Recaps

Yi Tian challenged East China’s elite candidates to defeat one of his four companions, and the selection meeting moved to the combat arena. Ye Xiu defeated the first challenger, Sun Yi, with a single powerful strike, leaving the other candidates reluctant to face him.

• Yu Hua judged Yi Tian arrogant, while Jiang Yuan Shuang warned him not to oppose Yi Tian and praised Bai Qiuli’s strength.
• East China’s officials and elite professionals gathered in the combat arena, where Wei Yuan and Jiang Yuan Shuang agreed to referee challenges against Yi Tian’s companions.
• Sun Yi chose Ye Xiu as the opponent he considered weakest and entered the virtual combat space to fight him.
• Ye Xiu transformed the Thousand-Mechanism Umbrella into a mythic saber and sent Sun Yi out of the virtual space with one Soul-Shaking Wave Slash.
• The candidates were shocked by Ye Xiu’s speed and power and shifted their attention to Yi Tian’s other companions.

Yi Tian’s team defeated the challengers in the Race Championship selection, and the officials entrusted him with choosing Great Xia’s contestants. Before training began, Yi Tian promoted Wan Jiang and invested in his advancement to a God-Tier class, leaving him transformed into a Nine Luminaries Dragon Hunter.

• Ye Xiu defeated a challenger, then Jiang Che used his Heavenly Dipper Martial Master skills to defeat Ye Bai.
• Wan Jiang defeated the Legendary-class Liu Yuan, and Yi Tian’s team continued to overwhelm the other challengers.
• Wei Yuan confirmed that Yi Tian’s team met the Race Championship eligibility rules, and the officials conceded the contestant selection to Yi Tian.
• Yi Tian chose Sun Yi as the fifth contestant, and Huaxing University prepared to hold a training camp before the championship.
• Yi Tian promoted Wan Jiang and spent 20 funds to advance him to the God-Tier class Nine Luminaries Dragon Hunter, granting him new skills and advancing his ultimate class to Myriad Forms Spear God.

Yi Tian received legendary accessories before the Race Championship began, while Ning Jing neared the end of her Ancient Ruins research. At the championship in Dingcheng, Wei Yuan accepted the Crimson Emperor’s enormous wager after asking Yi Tian’s opinion, then hinted that an old prophecy explained his trust in him.

• Wei Yuan gave Yi Tian the Dragon Soul necklace and forged Blood Dragon Bane for Alice, who received the ring at a meeting.
• Ning Jing’s deciphering of the Ancient Ruins tablet reached 94% as Yi Tian gained levels through his employees’ training.
• The Yagu Dynasty’s Crimson Emperor and Azure Emperor arrived at Dingcheng, where Yi Tian noticed the Azure Emperor sizing him up.
• The Crimson Emperor proposed wagering two medium secret realms and control of half of Dingcheng, and Wei Yuan accepted after Yi Tian agreed to the stakes.
• Jiang Yuan Shuang asked Wei Yuan why he trusted Yi Tian, and Wei Yuan referred to the prophecy of Great Xia’s first god-tier class holder.

Jiang Yuan Shuang learned Wei Yuan suspected Yi Tian was the savior in Great Xia’s prophecy, while Wei Yuan accepted the Crimson Emperor’s enormous Race Championship wager. The championship began with Ye Xiu defeating the Yagu Dynasty’s Nodding, giving Great Xia its first point.

• Jiang Yuan Shuang recalled the Starry Sky Guardian’s prophecy and asked Wei Yuan if Yi Tian was its savior, but Wei Yuan said he was only guessing and planned to bring [003] to Yi Tian after the championship.
• Wei Yuan accepted the Crimson Emperor’s wager of two Medium Secret Realms and control over the other half of Dingcheng, and the one-on-one elimination matches began.
• Yi Tian sent Ye Xiu to fight Nodding, the strongest Royal Dragonkin under the Crimson Emperor, relying on employee protections and a Tactical Meeting buff to prepare his team.
• Ye Xiu used [Chaos Domain], stealth, [God-Slaying Blade], Earth Suplex, and [Soul-Shaking Wave Slash] to defeat Nodding in the first match.
• The referees awarded Great Xia one point, and the Crimson Emperor clenched his fists in anger.

