Recaps

Zheng Fan accepted Yu Wa’s gift and cultivated at Second World, but learned that the Wa Emperor Palace would not help him because his affairs threatened the stability of the world. Unable to find Tai and the other children, he lost hope and drank with Li Rui.

• Zheng Fan cultivated in Second World's basement while Yu Wa took over the computer system and studied Nuwa’s work.
• Zheng Fan emerged with a new barrier protecting Second World's headquarters, then met Lin Feng and Yu Wa.
• Yu Wa told Zheng Fan that the Wa Emperor Palace knew his situation but would not intervene, and Zheng Fan collapsed in despair.
• Yu Wa explained that Lin Wa’s merit came mostly from gathering internet information, while Second World's game patches counted as mending the heavens.
• Zheng Fan drank with Li Rui after learning that their search in Japan had found no trace of the seven children he sought.
• Li Rui urged Zheng Fan to cultivate beyond Yu Wa’s strength, but Zheng Fan remained crushed by the fear that his existence could destabilize the world.

Zheng Fan and Li Rui discovered that Cheng Ming was using a mind-control system to manipulate people, and Zheng Fan confronted him in a bar. Cheng Ming escaped after triggering a devastating explosion that destroyed the bar and killed nearly everyone there.

• Li Rui used Nuwa to identify Li Shuangyan and Ma Wencai, while Zheng Fan revealed that he could see a naked man whom Li Rui could not perceive.
• Li Rui identified the man as Cheng Ming, a former Damu High School student who had hypnotized tens of thousands of people with an item that manipulated minds.
• Zheng Fan attacked Cheng Ming, who activated world modulation mode to copy abilities and control the bar’s patrons, but Zheng Fan resisted the system’s influence.
• Cheng Ming released his control over the patrons, used their emotions to recharge his system, and turned a person into a bomb to cover his escape.
• Zheng Fan shielded some bystanders from the blast, while Li Rui protected Li Shuangyan; the explosion destroyed half the bar, killed nearly everyone outside their protection, and left Cheng Ming free.

After Cheng Ming’s unexplained technological weapons destroyed the Great World Bar, Zheng Fan brought the injured Li Rui and Li Shuangyan to Second World’s headquarters for treatment. While they waited for Lin Feng, Zheng Fan discussed game exploits with Second World employees, finding ideas that might help him test the rules of his own world.

• Li Rui told Zheng Fan that Cheng Ming’s appearance had made their information useless, while Zheng Fan wondered how the man had obtained technology from another universe.
• Zheng Fan carried Li Rui and the unconscious Li Shuangyan to Second World’s headquarters after she clung to Li Rui’s injured arm.
• Xiao Xue treated Li Shuangyan with a Blood-Activating Agent and prepared additional medicines for her dark-purple hands.
• Li Rui and Zheng Fan ate at No. 3 Restaurant, where Li Rui introduced them to game narrative architect Chen Yinwei and tester Zheng Jiazhuo.
• Zheng Fan discussed exploiting game rules with Li Rui and Zheng Jiazhuo, considering whether their ideas could help him test the rules of his own world.

Lin Feng and Zheng Fan confronted Yu Wa about Cheng Ming, but Yu Wa warned that Cheng Ming's death could collapse the world. Zheng Fan used the Starpath-Seeking Method to discover that their universe lacked the Sun, Moon, and Stars, leaving it disconnected from other universes.

• Lin Feng ordered Yu Wa to investigate Cheng Ming, then suspended her network access when she appeared to stall.
• Yu Wa warned Zheng Fan that Cheng Ming was where the world's fortune converged and that killing him could collapse the world.
• Yu Wa taught Zheng Fan the Starpath-Seeking Method, and he mapped half the Milky Way before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Zheng Fan explained that their universe had no Sun, Moon, and Stars and therefore no connections to other universes.
• Korn began considering a system that could use a model of the universe and its Sun, Moon, and Stars as coordinates and power sources.

Zheng Fan, Yu Wa, and Lin Feng investigated the broken universe and Cheng Ming’s possible connection to the Technology Great Universe, while Yu Wa resisted helping them locate him. Lin Feng began the Faith Cultivation Method, and Zheng Fan entered a life-draining ritual as Yu Wa prepared to seek outside help through Li Shuangyan.

