Recaps

Lincon completed the Nature Saint trial, evolved several Spirit Plants, and helped Longwind recover from the third Ash Snow as it became Longwind City. He then entered a B-Rank Abyss Rift to seek the Abyssal Ant Queen’s core and discovered humans being transformed into Dark Creatures.

• Lincon healed the survivors of the Black Tide battle and unlocked the Dark Overlord path and new Rune Paths.
• Lincon completed the Ecological Trial by introducing death and guiding life through balance and evolution, earning the Nature Saint class.
• Lincon evolved the Solar Sunflower into a Kindling Sunflower and used Potential Unleashing to advance other Spirit Plants, while Luo Chiyou returned as the Other Shore Cherry Spirit.
• The third Ash Snow buried Longwind Fortress, but Lincon used the Fire God Tree to melt it and began repairing the damaged city.
• Zhang Rui secured the renaming of Longwind Fortress to Longwind City, and Lincon opened the Adventurer Guild as residents began rebuilding and reclaiming farmland.
• Lincon traveled toward the B-Rank Abyss Rift aboard the War Treant and entered it to obtain an Abyssal Core from the Abyss Ant Queen.
• Lincon discovered Incubation Sacs containing humans becoming Dark Creatures, then fought through miasma and swarms of worms with the War Treant.

Lincon conquered the Ant Queen and established new systems for Longwind City, while the city’s growing forces investigated a self-repairing Iron Tree in a dangerous valley. The expedition secured samples and brought the subdued Eight-Headed Snake back toward Longwind City.

• Lincon defeated the Ant Queen, marked her and an Ant Guard as his subordinates, and took control of the Abyssal nest and its resources.
• Lincon returned to Longwind City, built the Trial Temple, and watched new Formal Subjects receive certificates, enter the Inner City, and adopt Longwind Currency.
• Zhang Rui and the Governing Hall regulated the growing market as adventurers and merchants traded across the region, and Shen Xi joined the Gray Feather Squad.
• Wang Hainian showed the Gray Feather Squad a self-repairing metal leaf from an Iron Tree in a valley threatened by Meat Fields, and Lincon approved an expedition led by Zhou Qing with Four Dimensions as backup.
• The expedition crossed Death Swamp and entered the valley, where the team fought Weird Calamities and an Eight-Headed Snake while Lincon observed and recorded their abilities for the Trial Temple.
• Wang Xiaoyu animated her stuffed bear to pin the snake’s tail, but the exhausted team could not stop its regeneration until Chen Siwei arrived and subdued it.
• Luo Qian’s team collected the Iron Tree and Meat Fields samples, and Chen Siwei bound the Eight-Headed Snake and led it after the convoy toward Longwind City.

Lincon turned the Abyssal invaders into subjects and reshaped Hive Canyon into a fortified base while Longwind City expanded its research, farms, and public facilities. The arc ended with a black-robed stranger stopping Liu Qiang’s convoy and offering a golden crystal for information about two people.

• Lincon evolved the Dark Iron Birch into a Spirit Source Iron Tree, prepared the Trial Temple, and led Longwind City’s elite through a deadly trial that revived its fallen participants.
• Lincon traveled to the Abyss, built Hive Canyon around the Central Mother Nest, and used traps and an elemental array to defeat and brand the Shadow Demon Lord and Alashu.
• Lincon left the Ant Queen in charge of Hive Canyon and returned to Longwind City, where officials reported growing trade, new Rune Weapons, and plans to expand the city.
• Lincon prepared for Star Pavilion’s possible interest in Longwind City and used Potential Unleashing to develop Spirit Plants for cultivation and research.
• Lincon removed Zhao Du from the Medical Office after he resisted collaboration, appointed Wang Xiaoming to lead herbal medicine research, and assigned Xu Qing as the Qingrang Academy liaison.
• Lincon issued the Herbal Medicine Sprouting edict and turned farmland into a Spirit Field as Longwind City planned an arena, shrine, and academy.
• Liu Qiang returned toward Longwind City after a trade, but a black-robed stranger stopped his convoy and offered a golden crystal for information about two people.

Golden Dragon reached Longwind City, learned Luo Chiyou was alive as a Sakura Spirit, and left after accepting the city’s gifts. Lincon traveled north to Redwood Forest, awakened the Fire God Tree, and became trapped with Death Scythe as the Flame Demon Lord began to self-destruct.

• Golden Dragon entered Longwind City, learned Xiao Jing and Luo Chiyou had vanished into the Abyss Rift, then discovered Luo Chiyou had survived as a Sakura Spirit and agreed to report her death to the Pavilion Master.
• Lincon prepared to leave Jiangzhou for Northern Province, entrusted Longwind City’s defenses to his allies, and traveled with Luo Chiyou toward the burned site of the Fire God Tree.
• Lincon stayed at Arhat Camp, witnessed its people defend themselves from Strange Scorpion, and gave Arhat candles and a letter recommending Longwind City before continuing toward Redwood Forest.
• Lincon traveled across Northern Province, defeated threats and helped people along the way, while earning the name “Dark Traveler” and approaching Redwood Forest as a Black Tide gathered.
• Lincon and Luo Chiyou watched Death Scythe’s dark army battle the Flame Demon army, then reached the heart of Redwood Forest and found the Fire God Tree’s charred remains.
• Lincon shattered the Flame Demon Lord’s crystal throne, released the Fire God Tree’s Primordial Spirit, and received its power as the tree awakened and raised his Nature Saint level beyond fifty.
• Lincon took the Life Crystal revealed by the collapsing stump and fused with the Fire God Tree, Void Dandelion, and Light-Dark Cherry of the Far Shore to enter Divine Transformation.
• Lincon and Death Scythe fought the Flame Demon Lord, but it began self-destructing and sealed the surrounding space, leaving Lincon unable to escape its core’s pull.