The second match of the Race Championship ended with Ailisha defeating Jiang Che using Word Spirit, giving the Yagu Dynasty a point. Bai Qiuli then countered another Dragonkin’s Word Spirit with her sword domain and won the third match, putting Great Xia ahead two to one.

• The Azure Emperor sent Ailisha to fight Jiang Che in the second match.
• Ailisha used Word Spirit-Soul Seizure to render Jiang Che helpless and kick him from the arena, earning the Yagu Dynasty one point.
• Yi Tian learned that the Azure Emperor’s Dragonkin had acquired Word Spirit from the Black Emperor’s legacy in the Dragon Ancestor’s Secret Realm.
• Bai Qiuli entered the third match against a Dragonkin using Word Spirit-Yin Ghost.
• Bai Qiuli’s Heaven-Rending Sword Domain destroyed the ghosts, and she killed her opponent with a finishing sword attack, giving Great Xia its second point.

The fourth duel between Great Xia and the Yagu Dynasty ended in a draw after Wan Jiang and the White Emperor’s possessed body unleashed attacks that destroyed the Arena. With the fifth duel canceled, Dungeon Racing became the deciding event, and Yi Tian offered to replace the nervous Sun Yi on Great Xia’s team.

• The White Emperor possessed Nora’s body with Word Spirit-Royal Authority and entered the fourth duel against Wan Jiang.
• Wan Jiang’s attacks forced the White Emperor to overcharge his mental power, and their final clash destroyed the Arena and gravely injured Wan Jiang.
• The judges declared the fourth duel a draw, leaving Great Xia ahead 2–1, while the White Emperor transferred his consciousness into another Dragonkin body.
• The fifth duel was canceled, and both sides prepared to decide the championship in a level 50 Wailing Abyss dungeon race.
• Yi Tian noticed the Yagu Dynasty had included a previously hidden Dragonkin on its team and offered to take Sun Yi’s place.

Yi Tian sent Alice to disrupt the Yagu Dynasty’s dungeon run and confront the White Emperor. Alice used her Lord Boss privileges to hinder the Dragonkin, then began killing them as the dungeon race turned into a fight.

• Yi Tian took Sun Yi’s place in the dungeon race, then sent Ye Xiu to lead Bai Qiuli, Wan Jiang, and Jiang Che through Wailing Abyss while he and Alice entered the Yagu Dynasty’s dungeon subspace.
• Alice changed the terrain and imposed a restriction that reduced mental-element damage, slowing the White Emperor’s team and weakening his attacks.
• The White Emperor recognized Great Xia’s interference, but Alice attacked the Dragonkin in her demonized Dark War God form.
• Alice’s slash severed one Dragonkin’s arm and killed Nodding, whose blood strengthened [Blood Dragon Bane].

Yi Tian and Alice defeated the Yagu Dynasty’s dungeon team, securing a 5–1 championship victory for Great Xia. As Great Xia celebrated and Yi Tian received his rewards, the Crimson Emperor demanded to inspect the contestants, claiming they might not meet the requirements.

• Outside the Arena, Wei Yuan, Ling Luo, and Zhou Yuan watched the championship round as the Crimson Emperor reacted to another Dragonkin’s death.
• Inside the dungeon, Alice killed two Dragonkin while Yi Tian’s arrival frightened the White Emperor into abandoning his body and fleeing.
• Alice killed the final Dragonkin, and the Yagu Dynasty’s dungeon team was declared defeated.
• Ye Xiu led Great Xia’s team to clear the Wailing Abyss, bringing the final score to 5–1 and earning Great Xia the championship.
• Yi Tian received championship rewards for his employees, including funds and legendary equipment selection gift boxes.
• The Crimson Emperor interrupted the celebration and demanded that Great Xia hand over its contestants for inspection.

After Great Xia won the Race Championship, the Crimson Emperor refused to honor the wager, prompting Wei Yuan to declare war and fight the Yagu Dynasty’s leaders. The Dueling Contract punished the Crimson Emperor, forcing him and the Azure Emperor to retreat, while Great Xia gained control of Dingcheng and the two secret realms remained on the Yagu Continent.