• Zheng Fan explained that the universe was incomplete and would collapse without a powerful being maintaining it, while Yu Wa described how rare such guardians were.
• Lin Feng suggested technology might sustain a universe, and Zheng Fan and Yu Wa suspected Cheng Ming’s technology came from the Technology Great Universe, but Yu Wa refused to reveal his whereabouts.
• After disasters struck Fusang, Lin Feng gained more Divine Followers and agreed to undergo the Faith Cultivation Method; Zheng Fan and Yu Wa prepared a Blood Pool ritual using the blood of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine people they judged deserving of death.
• Zheng Fan began the ritual by bleeding into the Blood Pool, and Lin Feng worried that it would cost Zheng Fan his life.
• Yu Wa brought a machine and Li Shuangyan, whose body had been partly transformed after she activated the machine and opened a passage to another world.
• Yu Wa planned to use Li Shuangyan as a link to seek help from powerful beings across the passage, and Zheng Fan warned her to be cautious before closing his eyes.

Yu Wa’s blood-pool ritual went awry when Li Shuangyan was overwhelmed by sacred blood and the accumulated cloud of sin. Zheng Fan killed Li Shuangyan, but the opening of a spatial passage let Yu Wa purify the remaining blood, while the Night Dawn Sword used Zheng Fan’s severed limbs to stabilize it.

• Yu Wa ordered Lin Feng to circulate his energy and kicked Li Shuangyan into the blood pool, then gathered the pool’s sinful aura instead of purifying it.
• Zheng Fan opened his eyes, causing blood to pour into Li Shuangyan and living souls to invade her semiphantasmal body; Yu Wa destroyed the souls but could not stop the sacred blood or cloud of sin.
• Zheng Fan decided Li Shuangyan had to die and pierced her with the Night Dawn Sword, then collapsed into the blood pool as his body wasted away.
• Yu Wa and Lin Feng started their equipment, opening a spatial passage whose energy helped Yu Wa purify the remaining sinful blood.
• As the purified blood began to dissipate, the Night Dawn Sword severed Zheng Fan’s limbs, which turned into blood energy and stabilized the pool.

Lin Feng emerged from Yu Wa’s trials and vowed to resurrect Zheng Fan and Li Shuangyan as he helped nurture the Blood Crystal. Meanwhile, Doctor Manhattan sent G23 to delay the coming ascension, and Sanleng Yuanguang infiltrated the Second World building to warn Lin Feng.

• Yu Wa guided Lin Feng through a hundred dream lives, and in his final life he broke out of the dream world through a space passage as a wisp of his soul entered the Blood Crystal.
• Lin Feng awoke, retrieved Zheng Fan’s and Li Shuangyan’s bodies, and vowed to grow strong enough to resurrect them as the Blood Pool’s contents formed the Blood Crystal.
• Doctor Manhattan ordered G23 to delay someone’s ascension for more than ten hours and gave them the Infinity Gauntlet to locate him.
• G23 traveled from America to Pearl Province, where Sanleng Yuanguang proposed that they split up and secretly slipped away to warn Lin Feng.
• Sanleng Yuanguang infiltrated the Second World building and found a young bald man playing Dream Dota Alliance on two computers at once.

Sanleng Yuanguang sought out the Shaolin and Wudang leaders with news about the lost Divine Light Gate, while Yu Wa discovered a dust realm beneath Bermuda as Lin Feng prepared to establish his foundation. G23 launched a missile attack on Lin Feng’s position, leaving Li Rui’s forces battling its heroes while Lin Feng and Yu Wa could not leave the basement.

• Sanleng Yuanguang told Huai'an and Kunyuan that he was the last disciple of the Divine Light Gate and urgently needed to speak with the Shaolin and Wudang leaders.
• Kunyuan and Huai'an contacted their sects, and Qingyue and Xuming arranged for Sanleng Yuanguang to be brought to them.
• Lin Feng asked Yu Wa to search Bermuda, and she found a fully developed dust realm but suffered a bloody backlash while locating it.
• Li Rui warned Lin Feng that G23 had attacked with missiles, but Yu Wa insisted that they remain in the basement while Lin Feng established his foundation.
• The Round Table Conference condemned G23’s missile attack, and General Peng left to contact the Pearl Military District.
• Several level-two experts stopped the missiles at great cost as Li Rui’s forces fought G23’s heroes, including Hulk, Batman, and Spider-Man.

