Recaps

Ye Xiu led his team through the tier-two Trial Secret Realm by ignoring the Minions and rushing straight to the boss, which they defeated in seconds. Yi Tian received 75 funds from their victory but postponed the employee bonus to preserve funds for future recruitment.

• Ye Xiu devised a strategy to bypass the Minions, using Zhou Mo Yao’s shield and Wan Jiang’s lightning to clear a path to the boss.
• Zhou Mo Yao endured being pulled along at high speed as the team raced to the boss area and buffed everyone with [Azure Cloud Severance].
• Ye Xiu’s team defeated the level-55 boss in just over ten seconds, ending the secret realm before the other teams could reach it.
• Yi Tian received 75 funds from the victory, bringing his balance to 123.1.
• Yi Tian considered giving all eight employees legendary Equipment Mystery Boxes but decided to postpone the 80-fund bonus to keep funds available for recruitment.

Great Xia claimed the Trial Secret Realm and discovered it contained the Starfield Glory arena, where fighters could earn points and rewards through ranked duels. Yi Tian gave Ye Xiu one of the realm’s scarce Entry Tickets, and Ye Xiu entered the arena to find his first opponent.

• Serena approached Wei Yuan’s group to make friendly overtures, while El Venn challenged Ye Xiu to fight another time.
• Colonel Jack offered two small secret realms in exchange for Great Xia’s help against the Void Insect Race, but Yi Tian told him to reconsider.
• Wei Yuan led Yi Tian and Ye Xiu’s group into the Trial Secret Realm, where they found the Starfield Glory Arena Network and its ranked duels and rewards.
• Yi Tian gave Ye Xiu an Entry Ticket, and Ye Xiu entered the arena at Bronze 5 to be matched with an opponent.

Ye Xiu dominated his Starfield Glory matches, advancing from bronze to the brink of gold and earning a title that benefited Yi Tian’s team. His next promotion match paired him against a virtual projection of Wei Yuan in his youth, who urged him to prove the younger generation could surpass the old.

• Yi Tian gave the remaining admission tickets to Bai Qiuli and Jiang Che while Wan Jiang bowed out, and Ye Xiu matched against a virtual opponent from the American Empire.
• Ye Xiu instantly defeated five bronze-rank opponents, reached Silver 5, and earned the Glory-Silver Challenger title, which increased his damage against alien creatures.
• Ye Xiu continued winning against powerful silver-rank projections, including Colonel Jack and Zhou Yuan, and reached Silver 1.
• Ye Xiu’s next match was against a younger, tier-two projection of Wei Yuan, leaving Wei Yuan hoping Ye Xiu would defeat him.

Ye Xiu defeated the young Wei Yuan in Starfield Glory and earned a hidden Omnipotent talent that doubled the numerical values of all his skills. He started matchmaking for another fight, while El Venn, frustrated by his defeat to Ye Xiu, entered a Trial Secret Realm to play Starfield Glory.

• Ye Xiu used the Thousand-Mechanism Umbrella and tactical feints to defeat the young Wei Yuan, earning Gold rank and an Ability Replenishment Use.
• Wei Yuan admitted Ye Xiu had surpassed him in understanding tactics and class abilities, while Yi Tian received funds and an upgraded Golden Duelist title.
• Ye Xiu used the Ability Replenishment Use, and its scan found no shortcomings in his abilities, unlocking the Omnipotent (Beginner) talent.
• Ye Xiu discovered that Omnipotent doubled the numerical values of all his skills and began matchmaking against real opponents at Gold rank.
• El Venn explained his defeat to the elders, then took an admission ticket into a Trial Secret Realm to play Starfield Glory.

Ye Xiu defeated Elviene in the Arena, reached Gold 4, and discovered that the Glory Vault offered World Artifacts and exclusive equipment. Wei Yuan then left to join Great Xia’s planned attempt at the Level 74 Fourth-Tier Advancement Dungeon, while Yi Tian considered whether Alice could help them overcome its powerful restriction.

