Recaps

Wogevde’s summoning ritual rejuvenated him but intensified the threat to the Otherworld, while Qin Xiaoxia and Degoni worked to rally people against the coming crisis. Earth locusts devastated borderlands, and the leaders began searching for a Crystal Ornament as Leit, the bishop, and Degoni headed for the Holy Mountain.

• Qin Xiaoxia taught Buickfen, Su Mahel, and Hoss about Awakened warriors while Leit learned that the traveler was Sword Saint Degoni.
• Wogevde sacrificed beasts and prisoners at Altar Mountain, summoned a silver-gray case, and used the Flower of Life to regain his youth.
• World Mother began taking root in the Otherworld as storms and floods struck Altar Mountain, and Wogevde announced plans to reform or eradicate the Church and expand the empire.
• Degoni joined Leit and Bishop Neil Luo to investigate Wogevde’s actions and warn that the world faced a crisis beyond its borders.
• Earth locusts multiplied across the Qinggelie Empire and attacked a Lunsogt border village, devouring its food and killing Xino’s family.
• Degoni revealed that envoys from other worlds had saved their world a thousand years earlier and warned that his shattered Daybreak pendant signaled an approaching apocalypse.
• Degoni rallied the Fanite council to resist the coming danger, then identified locust shells as evidence of the Abyssal Calamity-Famine.
• Fanite’s leaders sought allies and Church support as Degoni called for a gemstone token that could summon light, while Leit, the bishop, and Degoni traveled to the Holy Mountain.

The Alliance backed Karl Neumann’s plans while disasters and fiends spread across the Otherworld, exposing the Church’s concealed knowledge and forcing Degoni’s group to seek help. The story leaves Qin Xiaoxia studying the crisis as the institute prepares to implant a Death Scorpion in a live Demon.

• The World Anti-Dark Tide Convention Alliance selected Karl Neumann’s Light Seed and Abyss Seed Projects as its unified approach, and Karl rapidly evolved after receiving an Awakening Sequence Potion.
• Master Se Kong joined Dawn’s secret Strategic Deception Bureau, and Hong Chengzhi accepted Qin Xiaoxia’s invitation before Baru began training him.
• Yellow-Gray Demons devastated the region as the Qinggelie Empire invaded Lunsogt, and Heno’s army captured Dite Rock Pass City while Night Hawks stole Brantai’s Crystal Ornament.
• The Night Hawk leader used the Crystal Ornament to reveal its power, while Degoni killed a Two-Headed Ground Bat in Asiya Ze City and Qin Xiaoxia ordered the city evacuated.
• At the Holy Mountain, Sha Duoman revealed the crystal he had hidden, and Degoni led Neil Luo, Leit, and their companions away after the clergy rejected their proposal.
• Neil Luo and Leit concluded that the Church’s leaders had concealed the crystals and the approaching crisis, while storms and fiends attacked Degoni’s traveling party.
• Degoni used the Crystal Ornament to contact the forces of light, and Qin Xiaoxia guided a summoning that brought Vermilion Fruits and Flowers of Life as disasters worsened worldwide.
• At the institute, Academician Jin showed Liu Yue a restrained Demon and prepared to implant a Death Scorpion, while Qin Xiaoxia considered sending Thunder Beasts to Asiya Ze City.

The Thunder Beasts broke the demons’ prison in Asiya Ze City, triggering the arrival of a Hell world fragment and a demon invasion of the Otherworld. As locusts delayed the horde, Earth’s forces crossed into the Ganning Sen Empire and launched their first ambush against the demons.

• Claw Number 16 recovered from its implant tests, and Academician Jin sent it and other Thunder Beasts to investigate the Otherworld with Dawn Association support.
• The Thunder Beasts reached Asiya Ze City, fought the Greater Demon, and escaped the city’s prison after ten of them detonated underwater.
• The Ashen Ark crashed into the Otherworld, and its demons spread out to attack the Ganning Sen Empire.
• The demons overwhelmed Chimate Fortress, while Qin Xiaoxia used the World Mother’s influence to send locusts against the invasion.
• The Holy Spirit prepared a summoning array as Earth assembled seven reinforced divisions, and Claw Number 1 and Claw Number 16 became the first Thunder Beasts promoted to privates.
• Baru Gersonier led the divisions into the Ganning Sen Empire and coordinated with Emperor Bafumante to deploy them toward the front.
• The Skeleton Division and Ridge-Crowned defenders prepared an ambush as the demons rushed toward a pass after fighting the locust swarm.
• The Skeleton Division blinded the demons with a sudden flash, then opened fire with machine guns and artillery as the horde charged through a minefield.

Human forces destroyed the Gate of Hell and drove the demons into retreat as the Otherworld began to transform into a layer of the Abyss. After the fighting, Qin Xiaoxia returned to ordinary life, while Duobaili hid in Shencheng and found refuge with Zhou Zhigang.

• Human forces fought the demons across the Otherworld, and Wendo ambushed a helicopter formation before retreating with two captives.
• Three Demon Lords arrived through a gate from Hell, while the demons learned that Baru led the Celestial Realm army and targeted human commanders.
• Baru fought Soxibit and Wendo, then announced Operation Collapse as Earth mobilized its forces against the demons.
• Lu Liansheng’s fighter jets fired missiles at Asiya Ze City, destroying the Gate of Hell and killing Dankoduo as the World Mother’s pull strengthened.
• Earth’s troops advanced across the Fallen Zone, while Beckfen and the Fiend Hunters fought demons in Hazy City and the Great Sage challenged Doman.
• Old Master Mo killed a High Demon, and the Great Sage killed Doman as Brantai honored the dead at a campaign monument.
• The Holy Spirit and Qin Xiaoxia inscribed spell formations as the Otherworld regained vitality and began sharing its growing world power with Earth.
• Qin Xiaoxia visited Gou Junbao’s family, while the injured Duobaili hid in a Shencheng department store and Zhou Zhigang took her to his apartment and treated her wounds.