Recaps

Ke Meng traced the Door Organization’s headquarters, broke through its defenses, and killed Sect Master Jin for good. He rescued Chen Momo and Mrs. Chen, destroyed the organization’s remaining forces, then traded away memories of Cthulhu and the system before falling asleep and dreaming as Cthulhu.

• Ke Meng discovered that the black jade held a Door key, learned more about Cthulhu and the Witch Cult, and trained his students to make jade that eased mental pollution.
• Ke Meng returned to Whale City, raised his spirituality to a new level, and learned from Blue Star’s will that his system’s plunder rule took resistance and exposed him to Cthulhu’s influence.
• Ke Meng gave the Investigation Bureau the locations of remaining Doors, then entered one to hunt Sect Master Jin and fought through the Door Organization’s underground stronghold.
• Ke Meng found Chen Momo at the headquarters, then faced Sect Master Jin’s nuclear-level attack and killed him after pursuing him through repeated resurrections.
• Ke Meng killed the remaining Disciples of the Door, contained the True God statue, and took Chen Momo and Mrs. Chen back to Blue Star for treatment.
• Ke Meng used Sect Master Jin’s Silver Key to hunt down the Door Organization’s remaining Disciples, then searched his items for ways to guard against Cthulhu.
• Ke Meng traded away his memories of Cthulhu’s influence and the system’s abilities, then dreamed of being Cthulhu as Black Ghost reported that killing the Game World’s First Playthrough Boss could restore hidden history.

Ke Meng built a virtual game helmet, entered the Game World, and used his extraordinary resistance to develop a deadly poison body while hunting threats on Blue Star. He defeated the Lord of Shadow Stream, reshaped the Door Organization’s doctrine, and ended the arc with his poison mist killing a leveling party that vowed revenge.

• Ke Meng helped adventurers fight the First Playthrough Boss, recovered his memories from the Crystal Memory Bottle, and decided to pursue a virtual game helmet so he could grow stronger while retaining a choice about the Ancient God Seal.
• Ke Meng took control of the Wasteland Research Institute, directed researchers to develop a brain-computer interface and quantum chip, and captured the Shadow Stream Elders after tracking one into space.
• Ke Meng entered the Game World as A Meng, discovered that his Resistance Force made him nearly invulnerable, and began leveling while studying the game’s code and mechanics.
• Ke Meng repeatedly poisoned himself to develop an advanced poison body, then used his toxic blood to kill powerful monsters and rapidly level up.
• Ke Meng tracked a shadow member to Whale City and defeated the Lord of Shadow Stream, whose corrupted body he destroyed and fed to Big-Faced Cat.
• Ke Meng oversaw the cleanup of the Lord’s contaminated territory, expanded the Guardian Spirit’s barrier, and had the Investigation Bureau evacuate nearby residents and distribute Sigil Jade.
• Ke Meng gave the Door Organization a revised doctrine and used ordinary lightning to purge the leaders’ faith before ordering them to teach the new doctrine to their followers.
• Ke Meng unleashed poison mist across the Wilderness, killing monsters and a leveling party whose surviving members escaped and vowed to find A Meng.

Ke Meng used A Meng Poison to kill players and monsters, rapidly leveling while Orange Star struggled to contain the outbreaks. After reaching level 900, he traveled to Sky Island to find a resistance-training pot, where Dust Men trapped him in a fight he could not win.

• Ke Meng poisoned Many-Faced Valley, obtained Faceless Masks, and destroyed the Face Mountains with a meteor before evading the players hunting him.
• Ke Meng met Nara and Nina, learned they had given him the Shadow-Grasping Hand, and later poisoned Redstone Plateau, creating A Meng Poison that spread through knowledge of his name.
• Ke Meng repeatedly triggered A Meng Poison in Gray Castle, killed players, and raised his level while Orange Star reorganized its forces and studied the poison.
• Ke Meng used mental pollution and A Meng Poison on wild monsters, reached level 800, and learned in a dream that Cthulhu’s persistent thought was to break the ancient god seal.
• Nara and Nina explained their investigation of the game and suggested ways for Ke Meng to level and build resistance, while considering taking over players’ bodies.
• Ke Meng reached level 900 by using A Meng Poison on max-level monsters, then accepted Nina’s Teleportation Stone and traveled to Sky Island.
• Ke Meng found the Mystery Cooking Pot in Dust City, but the clock’s toll restored the city and its Dust Men attacked him.
• Ke Meng failed to defeat the Dust Men with fire or poison, escaped through repeated teleportation, and finally eluded them by traveling between two bodies of water before logging off to sleep.

Ke Meng mastered the Shadow-Grasping Hand, grew powerful enough to endure the dust curse, and explored the Light Element Kingdom while studying the Nameless Book and Elder God memories. After learning more about the Elder God’s battle with a mysterious opponent, he returned to Blue Star and began investigating how Special Items affected people’s lifelines and health.

• Ke Meng studied shadow creatures and learned the Shadow-Grasping Hand, then used it against humanoid dust beings before surviving their curse through months of training and powerful equipment.
• Ke Meng burned Dust City and Sky Island with his Endless Flame, while players became trapped by the dust curse and tried to find a way to break it.
• Ke Meng visited the Light Element Kingdom, received the Elder God memories from the Grand Elder, and later learned the Grand Elder had died without accepting resurrection.
• Ke Meng studied necromancy through the Nameless Book, using Cthulhu’s power to absorb its dangerous knowledge and strengthen his resistance.
• Ke Meng read the Elder God Memory Orb, endured its overwhelming visions, and learned that the devouring Elder God had fought a powerful opponent without either side winning.
• Ke Meng let Nara and Nina read the Necronomicon, then discovered that a mysterious figure in gray fog had given it to the Grand Elder.
• Ke Meng amplified his spirituality in the Land of Light and saw that the Elder God memory might change his fate, though it revealed nothing about who had sealed Cthulhu.
• Ke Meng returned to Blue Star, studied Special Items and their effects on lifelines, advised Teacher Yin on spiritual cultivation, and sent the Investigation Bureau a paper recommending limits on long-term item use.