• Elviene challenged Ye Xiu, who tricked him with an invisible escape from behind Holy Guard and defeated him with a dagger strike.
• Ye Xiu earned 200 Starlight Points, advanced to Gold 4, and found World Artifacts and an Exclusive Equipment Blind Box among the Glory Vault rewards.
• Yi Tian asked Ye Xiu to redeem an Exclusive Equipment Blind Box for his Boss class, but Ye Xiu had only 950 points and needed 2,000.
• Wei Yuan took a call and told Yi Tian he was leaving to join headquarters’ planned attempt at the Level 74 Fourth-Tier Advancement Dungeon.
• Wei Yuan explained that Great Xia needed to prepare for the White Emperor’s return and hoped a fourth-tier advancement might help Zhou Yuan extend his life.
• Yi Tian considered whether Alice could advance to Ultimate Boss and counter the dungeon boss’s 90% attribute reduction.

Yi Tian spotted Chen Mo being hunted by the Black Gold Hand and rescued him with a single slash. After investing in Chen Mo’s Undead Overlord class, Yi Tian recruited him and tasked him with taking control of international public territory and protecting the Trial Secret Realm.

• Yi Tian noticed mercenaries chasing Chen Mo near the Eastern Capital’s border and jumped from the Hovercar to intervene.
• When a Black Gold Hand member insulted Yi Tian, he killed the surrounding mercenaries with Soul-Rending Sky-Splitting Slash.
• Yi Tian learned from Chen Mo’s résumé that the young assassin sought revenge after the Black Gold Hand and Godfall Cult remnants wiped out Dawn.
• Yi Tian spent forty funding points to give Chen Mo the Undead Overlord class and offered him the power to pursue revenge in exchange for his service.
• Chen Mo accepted Yi Tian’s contract to take control of international public territory, keep others away from the Trial Secret Realm, and become the strongest international mercenary.

Yi Tian discovered that Chen Mo had awakened a God-Tier Undead Archmage class and assigned him to investigate Country F’s dangerous ruins. Chen Mo summoned a powerful undead force and marched toward a nearby Black Gold Hand outpost to begin his revenge.

• After Yi Tian leaped safely from the Hovercar, Chen Mo awakened as a God-Tier Undead Archmage, whose talent enhanced his undead skills tenfold.
• Yi Tian learned that Country F had hired mercenaries to clear ruins where its soldiers and mercenaries had suffered heavy losses, and Chen Mo suspected the ruins’ treasure required sacrifices.
• Yi Tian asked Chen Mo to investigate the ruins and gave him a way to make contact before departing.
• Chen Mo summoned dozens of enhanced undead, including an especially powerful Undead General.
• Chen Mo directed his undead soldiers toward a nearby Black Gold Hand outpost.

Yi Tian learned that Alice could not become an Ultimate Boss unless she found an available advancement slot, and he considered looking for one in another region. After Ye Xiu won four Starfield Glory matches overnight, Yi Tian opened the Exclusive Equipment Blind Box and received a Black Card that let him borrow funds at daily interest.

• Yi Tian met Alice to ask about her path to becoming an Ultimate Boss and learned that only one could exist in Great Xia.
• Yi Tian wondered whether another region might have an open Ultimate Boss slot, then returned home and apologized to Black Cat for leaving it hungry.
• Alice and Black Prince defeated three level 60 Lord Bosses, helping Yi Tian's level rise from 34 to 37.
• Ye Xiu told Yi Tian that he had won four matches against American Empire players and earned enough points to redeem an Exclusive Equipment Blind Box.
• Yi Tian opened the blind box and obtained a Black Card that allowed him to overdraft funds at 5% daily interest.

Yi Tian used his new Black Card to buy employee benefits, boosting his workers’ experience, while the White Emperor sought help from Yggdrasil after Nidhogg disappeared. The chapter left the Yagu Dynasty’s crisis unresolved as the White Emperor appealed to the World Tree.