Wang Dou directed Dragon Gate’s battle as Li Rui protected him, and they captured the Invisible Woman after she attacked the command post. G23’s forces suffered heavy losses before Death Singer appeared over the battlefield and absorbed the dead.

• Wang Dou ordered Zhao Peng’s team to ambush G23’s fleet at Fourth Harbor and redirected fighters across the battlefield, helping Dragon Gate kill the enemy’s Spider-Man.
• An unseen Invisible Woman attacked Wang Dou, but Li Rui confronted her while Wu Qihua revealed her history with the Fantastic Four and the US military’s experiments.
• Wang Dou knocked the Invisible Woman unconscious, and Wu Qihua suggested using her to control the other members of the Fantastic Four.
• G23’s fleet approached the harbor, but its attempt to delay Lin Feng’s ascension had wasted resources without understanding the process.
• After eight hours of fighting left G23’s mutants nearly dead, Death Singer appeared and gathered the battlefield’s dead into his body.
• Sanleng Yuanguang identified Death Singer as a clone formed from death energy and urged the fighters not to panic.

Sanleng Yuanguang used the blood of the slain Children of the World to suppress Death Singer and the lower-world ascendants, while Lin Feng merged with the Divine Core and became a god, destabilizing the universe before his Divine Star restored balance to half of it. As Earth’s martial artists celebrated their breakthroughs, O-O-A sacrificed all 110 members of the Celestial before the gathered powers of the Infinite Dimensions.

• Sanleng Yuanguang revealed that he had a way to restrain Death Singer and used a bottle containing blood to suppress his powers.
• G23’s elite corps was annihilated, and the arriving Manhattan and creator gods were easily defeated under the laws’ suppression.
• Lin Feng took the Divine Core from the shattered Blood Crystal and merged with it, becoming a god as planets across the universe went into chaos.
• A silvery-white ring restored order to the planets, and Lin Feng’s Divine Star became the source of balance for half the universe.
• People guarding Lin Feng felt a refreshing force, and Wang Meng broke through to the Transformation Realm as Qingyuzi hailed a golden age for the martial world.
• O-O-A gathered powerful beings before his throne and sacrificed all 110 members of the Celestial.

Lin Feng emerged with divine power, declared himself the Wind God, and demonstrated his abilities to the Celestial Empire’s Round Table Conference. After the leaders saw his control over space and life, O-O-A arrived on Earth and introduced himself as the Master of the Universe of the Marvel World.

• O-O-A sacrificed the Celestials and other powerful beings, filling the Blood Pool and opening a vast space passage.
• Lin Feng restored the damaged buildings, healed martial artists, granted others martial talent, and vanished as a breeze.
• Director Chen told the Round Table Conference that G23 had targeted Lin Feng to stop a new god from emerging.
• Lin Feng entered the meeting, brought the leaders into his divine domain, and showed them the vacuum of space by letting Liu Xihe’s body burst apart before restoring him.
• Yang Fan tested a liquid instrument outside Lin Feng’s divine domain and confirmed that the surrounding space was a real vacuum.
• O-O-A found Wang Meng and the others and introduced himself as the Master of the Universe of the Marvel World.

Wang Meng fought the Living Tribunal, whose shifting faces granted him powerful defenses and a mental attack, while Lin Feng confronted O-O-A over Earth’s division and learned O-O-A credited his rise to a genius from another realm. As Lin Feng seized Second World’s giant statue, the Pursuers detected two unfamiliar gods and began closing in on them.

• Wang Meng challenged the Living Tribunal, struck him down, and learned that the face representing vengeance could not be harmed by powers rooted in hatred.
• The Living Tribunal turned another face toward Wang Meng and used Final Judgment, freezing both of them as the martial artists watched.
• Lin Feng arrived, and O-O-A proposed splitting Earth between them after revealing that a genius from another realm had enabled Lin Feng’s rise.
• Lin Feng reacted with anger and pulled Second World’s heavily armed statue into his palm.
• Kentaurosmon and the Pursuers sensed two unfamiliar divine presences, and the Dragon Commander ordered the forces to tighten their encirclement.

