Recaps

Qin Siyang broke through to become the Eighth Domain’s Domain Master, defeated Pushpa, and drove back the invading forces at the Great River. The war ended with devastating losses, while the Large Gods began discussing how to prepare Qin Siyang for the Succession Star Competition and its hostile Examiners.

• Granny Hua’s forces breached the Defensive Shield, while Wei Rulai withdrew the Mobile Defense Fortress troops from War Readiness Zone 323 to regroup.
• Sima Ji learned that Qian Wendao had concealed the living Domain Master and began retreating, but Qin Siyang appeared and blocked Ram’s squad.
• Qin Siyang broke through to Domain Sequence Level Two, revealed himself as the Domain Master, and enabled the Safe Zone forces to counterattack.
• Qin Siyang defeated Pushpa, who admitted her people had been wronged before dying, then pursued the retreating invaders to the Great River.
• Qin Siyang and Wei Rulai trapped William’s forces at the river, where Qin Siyang destroyed boats and negotiated for most of William’s soldiers to be left behind.
• William’s warriors drew lots to face execution by Eighth Domain volunteers, and William killed two more subordinates before departing with the survivors.
• Qin Siyang told Old Qian and the fallen that he had succeeded, reflected on the war’s casualties, and learned that becoming Star Lord would require further trials.
• The Mechanical-Bone Ape warned Niu Douchong that Qin Siyang needed allies and opportunities to survive future Succession Trials, and revealed himself as a Path Guardian.

Qin Siyang survived Tai Sui Banyan’s trial and received a skill that pointed him toward the ocean and further Large God trials. As the Safe Zone reorganized and assembled an expedition team, he learned that Zhao Longteng had ordered Chu Zhongjie’s assassination.

• The Mechanical-Bone Ape persuaded Niu Douchong and the other Guardian Spirits to support Qin Siyang, arguing that he should seek unused first-clear effects from Large Gods in the ocean.
• After the Safe Zone’s victory, Qin Siyang declined the Secretary-General position, reconciled with the dying Xiao Zhigang, and helped Li Tianming and Chen Fenghe marry.
• Qin Siyang underwent a skill succession trial, then approached the Taisui Banyan and survived its blood-draining attacks until the tree’s final leaf fell.
• Tai Sui Banyan declared Qin Siyang’s trial passed and awarded him [Wind Leaf], while the Mechanical-Bone Ape questioned Mu Rong Zhiyuan about the banyan race’s leaf-shedding period.
• Qin Siyang decided to pursue oceanic Large God trials, and Gu Weirong proposed dismantling the War Readiness Zones as the Safe Zone resumed normal development.
• Qin Siyang urged domain-sequence candidates to take Large God trials and formed an expedition team with Duan Chongfang, Old Johnny, Zhao Fengjun, Gu Weihong, Hu Chan, Zhang Kuang, and Teacher Quan.
• Qin Siyang questioned Liu Yingxue about Chu Zhongjie’s assassination, and she revealed that Zhao Longteng had ordered the killing.

Qin Siyang fought First Domain forces while searching for Zhang Kuang and the missing companions, uncovering old ties among the survivors and learning that the Ocean might hold the trials needed to challenge the First Domain. The Twelve Nobles responded to their disastrous offensive by accepting shared responsibility and considering a blockade.

• Qin Siyang learned that Zhao Longteng had arranged Chu Zhongjie’s death with Lei Xiaoting and Han Shuo, then chose to prioritize stability and confronted the Woman he suspected was Wen Shu.
• Qin Siyang’s scattered companions fought hidden invaders while he searched for them, found a Large God’s trial, and joined Old Johnny in confronting four Europeans.
• Qin Siyang and Old Johnny killed the European attackers, with Hu Chan helping them defeat Swati after passing the Succession Trial and reaching Domain Sequence Level Two.
• Old Johnny reflected on his past as Zhang Yang, recalling how he built a distillery, protected Zhang Kuang, survived the apocalypse, and later lost his faction’s struggle in the Eighth Domain.
• Qin Siyang and his allies rescued Gu Yunzheng and World-Destroying Church members, and Gu Yunzheng revealed that his parents had died in other domains while Gu Weihong was his nephew.
• Gu Yunzheng described Wen Daoqian’s resistance and warned the group about the Ocean, while Qin Siyang insisted on finding Zhang Kuang and pursuing a path to become Star Lord.
• Qin Siyang learned that the First Domain had allied with Large Gods, revealed that he had killed Granny Hua and cleared nearby trials, and concluded that the Ocean offered a chance to reach Domain Sequence Level Five.
• The Twelve Nobles argued over the failed offensive and its heavy losses, but Duke Henry assigned shared responsibility and the nobles settled on a blockade against the Eighth Domain.

Qin Siyang searched the cursed Ocean for Zhang Kuang, rescued the World-Destroying Church, and was drawn into a trial across seven islands. After passing each island’s first trial and winning rewards and places for thirty friends, he began the far more dangerous second stage, where all seven Large Gods joined in.

• Duke Henry rebuked his relatives for their greed and warned that William’s failure to conquer the Eighth Domain had jeopardized the family’s plans for the Star Lord position.
• Qin Siyang returned from the Ocean unharmed by its curse, then took charge of research into resisting the curse and protecting the Capsule Pod from tsunamis.
• Qin Siyang searched the Ocean for Zhang Kuang, learned that the Godslayer Spear could not explain his apparent immunity, and kept the trait secret.
• Qin Siyang rescued Hu Chan and the World-Destroying Church from the First Domain’s attack, killing two domain-sequence level two enemies and bringing over two hundred Church members aboard the Capsule Pod.
• Sima Ji killed Baron Henry and his attendants in a blizzard, then told Chen Xiao'en that he planned to oppose the Henry Family.
• The Mechanical-Bone Ape persuaded the ocean’s Large Gods to open trials, and a seven-eyed Large God sent Qin Siyang to choose among seven islands.
• Qin Siyang passed the trials of Skeletal Bream, Tide-Listening Clam, Ice Dolphin, Lantern Anglerfish, Abyssal Squid, Cloud-Eating Turtle, and Land-Carrying Mirage, collecting rewards and securing places for thirty candidates.
• Qin Siyang began the second-stage trial, severing Bone Tree roots and attacking the Tide-Listening Clams after rupturing his own eardrums to blunt their assaults.