• Yi Tian discovered that his Black Card could overdraw up to 500 funds and pay for a world artifact in the Glory Vault for 1,000 funds.
• Yi Tian spent 90 funds to give his nine employees class-appropriate Legendary Equipment, increasing their experience buff to 300% for seven hours.
• Ning Jing received an Ancient Scholar's Survey Staff and told her expedition captain it would help them locate the Ruins Stone Tablet faster.
• Chen Mo used the Undead Codex to lead his undead soldiers in an assault on a Black Gold Hand outpost, and his respect for Yi Tian grew.
• After searching for Nidhogg without success, the White Emperor went to the World Tree and asked Yggdrasil for help.

The White Emperor learned that Nidhogg had joined the War Zone of the Myriad Worlds and prepared to act after a coming upheaval. Yi Tian found an available Ultimate Boss slot in Han Country, where he helped Alice ascend to Ultimate.

• The World Tree told the White Emperor that Nidhogg had chosen the War Zone of the Myriad Worlds and advised him to wait three days for a major upheaval before making his move.
• Yi Tian asked Wei Yuan where he could find an available Ultimate Boss slot, and Zhang Qi explained that the Void Insect Race had wiped out every Dungeon boss in Han Country.
• Yi Tian traveled to Han Country and used Ye Xiu's invisibility skill to reach a damaged Dungeon entrance without alerting the Void Insect swarms.
• Yi Tian summoned Alice and the Black Prince inside the Dungeon, where an enormous Void Insect confronted them.
• Yi Tian summoned hundreds of powerful Undead Warriors, creating an opening for Alice to advance her monster template from Lord Boss to Ultimate Boss.

After Alice advanced to Ultimate Boss, Yi Tian and she defeated the Void Insects attacking her dungeon and returned to Great Xia. Yi Tian discovered dungeon monsters rampaging in the real world and arrived at Qingshan No. 2 Middle School to defend its students.

• Alice's Ultimate Boss advancement improved her abilities and privileges, while Yi Tian shared her ability improvements and summoned undead warriors.
• Yi Tian and Alice wiped out the Void Insects surrounding the dungeon, and Alice sensed that the dungeon space was unstable before leaving.
• Yi Tian returned to Qingcheng and found dungeon monsters rampaging around the Dungeon Center, where Classholders fought them.
• Yi Tian went to Qingshan No. 2 Middle School and found students under attack while Principal Ji Changlin and a few staff members struggled to protect them.
• Yi Tian summoned hundreds of undead warriors to block the monsters, and Ji Changlin recognized him.

Yi Tian learned from Alice that dungeon spaces were beginning to collapse and that a major upheaval might be coming. As Central China Headquarters prepared its fifth attempt to conquer a tier four dungeon, Yi Tian used Void Traversal to appear directly in the meeting room.

• Yi Tian helped Ji Changlin protect Second High School by ordering his Undead Warriors to clear out the dungeon monsters.
• Alice told Yi Tian that dungeon spaces would disappear, starting with low-level dungeons and followed by many high-level ones in three days, and said the change seemed connected to a major upheaval.
• Yi Tian learned that Alice could command dungeon monsters around Han Country and planned to help her replace Great Xia's Ultimate Boss.
• The Qingcheng City Lord arrived with the Garrison Army, and Yi Tian recalled his Undead Warriors before leaving for the tier four dungeon expedition.
• At Central China Headquarters, officials discussed the dungeon crisis and the fifth tier four dungeon attempt, while Wei Yuan explained that Yi Tian could counter the Void Insect Race.
• Yi Tian answered Wei Yuan's call and used a Void Gate to arrive in the meeting room from thousands of miles away.

Yi Tian revealed to Great Xia’s senior officials that he could change other people’s classes, prompting regional officials to compete to recruit him. He agreed to help pioneer the Tier Four Dungeon in exchange for a mystery box containing exclusive equipment, and the officials accepted the offer in principle.