• The Crimson Emperor demanded to inspect Great Xia’s contestants, and Wei Yuan warned him that breaking the Dueling Contract would bring punishment.
• Wei Yuan told Yi Tian and the others to withdraw, then joined Jiang Yuan Shuang, Ling Luo, and Zhou Yuan in confronting the Yagu Dynasty.
• Wei Yuan declared war and battled the Crimson Emperor as Jiang Yuan Shuang, Ling Luo, and Zhou Yuan fought the Azure Emperor.
• The Dueling Contract struck the Crimson Emperor with backlash, and he retreated through the Otherworld Passage after challenging Great Xia to claim the secret realms on the Yagu Continent.
• The Azure Emperor and the Yagu Dynasty’s garrison fled Dingcheng, leaving the city under Great Xia’s control.

After the Yagu Dynasty retreated from Dingcheng, Yi Tian offered to change Zhou Yuan’s life-consuming class, but Zhou Yuan refused and instead brought him to North China to seek a Legendary Class for someone there. At Zhou Yuan’s home, Yi Tian met his blind daughter Zhou Mo Yao and discovered she had golden potential.

• Wei Yuan stopped the pursuit of the Crimson Emperor and Azure Emperor, sealed the Otherworld Passage with six formations, and ordered the army to reclaim northern Dingcheng and eleven small secret realms.
• Yi Tian learned that Zhou Yuan’s Life-Eroding Martial Sage class consumed his vitality, but Zhou Yuan refused to change it because North China needed his strength.
• Zhou Yuan persuaded Yi Tian to visit North China and help someone awaken a Legendary Class, then took him to his home in Nantang City.
• Yi Tian met Zhou Yuan’s blind daughter, Zhou Mo Yao, and his panel detected her golden potential.

Yi Tian offered Zhou Mo Yao a new class despite her blindness, and his investment awakened her as a powerful Legendary support. She joined his department, completing the lineup for his first Special Squad, while Zhou Yuan realized his request had ended with Yi Tian taking his daughter away.

• Zhou Mo Yao left the room as Yi Tian examined her profile and learned about her spiritual sight and blindness.
• Yi Tian offered Zhou Mo Yao an investment, and Zhou Yuan agreed to let her try it.
• Zhou Mo Yao signed the contract and awakened as a Legendary Azure Luan Spirit Envoy with powerful support skills.
• Zhou Mo Yao tested Azure Luan Farflight, discovered she could fly safely near Yi Tian, and thanked him for restoring her hope of becoming a capable Classholder.
• Yi Tian told Zhou Yuan that Zhou Mo Yao would join his department, completing his first Special Squad, and Zhou Yuan realized this was not what he had originally intended.

Yi Tian arranged for Zhou Mo Yao to partner with Bai Qiuli and learned that Zhou Mo Yao lost her sight after seeing a spreading black shadow on the Shadow Moon Wolf Clan’s moon. As they gathered for a meal, an alarm announced another Shadow Moon Wolf Clan attack on Nantang City.

• Zhou Mo Yao touched Yi Tian’s face to remember his features, and Yi Tian told her he had arranged for her to live and study with a girl her age.
• Yi Tian asked Zhou Mo Yao what she had seen five years earlier, and she described a black shadow spreading like corruption across the Shadow Moon Wolf Clan’s moon.
• Bai Qiuli arrived, and Yi Tian gave her a Legendary Equipment Selection Gift Box before introducing her to Zhou Mo Yao.
• Bai Qiuli and Zhou Mo Yao agreed to enter Huaxing University as partners after discussing how the Azure Luan Spirit Envoy’s abilities would strengthen Bai Qiuli.
• As Zhou Yuan called everyone to dinner, an alarm announced that the Shadow Moon Wolf Clan was attacking Nantang City again.

When the Shadow Moon Wolf Clan attacked Nantang City under the Wolf King's concealment domain, Zhou Mo Yao used her skill to reveal and slow the wolves, helping the defenders win. The wolves withdrew, but the Shadow Moon remained in the sky as Yi Tian studied it.