O-O-A tried to take the Night Dawn Sword, but its power and Zheng Fan’s Digimon card wounded him and revived Zheng Fan and Li Shuangyan. Yu Wa and Lin Feng prepared to open a portal to another world to find a way to restore Zheng Fan, while O-O-A objected.

• O-O-A seized the Night Dawn Sword from Lin Feng, but its Sword Qi pierced his palm and shot toward Zheng Fan.
• Yu Wa explained that Lin Feng’s divine power was borrowed from the universe, while cultivated power could oppose laws, and Lin Feng resolved to cultivate his own strength.
• When O-O-A tried to destroy Zheng Fan’s corpse, WarGreymon and other Digimon phantoms attacked him, then Lucemon used Life and Death Intertwined to revive Zheng Fan and Li Shuangyan.
• Yu Wa said the Night Dawn Sword had revealed a way to revive Zheng Fan in another world, and Lin Feng prepared the portal machine despite the cloud of sin.
• O-O-A objected to opening the portal, and the chapter explained that he was the consciousness of the Marvel Realm, a dust realm.

The Night Dawn Sword and Holy Ring sent healing light through the Digimon World, restoring Calumon and leading Calumon to ClavisAngemon. ClavisAngemon revealed memories of Qilinmon’s sacrifice, then defeated the Twelve Devas and took Calumon with him.

• Lin Feng activated the device, and energy from the other world rebuilt Zheng Fan’s limbs while the Night Dawn Sword entered the Space Passage.
• The Holy Ring released white light that healed Calumon and restored Calumon’s stamina as Orochimon’s attacks missed.
• Calumon flew to ClavisAngemon, who caught Calumon while the Twelve Devas demanded the child’s return.
• ClavisAngemon touched the crystal on Calumon’s forehead, digivolved into Ornismon, and showed the Devas memories of Qilinmon’s sacrifice and the deaths and regressions of their companions.
• Majiramon offered to let Ornismon take Calumon if Ornismon defeated the Twelve Devas, and Ornismon won decisively.

Ornismon escaped through the Holy Ring with Calumon, and the collapse of the passage destroyed Lin Feng’s equipment. A month later, Zheng Fan returned to life headless, Li Shuangyan’s revival was underway, and Zheng Fan prepared to hunt down Cheng Ming.

• Ornismon fled into the Holy Ring with the sleeping Calumon as the space passage shattered and the Twelve Devas were blown away.
• Lin Feng learned the Night Dawn Sword could not guarantee Li Shuangyan’s revival, and the sword indicated her return depended on luck.
• A month later, Zheng Fan appeared at Lin Feng’s mansion as a headless corpse and explained that his divine sense had collapsed after witnessing something private.
• Yu Wa recognized Zheng Fan’s condition, became embarrassed when Lin Feng admitted what had caused it, and trapped Lin Feng with the force of her stomp.
• Calumon reunited with Zheng Fan, who told Lin Feng that Li Shuangyan was being cared for by Kazama Erisha and would take about three months to revive.
• After his head grew back, Zheng Fan apologized for his behavior and asked where Cheng Ming was so he could pursue him.

Zheng Fan swore a sword oath to protect Jin Nanjiang during their journey to Fusang, binding their fates together. After Yu Wa’s Heaven-Mending Technique awakened Jin Nanjiang’s devotion to Nuwa, Jin Nanjiang woke from a vivid dream unable to move and crying for help.

• Lin Feng introduced Jin Nanjiang to Zheng Fan and asked him to protect her during her exchange year in Fusang.
• Zheng Fan swore on the Night Dawn Sword to make Jin Nanjiang’s safety his first priority, and the oath bound their fates together.
• Lin Feng removed the Oath Seal, but Jin Nanjiang’s mind became unstable until the golden sword mark suppressed her distress.
• Yu Wa discovered that the oath involved the Heavenly Artifact Race and that her Heaven-Mending Technique had made Jin Nanjiang a fervent believer.
• Zheng Fan wrapped the unconscious Jin Nanjiang in curtains and carried her away to help remove the technique’s influence.
• Jin Nanjiang dreamed that a divine sword ruined Nuwa’s attempt to mend heaven, then woke drenched in sweat, unable to move, and shouting for help.