• Yi Tian teleported into Great Xia’s headquarters meeting and told the senior officials that dealing with the Void Insect Race required no restrictions on his skill.
• Chu Chen inferred that Yi Tian could change other people’s classes, and Yi Tian confirmed that this was true.
• Ling Hua and Chu Chen tried to recruit Yi Tian for South China and West China, while Wei Yuan reminded them that Yi Tian would choose where to go.
• When the officials objected to Yi Tian joining the Tier Four Dungeon expedition, Yi Tian said he had another ability that could help clear it.
• Yi Tian asked for a mystery box containing exclusive equipment in return for helping with the expedition, and Old Sun said the equipment would not be a problem if Yi Tian’s claim was true.

Yi Tian joined a powerful team for the first-clear attempt of the tier-four Inferno Prison dungeon, where the Ultimate Boss’s mechanic reduced challengers’ attributes. He used Alice to trigger a clash between Ultimate Boss commands, canceling the debuff and leaving the team stunned as they entered the dungeon.

• Ling Hua offered Yi Tian an exclusive equipment chest if he visited South China, while Zhou Yuan objected to Yi Tian joining the dangerous attempt but eventually accepted the plan.
• Old Sun chose Wei Yuan, Jiang Yuan Shuang, Chu Chen, Ling Hua, and Yi Tian for the first-clear team, and they entered Inferno Prison.
• The Purgatory Apostle’s mechanic reduced the team’s attributes by 90%, but Ling Hua summoned the Kun Spirit to lessen the reduction to 70%.
• Yi Tian summoned Alice, who issued a command against attribute reduction, and the clash between her authority and the Purgatory Apostle’s canceled both commands.
• The debuff vanished, astonishing the team and prompting Ling Hua and Chu Chen to become even more determined to recruit Yi Tian.

Yi Tian’s team cleared Inferno Prison after he removed its ability restrictions, and Alice killed the Purgatory Apostle to claim the dungeon’s boss authority for Great Xia. The Black Prince devoured the Apostle’s soul, and the party completed the fourth-tier dungeon.

• Yi Tian canceled Inferno Prison’s ability restrictions, restoring the team’s attributes and letting them sweep through the dungeon.
• Jiang Yuan Shuang led the team through the monsters until they reached the Purgatory Apostle, where Ling Hua’s summoned Iron-Eating Beast and the team’s support overwhelmed him.
• The Purgatory Apostle entered his second phase, but Yi Tian’s Tracing Light shield blocked the Inferno Flames and the team brought the boss down to low health.
• Yi Tian let Alice deliver the final blow with Final Judgment, giving her control of Great Xia’s Ultimate Boss authority and making her Inferno Prison’s new dungeon boss.
• The Black Prince caught and devoured the Purgatory Apostle’s escaping soul, and the party received confirmation that they had cleared Inferno Prison.

After Great Xia’s team cleared the Tier Four dungeon without casualties, Yi Tian returned to East China with an Exclusive Equipment Chest from Ling Hua. He received the KPI Assessment System and set its first target at 30 funds as the day’s Management Log settlement approached.

• Wei Yuan’s team defeated the Purgatory Apostle, and Wei Yuan received the Ultimate Awakening Stone while Yi Tian reached level 40.
• Wei Yuan and the others emerged from the dungeon unharmed, and Old Sun celebrated Great Xia’s first Tier Four dungeon clear.
• Ling Hua promised to send Yi Tian an Exclusive Equipment Chest, and Yi Tian declined her invitation to South China for the time being.
• A South China representative delivered the chest to Yi Tian at Green Mountain Apartments, and it contained the KPI Assessment System.
• Yi Tian set the system’s first KPI target at 30 funds.

Yi Tian reviewed the Management Log to see how his employees had performed on their first day working independently, and their achievements far exceeded his funding target. Ning Jing’s final discovery brought the day’s funding total to 27, leaving Yi Tian pleased with his team’s results.

• Bai Qiuli and Zhou Mo Yao won Huaxing University’s paired combat assessment, earning SSS-rank evaluations, scholarships, and 10 funding points, while Bai Qiuli’s fan club earned another 2.
• Wan Jiang completed a reconnaissance mission at the Abyssal Border, and Jiang Che and Ye Xiu gained funding through teaching, capturing a Lesser Secret Realm, and competing in Starfield Glory.
• Chen Mo destroyed the Black Gold Hand’s outposts across the Eastern Capital, rose to fifth in the International Mercenary Rankings, and eliminated a Godfall Cult Remnants hideout.
• Ning Jing accompanied the East China Expedition Team on a border survey and discovered a Ruins Stone Tablet and an Other Races' Ancient Tomb, earning 2 funding points.