• Zhou Yuan, Yi Tian, Zhou Mo Yao, and Bai Qiuli rushed to Nantang City's defenses after alarms sounded.
• Zhou Yuan explained that the Shadow Moon concealed the attacking wolves and that the city struggled to reveal them.
• Zhou Mo Yao asked Bai Qiuli to bring her near the mages and cast [Azure Cloud Severance], marking and slowing wolves hit by their spells.
• Nantang City's defenders used the marks to kill many wolves and drive off the pack, earning Zhou Mo Yao a reward.
• Yi Tian noticed the Shadow Moon had not vanished and watched it from the city wall.

After Yi Tian’s employees received recruitment offers from the American Empire, they reaffirmed their loyalty to him. Wei Yuan arrived at Yi Tian’s door carrying a black cat in a customized pet carrier, leaving the reason for his visit unclear.

• Bai Qiuli returned to Huaxing University with Zhou Mo Yao, while Yi Tian went home and received rewards for Wan Jiang’s promotion and Ning Jing’s discovery of an Ancient Ruins site.
• At Central China Headquarters, Wei Yuan asked Old Sun to let him take Transcendent Forbidden Object [003], believing Yi Tian might be the Child of Prophecy.
• Bai Qiuli, Wan Jiang, Jiang Che, and Ye Xiu told Yi Tian they had received recruitment letters from the American Empire’s Military.
• Ye Xiu explained that an American Empire [Messenger] could deliver letters remotely, and Jiang Che vowed to work harder after seeing his offer was worse than the others’.
• Wei Yuan arrived at Yi Tian’s door carrying a customized pet carrier with a black cat inside.

Yi Tian discovered that the black Time Cat submitted to him, though he concluded he was probably not the Child of Prophecy. After receiving a Dragon Ancestor's Secret Realm Token, he entered the ruins in the Forbidden Land.

• Yi Tian opened the carrier, and the Time Cat climbed onto his lap and let him pet it; its résumé identified it as the destined partner of Great Xia's Child of Prophecy.
• Yi Tian asked Wei Yuan to leave the cat with him so it could help locate the Child of Prophecy, and Wei Yuan warned him to keep it away from other people.
• Wei Yuan explained that the Elder Dragon Race ruins near Dingcheng lay inside the Dragon Ancestor's Secret Realm, which required a token to enter.
• Yi Tian showed Wei Yuan the Dragon Mark Token he had kept from Norton's dungeon, and Wei Yuan took him to the ruins entrance.
• Ning Jing explained the ruins' clues, and Wei Yuan gave Yi Tian a single-use Soul Ferry rope as a lifeline.
• Yi Tian secured the rope, used the token, and vanished into the ruins.

Yi Tian entered the Ancient Ruins in the Forbidden Land and found evidence of a catastrophic war among the Dragon Race before a strange mental power pulled him into a ruined palace. There, a dying young noble pinned to a cross asked Yi Tian to help him.

• Yi Tian entered the Ancient Ruins and learned that White Sovereign descendants, betrayers, and God's Favored would die upon entry.
• The Crimson Emperor, Azure Emperor, and White Emperor discussed the Black Emperor and planned to move their main force to Blue Star in five days.
• Yi Tian collected dragon marrow crystals and found a stone tablet describing the Dragon Race's ancient rulers as One Emperor, One Sovereign, and Four Lords.
• Yi Tian emerged among the Dark Mountains, which were formed from a colossal dragon's vertebrae and surrounded by dragon remains.
• A surge of mental energy transported Yi Tian to a ruined palace, where a dying young noble pinned to a cross asked him for help.

Yi Tian encountered the Black Emperor-Nidhogg, whose soul remained pinned to a cross by the Eternal Spear, and learned that changing his abilities could free him. Nidhogg reshaped his soul into human form, allowing Yi Tian to recruit him, and the contract’s activation heralded the Black Emperor’s return.