Yamaki was pressured to turn against the Mitsubishi Conglomerate, rejected Guardromon’s offer of power, and destroyed the USB drive containing evidence. After an earthquake and a fog appeared in Fusang, Zheng Fan went to investigate and helped defeat Kiwimon.

• Matsushima Heiichiro and his guards seized Yamaki, while a ninja gave him a USB drive containing information about the Mitsubishi Conglomerate.
• Guardromon offered Yamaki power in exchange for becoming his tamer, but Yamaki rejected him and crushed the USB drive.
• Li Zhenyu hurried away after learning that something had happened to his son, and Jin Nanjiang promised to help him contact the embassy if needed.
• An earthquake shook the café, and Zheng Fan carried Jin Nanjiang outside before sending her back with Calumon and entering the fog alone.
• Renamon attacked Kiwimon, which transformed into a heavy truck to block the strike, and Guilmon killed it with Guilmon Cannon.

Takato and Ruki fought Mirage Beast, whose illusions trapped them until Zheng Fan shattered them and Calumon enabled Guilmon and Renamon to digivolve. Mirage Beast explained why Digimon were coming to the human world, then promised to avoid causing trouble before departing.

• Kiwimon digivolved into Mirage Beast, and Takato and Ruki struggled to locate him through his illusions.
• Takato used Magnamon’s Shining Gold Sun Storm to expose Mirage Beast, but the Digimon trapped Takato and Ruki in false visions.
• Zheng Fan shattered Mirage Beast’s illusion with his sword, and Calumon’s light helped Guilmon digivolve into Growlmon and Renamon into Kyubimon.
• Mirage Beast told Takato and Ruki that Digimon came to the human world seeking strength and that he had escaped a strange world after Cyberdramon killed him.
• Zheng Fan and Ruki let Mirage Beast go after he promised to act cautiously, and Takato warned him about the Digimon-fighting weapon U-Ghost.

Zheng Fan met Takato and Ruki after Phantomon left, then tested the power of their Card Slash abilities against Growlmon’s Pyro Blaster. The Night Dawn Sword defended against an enhanced attack and absorbed its flames, while Zheng Fan learned more about the tamers’ cards.

• Zheng Fan recovered after Phantomon left, introduced himself as a human with ties to the Digimon World, and urged Takato and Ruki to work together to protect their world.
• Takato explained that Guilmon was his partner, and Ruki described how tamers used Card Slash to strengthen their Digimon.
• Ruki used High-Speed Plug-In B to boost Kyubimon’s speed, then Kyubimon reverted to Renamon.
• Zheng Fan asked Growlmon to attack him and used the Flowing Water Sword Style to stop and shatter its Pyro Blaster.
• Takato used Attack Plug-In C to strengthen Growlmon’s next Pyro Blaster, and the Night Dawn Sword deflected the flames before its Holy Ring absorbed them.
• Takato and Ruki explained the ranks of their Attack Plug-In cards, and Zheng Fan questioned how their fixed boosts applied to real battles.

Zheng Fan taught Jin Nanjiang Universal Physical Arts, but she refused his offer to take her to the Digimon World for easier cultivation. The next morning, she began training through endless repetitions on her own.

• Takato used speed and attack cards to make Growlmon expend his energy, and Growlmon reverted to Guilmon after firing Pyro Blaster into the arena fog.
• Zheng Fan told Jin Nanjiang about Tai and Sora’s promising qualities and recounted the Chosen Children’s battle on Infinite Mountain.
• Jin Nanjiang persuaded Zheng Fan to teach her Universal Physical Arts, then was overwhelmed by the pain the technique demanded.
• Zheng Fan offered to take Jin Nanjiang to the Digimon World, but she refused because she felt relying on its protection would limit her progress.
• Jin Nanjiang began repeating her foundational training movements in the living room the next morning.

Jin Nanjiang practiced the auxiliary cultivation path and, with Calumon’s help, made a flight talisman from a Digimon card. After Zheng Fan praised her work, he pointed out that its wings would draw attention if she flew to the Tokyo Police Department, leaving Jin Nanjiang unsure what to do.