Yi Tian rewarded Chen Mo for his work, and Chen Mo used his new Death Knight summoning skill to hunt down the Godfall Cult remnants and learn why they had helped destroy Dawn. As Chen Mo set out for Country F to stop the cult leader from obtaining a sacrificial treasure, Yi Tian noticed that Ning Jing had lost nearly half her health.

• Yi Tian shared the employees’ bonus experience, reached level 44, earned 60 funds through the KPI reward, and spent 10 funds to commend Chen Mo with the Summon Death Knight skill.
• Chen Mo summoned death knights and captured the last five Godfall Cult remnants in the Eastern Capital.
• Chen Mo executed four cultists before the last one revealed that the cult had attacked Dawn because its leader wanted a treasure in Country F that appeared only after enough people were sacrificed.
• Chen Mo killed the final cultist and headed for Country F to stop the Godfall Cult leader from claiming the treasure.
• Yi Tian shared Chen Mo’s new skill, increased his undead summoning capacity to 2,200, and noticed that Ning Jing had lost nearly half her health.

Yi Tian rescued Ning Jing and the Expedition Team from dungeon monsters, then discovered Qi Jiu, a young tomb raider with Illusionary Radiance potential. He learned Qi Jiu could be invested in to become a God-Tier Tomb-Raiding Celestial Master.

• Ning Jing called Yi Tian for help while monsters surrounded the Expedition Team, and he teleported to her through the video call.
• Yi Tian summoned Undead Warriors that swiftly defeated the monsters and told the soldiers to protect the Expedition Team.
• Yi Tian recognized Zhang Qi, thanked him briefly, then challenged the team’s inadequate security for Ning Jing and urged her to contact him if danger arose again.
• Yi Tian noticed that the Expedition Team had captured Qi Jiu, whose identity and tomb-raiding activities surprised the team.
• Qi Jiu explained that he targeted other races’ tombs rather than human ones, and Yi Tian learned his potential offered a God-Tier Tomb-Raiding Celestial Master investment opportunity.

Yi Tian recruited the reluctant Qi Jiu after threatening to have him imprisoned, and Qi Jiu’s contract revealed him to be a God-Tier Tomb-Raiding Commandant. Zhang Qi and Ning Jing returned to East China, while Qi Jiu discovered his new class and abilities.

• Yi Tian learned that Qi Jiu had explored tombs belonging to other races and saw potential in his treasure-finding profession.
• Yi Tian offered Qi Jiu a position, but Qi Jiu refused, so Yi Tian ordered Zhang Qi to arrest him on a fabricated security charge.
• Qi Jiu begged to join Yi Tian’s organization, and Yi Tian agreed to keep him.
• Zhang Qi and Ning Jing departed for East China, and Yi Tian gave Qi Jiu a contract to sign.
• Qi Jiu signed the contract and discovered that he was a Tier 2, God-Tier Tomb-Raiding Commandant with powerful treasure-seeking and ruin-moving abilities.

Yi Tian recruited Qi Jiu, whose Mountain-Moving Art could relocate secret realms, and paired him with Chen Mo to explore the ruins in Country F. Chen Mo and Qi Jiu reached the ruins and spotted members of the Black Gold Hand and Godfall Cult among those entering.

• Yi Tian shared Qi Jiu’s abilities and attributes, discovered that Mountain-Moving Art could move secret realms, and recruited Qi Jiu as his employee.
• Qi Jiu enthusiastically accepted Yi Tian as his boss and agreed to explore the ruins in Country F with Chen Mo.
• Yi Tian brought Qi Jiu to meet Chen Mo and sent the pair to seize the treasure the Godfall Cult was pursuing.
• Chen Mo and Qi Jiu crossed into Country F and approached its freely accessible ruins, where many factions had gathered.
• Chen Mo spotted members of the Black Gold Hand and Godfall Cult entering the ruins, and he and Qi Jiu decided to go inside.

