Recaps

Ren Ye recovered the Human Emperor Sword and his full heavenly-pardon fate, then led Prince Huai’s forces in taking Qingliang Prefecture. As the court prepared to strike and Players competed for limited mission slots, Ren Ye sought allies and equipment while Li Yan tried to win the Fraud Merchants' Association to his side.

• Yao Sen escaped the New Year's Watchers, while Ren Ye cleared the Third Trial, found the Sword Spirit, and watched his teammates face the tomb’s trials.
• Tang Feng, Li Yan, and Liu Ji Shan cleared the Soul Chamber and Poison Chamber challenges, and Ren Ye used blue flames to win the Path of Rebirth for the Prince Huai Faction.
• Ren Ye found Prince Huai’s letter and Emperor Wu’s hidden destiny, then learned he could wield the Human Emperor Sword and open the Princess Tomb’s final layer.
• Li Yan summoned Prince Huai’s veteran soldiers, and Ren Ye and his allies seized Qingliang Prefecture after defeating Feng Xing’s forces.
• Ren Ye’s recruitment of five hundred Supernatural Ability Users opened a Star Gate mission, drawing Xu Peng and New Year's Watchers into the contest for its limited slots.
• Emperor Jing ordered a massive campaign against Qingliang Prefecture as Ren Ye traveled to the Capital and sought defensive items from the Fraud Merchants' Association.
• Li Yan revived through the Association, urged Mr. Pig to support Ren Ye instead of the Chaos Faction, and Ren Ye returned to reassure Ren Qingning and Ren Daguo.

Ren Ye became Lin Xiang's disciple and entered Qingliang Prefecture with the New Year's Watchers to claim the Human Emperor inheritance while defending it from the imperial army. Ren Daguo sacrificed his life to revive Li Mu and cripple the army, but enemy Players reached Qingliang Mountain as a black-robed man began killing them.

• Mr. Pig confined Shadow on their master's orders and supplied Ren Ye with weapons for the coming mission.
• Ren Ye became Lin Xiang's disciple, swore the New Year's Watchers' oath, and entered Qingliang Prefecture with 488 other New Year's Watchers.
• Ren Ye appointed Yang Nan commander-in-chief and entered Princess Anping's tomb, where Yin Susu began transmitting the Ninety-Nine Human Emperor inheritance to him.
• Er Leng killed Wu Pingnan, and Zhang Gui's cavalry sacrificed themselves to buy time while Yang Nan's defenders destroyed the imperial troops trapped in Canyon Pass.
• Li Mu reached Princess Anping's coffin, mourned their broken appointment, and asked Ren Ye for a sword as the imperial army renewed its assault.
• Ren Daguo revealed his secret guidance of Ren Ye's mission and gave his vitality and Star Source to resurrect Li Mu before dying.
• Li Mu shattered the right kneecaps of twenty-six thousand imperial soldiers with a sword strike, but Guo Caier and three thousand Supernatural Ability Users subsequently broke through Canyon Pass.
• Ren Ye sealed Princess Anping's coffin and expanded his perception while a black-robed man recognized by Old Liu as Brother Li killed Chaos Faction players on Qingliang Mountain.

Ren Ye became the Human Emperor of Qingliang Prefecture, returned home to face his father's death, and began rebuilding the prefecture while pursuing the mystery of the Buddha Lamp. In the S-rank realm The Vanished Lampwick, repeated deaths and resets led him to Mumu, and he began testing how to escape the pursuers and reach Lamp Wick.

• Ren Ye took control of Qingliang Prefecture, rejected the authority that would end his mission, and used the Human Emperor Sword to defeat the Chaos Faction and lead the survivors out.
• Ren Ye received the Human Emperor's inheritance and returned to Vermilion Bird City, where he learned his father had died and found a letter pointing him toward the Moon-Gazing Pavilion.
• Ren Ye learned more about Ren Daguo's search for a Star Gate, buried his father on Kunlun Mountain, and vowed to uncover the letter's meaning through the Buddha Lamp and Migration Land.
• Ren Ye recruited Huang Wei to help manage Qingliang Prefecture, appointed him Prefect, and began arranging trade and rebuilding despite the immense Star Source costs.
• Yin Susu sensed the Buddha Lamp's invitation to the S-rank realm The Vanished Lampwick, and Ren Ye entered it alone after Zhao Baicheng warned him to resist outside guidance.
• Ren Ye repeatedly died and reset while trying to evade the enforcers at Binhai Station, eventually identifying Lamp Wick and arranging a meeting outside the station.
• Ren Ye escaped the station with Lamp Wick, who was traveling as Mumu, but their pursuers repeatedly cornered them, and Mumu died rather than disclose information about Lamp Wick.
• After more resets, Ren Ye tested his suspicions about the bead-carrying contact, killed the doting father, and told Mumu they needed to jump off the train.

Ren Ye learned the truth of Mumu’s sacrifice, cleared the Binhai City Star Gate, and secured Qingliang Prefecture’s trade by confronting Jing Mountain. He then turned toward a new Migration Land Star Gate after learning that Old Liu and other Players were trapped inside.

• Ren Ye discovered Mumu’s murdered family, then learned through the Star Gate’s past that Mumu had become the Demon Monk after the temple crowd killed his wife and children.
• Ren Ye recovered Mumu’s body, used the bronze box’s fire to release the Lamp Wick, and cleared the S-Rank Star Gate, though the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp remained cursed and dangerous.
• Ren Ye learned that Migration Land Star Gates were appearing in greater numbers, while Fan Ming revealed Lin Xiang’s Fengdu inheritance before Lin Xiang silenced him.
• Ren Ye confronted the Jing Mountain Bandits after they seized Qingliang Prefecture’s caravan, and Xu Qingzhao and Fan Ming helped him defeat Lu Long’s forces and rescue the captives.
• Ren Ye executed Lu Long, Wang Xinggui, and two Arhats before Wu Pangzi negotiated with him, then accepted payment and arranged for Jing Mountain’s leaders to remain imprisoned while trade resumed.
• Ren Ye prepared Qingliang Prefecture for repairs and resettlement, then learned that Old Liu was trapped in a dangerous Migration Land Star Gate.
• The fatty explained that Old Liu had entered the double S-rank Giant City Star Gate, where Players had to survive twenty days and earn chips while evading daytime Enforcers.
• Wang Dong organized the trapped Players after a bloody mission, then began demanding chips and Star Source from weaker Players and took dissenters into a room from which they never returned.