• Yi Tian read Nidhogg’s résumé and learned that the former ruler of the dragons had been betrayed and bound by the Eternal Spear.
• Nidhogg asked Yi Tian to pull out the spear, then explained that changing his soul abilities could make it lose its target.
• Yi Tian said he could not recruit a dragon until reaching level 50, so Nidhogg reshaped his soul into human form and revealed a hidden Black Emperor class investment opportunity.
• Yi Tian accepted Nidhogg as an employee, addressed him as Boss’s new recruit, and activated the contract.
• The ruined palace collapsed, and a vision of enormous black dragon wings announced the world-ender’s return.

Yi Tian examined Nidhogg’s new soul-type Black Emperor class and learned how its powers could suppress the Dragon Race and let him possess other bodies. Since the White Emperor guarded the Forbidden Land, Yi Tian brought Alice there so she could help Black Prince grow stronger through dungeons.

• Yi Tian reviewed Nidhogg’s new class, while Nidhogg left the cross and joked that he had become a support character.
• Nidhogg chose the name Black Prince until his original body could be revived, and Yi Tian agreed to call him that.
• Black Prince explained that he could not leave the Forbidden Land because the White Emperor was guarding its entrance.
• Yi Tian summoned Alice, who arrived after struggling against a level 60 Lord Boss in a dungeon.
• Yi Tian introduced Alice to Black Prince and planned for them to level up together in dungeons.

Yi Tian discovered that the Black Emperor-Nidhogg’s corpse still had Special Potential and agreed to revive it, while the Black Prince promised to confront World Tree Yggdrasil. The group left the Forbidden Land, and the White Emperor suddenly realized the Eternal Spear’s target had disappeared.

• Alice accepted the Black Prince as her partner, and Yi Tian assigned her to keep him in check.
• Yi Tian’s Résumé scan detected Special Potential in the Black Emperor-Nidhogg’s corpse, revealing that it could potentially be revived.
• The Black Prince offered to help destroy the Yagu Continent and deal with World Tree Yggdrasil if Yi Tian revived his body, and Yi Tian agreed.
• Yi Tian failed to take the Eternal Spear because the World Tree’s permission was required, then left the Ruins with Alice and the Black Prince.
• The White Emperor panicked in the Crimson Emperor’s Palace when the Eternal Spear’s target disappeared.

After Nidhogg vanished from the Forbidden Land, the White Emperor suspected Great Xia and crossed into Dingcheng to search for him. Yi Tian shielded Ning Jing from the White Emperor’s word spirit, and the White Emperor left without finding Nidhogg, prompting Wei Yuan to question what Yi Tian had done in the ruins.

• The White Emperor learned that Nidhogg, the Dragonbone Cross, and the Eternal Spear’s target had disappeared, then suspected Great Xia and rushed through the Otherworld Passage.
• Yi Tian emerged from the ancient ruins near Dingcheng with dragon materials and Dragon Language Steles, while the Black Prince was leveling in dungeons with Alice.
• The White Emperor appeared near Dingcheng and triggered Wei Yuan’s traps before using [Word Spirit-Royal Authority] to suppress the city’s Classholders.
• Yi Tian remained unaffected by the White Emperor’s word spirit and protected Ning Jing, who remarked that her boss did not seem human.
• The White Emperor searched a vast area for Nidhogg, found no trace, and returned to the Yagu Continent to seek guidance from World Tree Yggdrasil.
• Wei Yuan canceled the emergency protocol and asked Yi Tian what he had done in the ruins, and Yi Tian said he had found the Yagu Dynasty an interesting opponent.

While Alice and the Black Prince cleared a mutated secret realm, Alice discovered that Great Xia’s Ultimate Boss slot was already occupied. Back in Dingcheng, Yi Tian learned that the American Empire had asked Great Xia for help with the Void Insect Race and heard that a Trial Secret Realm had appeared in Eastern Capital.

• Alice and the Black Prince entered a mutated secret realm, warned Lin Guodong’s pioneering team away from the boss, and confronted the Black Flood Dragon King.
• The Black Prince used Gift of Blood to empower Alice, who killed the level 60 Black Flood Dragon King in three slashes and gained two levels.
• Alice learned she could not advance to Ultimate Boss because Great Xia’s sole slot was occupied, and she ordered the secret realm transferred to the Boss.
• Wei Yuan told Yi Tian that the American Empire had asked Great Xia to handle Void Insect Race invasions, but Yi Tian refused its offer and told them to wait.
• Wei Yuan revealed that a Trial Secret Realm had appeared in Eastern Capital, and Yi Tian asked where it was.

