Recaps

Dawn defeated Jilian, moved her body to the Qing Town Sanctuary, and helped establish a training zone while Pipi built a merchant movement among the Akeniksen. The arc ended with the Monkey King awakening magic power after Baru pushed him to the brink of death.

• Karl and the Neumann family rescued Peter and Nisso, and Dawn later treated their wounds and welcomed the younger men into the Silent Knight Order’s training camp.
• Qin Xiaoxia sent Hama Pi back to Akeniksen as Pipi to challenge old beliefs, and Pipi built influence through his merchant guide, the Dawn Merchant Group, and a campaign to find the Water Magic Pearl.
• Tremors weakened Jilian’s Seal in the Death Miasma Zone, and Qin Xiaoxia removed the Heavenly Pillars as Dawn fought the demons released from her body.
• Dawn defeated the creatures emerging from Jilian and Qin Xiaoxia placed a new Dawn Seal on her body before moving her to the Qing Town Sanctuary.
• France and the alliance arranged a training zone near Jilian’s former prison, where Mini experienced a mental breakthrough under the zone’s pressure.
• The Goldforgers studied magic steel and sought an affinity medium, while Pipi’s published account of Keke Yilu’s betrayal led Akeniksen to destroy his grave and join Pipi’s merchant group.
• The Monkey King challenged Baru, who drove him underwater and demanded that he break through or die.
• Near death, the Monkey King recovered his memories and awakened golden magic power, and Baru carried him back to shore.

Ghosts appeared around the world, giant beasts emerged in the mountains, and Monkey awakened his magic power as Dawn and the alliance prepared for a coming apocalypse. The arc ended with the Dark-Opening Star expected within a year and Huaguo mobilizing troops, veterans, and food production.

• Old Shan and Xiao He witnessed Sun Xiaoran’s ghost attack thieves at Little Gray Mountain Cemetery, and Huang Jiutian brought her into custody for assessment and reunited her with her family.
• The alliance identified ghosts in several countries, established programs to manage them, and concluded its ghost crisis after Russia’s Watchers Unit executed a ghost addicted to killing.
• Mo Ziming asked You Ye and You Yifeng about the Mad Demon Staff Technique, and they found a recording of You Xianquan demonstrating it before Old Master Mo battled giant leopards near Yuan City.
• Tao Xingzhi authorized the Release Plan, while Qin Xiaoxia urged Monkey to overcome his hesitation and Monkey awakened his magic power in a powerful display.
• The Goldforgers completed their first Armor Plate, while Mount Tai trembled and brief tremors struck elevated regions worldwide.
• Qin Xiaoxia consulted the world’s mother through Kormir’s power, and the Sage of Dawn warned the alliance that the Dark-Opening Star would fall within six months to a year.
• The alliance publicly announced the coming apocalypse, recalled millions of veterans, and ordered Huaguo’s food manufacturers to shift to emergency provisions.
• Tao Xingzhi rejected a request to reduce deployments near India and ordered a warning about monsters drawn to large human populations.

Qin Xiaoxia revived Jilian as Huaguo and the Alliance prepared the public for the Dark Tide, while Dawn revealed its history and helped ready humanity for the invasion. The Dark Tide arrived with worldwide earthquakes and monster incursions, leaving soldiers and civilians fighting for survival as Blaze reached the school where Oliver and Neil were sheltering.

• Qin Xiaoxia revived Jilian with the help of Mumu, Brown, and the Red Banshee, and Jilian awakened, reunited with Aiyou and Aixi, and pledged herself to Qin Xiaoxia.
• Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su rescued Lilica from a Corpse Worm, explained her Curse, and offered her and Nax places in Dawn.
• Huaguo and the Alliance trained troops, stockpiled supplies, and prepared the public as earthquakes and environmental changes increased.
• Tao Xingzhi announced the Dark Tide during the Spring Festival Gala, and Qin Xiaoxia revealed Dawn’s history through a magical account that gave readers hope.
• The Dark Tide struck as violent earthquakes opened crossings and released monsters, while Qin Xiaoxia and Dawn’s allies fought intruders and Huaguo forces mobilized to protect civilians.
• The Second Regiment battled monsters in Yangcheng, evacuated survivors, and received orders to retreat as the invasion spread and communications failed.
• In San Francisco, Oliver and Neil helped defend a school shelter while Blaze searched for them and fought his way through the city with the Knights Order.
• Blaze and his companions reached the school, where the captain recognized them as Dawn Association members and Oliver and Neil saw them.

Blaze and the Silent Knight Order fought to protect San Francisco’s civilians as a monster horde advanced on Huaguo, where the military destroyed it. Qin Xiaoxia investigated Kasluopa and began testing thought projection, leaving Hilbert headed toward Nottingham with new recruits.

• Blaze and the Silent Knight Order escorted civilians from San Francisco, then stayed behind to fight as the city’s defenses fell silent.
• A Shadow Domain creature attacked Blaze’s group, and the reservists exposed and destroyed it before an illusion left Blaze and his companions gravely wounded.
• Baru entered San Francisco, killed demons, and captured a black beetle that identified Kasluopa as its home world.
• Qin Xiaoxia studied the growing contact between worlds and explored whether Echo Flowers could transmit thoughts across them.
• Amira and her companions were forced to guide the Great Faceless Ghost’s horde toward Huaguo, where the military lured the demons into a devastating defense.
• Qin Xiaoxia helped eliminate the surviving demons and began experimenting with projecting a Thoughtform into the Otherworld.
• Qin Xiaoxia projected himself beside Hilbert and Frank, wrote a cryptic passage on Hilbert’s Magic Script Scroll, and later rode with the Holy Spirit as Hilbert led recruits toward Nottingham.