• Jin Nanjiang practiced the Illusory Butterfly Palm Technique while Zheng Fan considered why he had directed her toward the auxiliary cultivation path.
• Jin Nanjiang showed Zheng Fan a talisman-making technique she had learned overnight and tried to get Calumon to help her.
• Jin Nanjiang used Calumon’s power to turn a Digimon card into talisman ink and wrote a flight talisman with characters from Digimon World.
• Zheng Fan praised Jin Nanjiang’s talisman, then warned her that flying to the Tokyo Police Department with wings would attract attention.
• Jin Nanjiang grew flustered about how to use the talisman discreetly, and Calumon called on Zheng Fan to help her.

Jin Nanjiang successfully tested her flight talisman and arrived at the Tokyo Police Department, where she took charge of a case involving Lee Henry and a series of monster-related disturbances. She identified Guilmon as the likely creature behind the incidents, rattling Lee Henry but leaving the truth unresolved.

• Zheng Fan gathered clouds for Jin Nanjiang, who leaped from the twenty-fifth floor and flew safely to the Tokyo Police Department with him beside her.
• Calumon and Zheng Fan sensed a nearby Digimon whose strength they could not determine, while Jin Nanjiang went inside for her exchange assignment.
• Officer Megure and Kogoro Mouri described the incidents linked to Lee Henry, while Li Zhenyu insisted his son was innocent and presented eyewitness testimony about monsters.
• Jin Nanjiang met Lee Henry in the isolation room and recognized Guilmon from the Digimon cards and reports of a fiery-red dinosaur.
• Lee Henry panicked when Jin Nanjiang named Guilmon, but she ended the interview and said someone would take him home soon.

Jin Nanjiang explained Digimon to Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri, while Zheng Fan and Calumon found Terriermon near the Tokyo Police Department. Terriermon digivolved into Gargomon to protect Henry, and began fighting Zheng Fan.

• Jin Nanjiang told Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri that Digimon were like aliens and showed them evidence of their activity in the Celestial Empire.
• Jin Nanjiang asked Inspector Megure to prepare documents for an upcoming discussion about protecting people of dragon descent.
• Zheng Fan followed Calumon to Terriermon, who carried a Digivice and said Henry was waiting for him.
• Calumon digivolved Terriermon into Gargomon after Zheng Fan captured him.
• Gargomon attacked Zheng Fan with Gatling Gun and Dada Hook, while Zheng Fan deflected the bullets and severed Gargomon's machine-gun arms with sword qi.

Zheng Fan encountered Takato, Ruki, and Terriermon, then learned that Lee Henry had been taken by the Police Force. He offered to help Henry and planned to speak with Lin Feng, while Terriermon remained determined to rescue his friend.

• Gargomon attacked Zheng Fan, but Takato and Renamon intervened before Gargomon revealed himself as Terriermon and Calumon restored his data energy.
• Ruki mistook Zheng Fan’s actions for an attempt to make Calumon absorb Gargomon, but Zheng Fan returned the data energy and Terriermon reverted to Rookie form.
• Terriermon told Takato, Ruki, and Zheng Fan that people from the Police Force had taken Henry, and the group identified them from a poster.
• Takato and Ruki warned their Digimon to stay hidden, while Terriermon insisted on rescuing Henry.
• Zheng Fan called Jin Nanjiang, who explained that Henry might be isolated from ordinary people, and said he would visit Henry and speak with Lin Feng.

Zheng Fan arranged for Terriermon to wait while he intervened on Henry’s behalf, as the Hypnos team prepared for Wild One to materialize inside their laboratory. Meanwhile, Jin Nanjiang tested her new talismans and persuaded Zheng Fan to let her join him after she made twenty defensive ones.

• Zheng Fan reassured Ruki that Henry would be fine, sent Takato and Ruki home, and allowed Terriermon one chance to act while Henry remained on Earth.
• The Hypnos researchers located Wild One’s materialization point inside their laboratory, and Yamaki ordered Naruto to protect the research data stored on a USB drive.
• Zheng Fan saw through Jin Nanjiang’s Bakemon-cloak trick and tested her strength-boosting talisman, noticing a flaw in its energy conversion.
• Jin Nanjiang begged to accompany Zheng Fan, who agreed on the condition that she make twenty defensive talismans.
• Jin Nanjiang began studying the Auxiliary Cultivation Path book while she and Calumon prepared to make the twenty talismans.