Yi Tian and Wei Yuan agreed to take their Special Squad to compete for a secret realm in the International Public Zone, while Bai Qiuli and Zhou Mo Yao attended Huaxing University’s Freshman Challenge Tournament. Bai Qiuli entered the tournament and spotted Liu Yuan after his match with the elf Vidi.

• Yi Tian learned that nations including Great Xia and the American Empire competed for secret realms in the International Public Zone, and agreed with Wei Yuan to go claim one.
• Bai Qiuli and Zhou Mo Yao completed enrollment at Huaxing University and explored campus together.
• Bai Qiuli remembered Yi Tian wanted her to enter competitions for the rewards, so she and Zhou Mo Yao headed to the Freshman Challenge Tournament.
• Liu Yuan fought the elf El Vidi to a close match, then told Vidi he was nowhere near the strongest freshman in Great Xia.
• Bai Qiuli found tournament teacher Jiang Yuan Shuang, left Zhou Mo Yao with her, and prepared to compete.

Bai Qiuli won Huaxing University's Freshman Challenge Tournament with a single overwhelming strike and joined Yi Tian's group for a Trial Secret Realm. On the way to the Eastern Capital, Yi Tian learned that Alice and Black Prince had claimed a small secret realm for him, revealing his supposed influence to Wei Yuan.

• Bai Qiuli defeated El Vidi and another silver-haired elf with one sword strike apiece, then took first place after no one else dared challenge her.
• Bai Qiuli told Zhou Mo Yao that Yi Tian had invited them to join him in a Trial Secret Realm, and Jiang Yuan Shuang approved her day off.
• Yi Tian traveled toward the Eastern Capital with Wei Yuan and Wan Jiang, while the Earthshaker Team withdrew from the tier 2 secret realm expedition because Yi Tian and Wan Jiang were going.
• Wei Yuan told Yi Tian that Commander Lin had reported two monsters demanding a small secret realm be transferred to Boss, and Yi Tian admitted that Alice and Black Prince had acted for him.
• Yi Tian realized Alice and Black Prince needed a way to contact him, while Wei Yuan joked about how far his influence reached.

Yi Tian’s group assembled the five-member Special Squad in the Eastern Capital as they arrived at the Trial Secret Realm. They faced rival teams from the American Empire and the Elven Royal Family just as the ruins entrance appeared.

• Yi Tian introduced Zhou Mo Yao to Bai Qiuli’s group, completing the five-member Special Squad.
• Yi Tian and the others reached the secret realm coordinates, where Wei Yuan identified the American Empire’s Delta Special Forces Base and the Elven Royal Family as rival teams.
• Colonel Jack warned Martin and the Delta squad not to underestimate Bai Qiuli’s group, whom he had already tried to recruit.
• El Venn and another elf discussed Bai Qiuli before the entrance to the ruins appeared.

Yi Tian let Ye Xiu lead Great Xia’s team in a shared-map secret realm race where the teams competed to reach and claim the central boss. While the elves and American Empire cleared monsters along their routes, Great Xia raced past them without fighting, leaving the other teams baffled.

• Serena warned El Venn that he needed to claim another secret realm to pass the royal court’s assessment, and the teams learned they would share one map and compete for the central boss.
• Ye Xiu proposed a strategy, and Yi Tian let him lead Great Xia’s team while turning down the American Empire’s offer to trade a small secret realm for help against the elves.
• Great Xia, the American Empire, and the Elven Royal Family entered the trial from separate corners; the American and elven teams cleared monsters quickly, with Vien’s magic wiping out large groups.
• Great Xia’s progress bar surged ahead without stopping, surprising Serena and Colonel Jack as Wan Jiang led the squad past every monster toward the boss.
• Jiang Che marveled at racing through the secret realm, while Zhou Mo Yao complained that the team was moving too fast.