Chen Mo and Qi Jiu followed a treasure trail through the ruins, where Chen Mo’s undead summons overcame deadly traps and a Black Gold Hand and Godfall Cult ambush. As their enemies fell, Qi Jiu sensed a treasure chest beginning to appear above the altar.

• Chen Mo entered the underground labyrinth with Qi Jiu and summoned Undead Warriors to scout its passages.
• Qi Jiu used Dragon-Seeking, Gold-Divining to locate two valuable treasures and led Chen Mo through a trap-filled passage.
• Chen Mo sent waves of undead to destroy traps and protect the pair from spectral spirits.
• Chen Mo and Qi Jiu reached an altar hall, where Jili and members of the Black Gold Hand and Godfall Cult surrounded them and attacked.
• Chen Mo summoned a powerful undead force that overwhelmed the attackers, while Qi Jiu sensed a ghostly treasure chest forming above the altar.

Qi Jiu stole the Undead Sky Pearl from the Black Gold Hand and gave it to Chen Mo, who gained a powerful talent and evolved his undead summon into a Skeleton King. As blood flowed toward another treasure deeper in the ruins, Chen Mo prepared to pursue it, but Qi Jiu warned that taking both treasures could make it impossible to escape Country F safely.

• Qi Jiu snatched the materialized treasure chest from the altar and handed it to Chen Mo, who opened it despite the Black Gold Hand's protests.
• Chen Mo crushed the Undead Sky Pearl, gaining the Undying Dead talent and upgrading Summon Undead General into Summon Skeleton King.
• The Skeleton King joined the battle, and the Black Gold Hand and Godfall Cult fled while Jili argued with their follower over payment.
• Qi Jiu looted the fallen mercenaries and asked Chen Mo to put in a good word for him with Boss; Chen Mo thanked him for giving up the pearl.
• Chen Mo noticed the corpses' blood flowing deeper into the ruins, and Qi Jiu identified the direction of another treasure.
• Chen Mo prepared to pursue the second treasure, but Qi Jiu warned him that taking both could prevent them from escaping Country F safely.

Chen Mo and Qi Jiu fought the Godfall Cult in the ruins as its leader attempted to summon a god of the underworld. The divine core's power spread across the ruins and beyond, prompting a mysterious figure in Great Xia to warn headquarters of the danger.

• Chen Mo and Qi Jiu entered the Underground Labyrinth and found the Godfall Cult leader drawing blood into a masked shadow above a black river.
• Chen Mo summoned his undead army to fight the cultists while the Skeleton King cut through their ranks.
• Three cultists chased Qi Jiu into the labyrinth, where he killed all three with his Ridge-Dismantling ability.
• An oppressive force from the divine core spread throughout the ruins and reached those outside, and Billy celebrated the cult leader's apparent success.
• A woman at Central China Headquarters sensed the divine core's descent and instructed a Special-Grade Caretaker to investigate the northeast.

Qi Jiu stole the Godhead Mask and caused the Godhead Vessel to collapse, but he and Chen Mo became trapped in the labyrinth by Country F’s forces and called for help. The chapter left them fleeing through the maze as their pursuers closed in.

• Chen Mo’s undead legion attacked the forming Godhead Vessel, but its suppressive power crushed the Lich Mages, who revived through [Undying Dead].
• Qi Jiu reached for the Godhead Mask and used Mountain-Moving Art to remove it from the vessel.
• The Godhead Vessel disintegrated after losing the mask, and the Godfall Cult’s leader broke down over the failed ritual.
• Chen Mo and Qi Jiu fled the grotto, but Country F’s troops, Black Gold Hand mercenaries, and Godfall Cult members blocked the route to the ruins’ entrance.
• Chen Mo and Qi Jiu ran into the Underground Labyrinth, using undead warriors and traps to slow the pursuing forces.
• Qi Jiu called his newly added contact and shouted, “Boss! Help-!!!”