Recaps

Lin Dong joined a mission inside the mutated Train to Busan instance, where he battled cultists and zombies while trying to claim the Azure Dragon Fruit. Xiao Yan intervened to defeat Tang San, and Lin Dong completed the mission but learned that borrowing against the future had reduced the protagonist’s affinity.

• Lin Dong defended Xiao Yan from the Xiao Clan’s mockery, gave him cultivation potions, and earned his full favorability, which made Lin Dong the sole Awakener in the secret realm.
• Lin Dong received gifts from Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er, sold magic cores for supplies, and used potions to qualify for the dangerous Train to Busan mission with Zhou Gong and Bai Ruoxue.
• Lin Dong led his team through the train, killed zombies, and discovered that cultists had turned the challengers into sacrifices while making plans to manifest the instance in reality.
• Lin Dong fought off zombie hordes, gained strength from their blood energy, and killed Cultist Thirteen before taking the Hundred-Soul Affinity Pill.
• Lin Dong reached the cult’s altar and faced Number Two, who summoned a puppet-like Tang San to attack him with hidden weapons and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
• Xiao Yan appeared to protect Lin Dong, destroyed Tang San’s attack, and punched Tang San’s head off before vanishing.
• Er Lu declared loyalty to Lin Dong, tore out and crushed his own heart, and left behind an archaic silver coin that Lin Dong locked away after Xiao Yan’s warning.
• The system confirmed Lin Dong’s mission completion and awarded Heavenly Blessing, while the Heavenly Dao warned that borrowing against the future had reduced the secret realm protagonist’s affinity by 10%.