the documents.

Chen Siwei fought Alashu, Hei Shi, and the Ant Guards inside the Temple, where the chaotic magnetic field pushed her toward an A-Rank breakthrough. After she defeated Hei Shi and came close to completing her magnetic circuit, an unknown figure expanded its domain and confronted her.

• Chen Siwei hid in the sandstorm with the Blood Race Lord's head after killing three pursuers, while Alashu prayed to the being he believed was watching over him.
• Alashu found Chen Siwei and attacked with bone spikes, but she escaped inside an iron ball as Hei Shi and the Ant Guards prepared to ambush her.
• Chen Siwei compressed her magnetic field and fired a Magnetic Torrent, piercing two Ant Guards and revealing her growing ability to create magnetic force.
• Alashu attacked Chen Siwei with Bone Hell while Hei Shi searched through the sandstorm, but Chen Siwei used heartbeat detection to locate Hei Shi and kill him with another Magnetic Torrent.
• Chen Siwei sensed that she was close to completing her magnetic circuit, but the wind stopped and a black-misted figure wielding a silver scythe appeared above her after expanding its domain.

Chen Siwei used the Death Domain in the Breakthrough Temple to understand how to form her own Domain and break through to A-Rank. She awakened Magnetic Throne, then battled Death Scythe while exploring her newly expanded magnetic powers.

• Chen Siwei recognized Death Scythe as an A-Rank Weird Calamity and suspected that Lincon had arranged the encounter to help her break through.
• As the Death Domain suppressed her magnetic force, Chen Siwei realized a Domain amplified her will rather than merely strengthening her ability.
• Chen Siwei awakened her Domain, Magnetic Throne, and expanded it to cover a thousand meters, pushing back Death Scythe's Death Domain.
• Chen Siwei and Death Scythe's Domains collided, and she used the Temple's extreme magnetic fields as weapons within her new Domain.
• Chen Siwei unleashed her magnetic power and realized she could control it with far greater precision, calling it the real Magnetic Heaven Attraction.

Chen Siwei emerged from the Breakthrough Temple as an A-Rank ability user and returned to Longwind City, while Lincon recovered from his overexertion. At Origin Hall, Lincon explained that he wanted Longwind City’s strength built on loyal people he had cultivated himself, then began a new discussion.

• Chen Siwei completed her breakthrough in the Breakthrough Temple, where the Gengjin Mother Tree suppressed the disturbance from her Domain.
• Golden Dragon and Zhang Rui learned that Chen Siwei had likely reached A-Rank, and Zhang Rui welcomed her alongside other Longwind City residents as she left Ironwood Valley.
• Golden Dragon encouraged Xue Ningning to trust her talent and maintain her self-awareness as she grew stronger.
• Lincon awoke, learned of Chen Siwei’s success, and reflected with Luo Chiyou on Longwind City’s growing strength and its remaining vulnerabilities.
• At Origin Hall, Chen Siwei thanked Lincon for arranging her trial, and Lincon said he wanted the city’s foundation to consist of people loyal to him and Longwind City.
• Lincon took his seat and announced that they would discuss another matter.

Lincon revealed that he controlled the Abyssal Creatures of Hive Canyon and planned to use them to clear a route toward a B-Rank Abyss Rift in Lin Province while Longwind City claimed resources along the way. Chen Siwei agreed to lead the expedition, leaving with a mission to open the route and mark resource sites.

• Lincon explained that Longwind City needed to secure resources beyond its territory and ordered Chen Siwei to lead Garrison Guard troops toward the B-Rank Abyss Rift in Lin Province.
• Zhang Rui questioned the sudden decision, and Lincon explained that Hive Canyon's Abyssal army would invade other Abyss Rifts while Longwind City followed to gather resources.
• Lincon revealed that he controlled the Abyssal Creatures, shocking Zhang Rui and prompting Chen Siwei to ask whether he could control them hundreds of kilometers from Jiangzhou.
• Lincon assured them that the Abyssal Creatures would remain under his control and explained that humanity had to use the Abyss's own methods to survive.
• Chen Siwei accepted the mission and promised to bring good news back to Longwind City.

Lincon attended the opening ceremony of Longwind Academy as its principal while Chen Siwei led the Garrison Guard out on a secret expedition. Hundreds of children arrived for their first day, including Wang Xiaoyu, who was thrilled to become Lincon’s student.

• Zhang Rui and Chen Siwei secretly prepared for the Hive Canyon expedition without informing the Garrison Guard.
• Chen Siwei silently led the Garrison Guard out of Longwind City on the academy’s opening day.
• Lincon stood with the academy’s teachers to welcome more than three hundred children divided into age groups.
• Zhang Rui watched his son Zhang Han join the new students and reflected on how Longwind Fortress had grown into Longwind City.
• Wang Hainian cautioned Wang Xiaoyu to behave, but she announced that she had enrolled because Lincon was the principal.

Lincon welcomed Longwind Academy’s new students and agreed to let Zhang Han establish the Radiant Legion, provided its members endured their training. The children began academy life under Liang Fengyi’s stern instruction, while the school’s three-year curriculum laid out their path toward future roles in Longwind City.

• Lincon teased Zhang Han about secretly forming the Radiant Legion, then told him its approval depended on the children proving themselves through lessons and training.
• Zhang Han gathered the Legion’s 138 members, and Lincon assigned Liang Fengyi to train them.
• Wang Xiaoyu mocked the children’s ambitions, while her father Wang Hainian hoped the academy would teach her some humility.
• Longwind Academy began enrolling nearly four hundred students in an initial three-year program of general studies, physical training, and later specialized courses.
• The academy planned to place outstanding graduates who met the age requirements in Longwind City’s departments, while younger students would continue studying until adulthood.

Longwind Academy welcomed its first students while the Garrison Guard confronted the Scavenger Camp in Jiangzhou for killing Longwind City's miners and trying to seize the Sunstone Mine. Guan Teng killed the camp's ringleader and challenged the remaining members to attack him.

• Lincon led teachers and students through Longwind Academy as Zhang Rui discussed the city's future development with him.
• The Crystal Ring Mother Tree's tendrils recorded the new students' information.
• Guan Teng confronted the Scavenger Camp's managers and accused them of killing Longwind City's mining team to monopolize Sunstone.
• The camp manager transformed into a Bearman and attacked Guan Teng, but a Wraith made him turn his claws on his own throat.
• Guan Teng addressed the remaining camp members and offered them a chance to attack him.