Recaps

Wu Shaozhen survived the Su Group’s attempt to kill him with a powerful scroll and continued wiping out its teams, leaving the group unable to stop him. Su Zhengfeng agreed to let Su Muxue control the Su Group’s affairs in Oracle, and she accepted Wu Shaozhen’s renewed terms, including increased compensation.

• Dream Chaser Studio used a lethal scroll to kill Wu Shaozhen, but he revived with the Netherworld Pearl and wiped out the team.
• Wu Shaozhen kept killing Su Group teams until its members retreated into the city, and Dream in My Heart told Su Zhengfeng they had no way to defeat him.
• Su Zhengfeng agreed to let Su Muxue make all decisions for the Su Group in Oracle and provide her with full funding.
• Su Muxue met Wu Shaozhen outside the city and accepted his conditions, including raising compensation from ten million to fifty million.
• Wu Shaozhen ordered Su Muxue to gather everyone who had attacked her so he could kill them back to the Novice Village.

Su Muxue handed over Xiao Qi, Ahui, and the other attackers, paid Dustseal fifty million and returned the Radiant Staff, ending his hunt after the Su Group’s public apologies. At HN University of Economics, Wu Ziyin learned that the story had spread and accidentally revealed that she had dropped the staff, prompting a young man to make a call.

• Su Muxue told Xiao Qi and the others they would face Dustseal’s punishment, and Xiao Qi gave in after Su Muxue threatened to cut off her family’s support.
• Su Muxue brought the attackers to Wu Shaozhen, transferred him the Radiant Staff and fifty million, and led the Su Group in publicly apologizing to Dustseal and Feng Yiner.
• Su Zhengfeng issued an apology under the in-game name Unrelenting Self-Improvement, and Wu Shaozhen announced that the hunt for the Su Group was over.
• Wu Shaozhen continued killing Xiao Qi, Ahui, and the other attackers until they were sent back to the Novice Village, while Su Muxue organized the remaining Su Group members to level up.
• At HN University of Economics, Wu Ziyin overheard students discussing Dustseal’s retaliation and began crying when they mentioned Feng Yiner.
• Weiwei found a forum post about Wu Ziyin’s death, and Wu Ziyin accidentally revealed that she had dropped her Radiant Staff; a young man overheard and called someone.

Wu Shaozhen sold a large haul of equipment to Turbulent Times Hero, then reunited with Wu Ziyin and returned to leveling with her. Meanwhile, Young Master Wang learned Wu Shaozhen’s real identity and arranged for men to abduct him in SZ City.

• Wu Shaozhen reached level 32 after killing 800 Iron-Armed Apes, invested his free attribute points in agility, and calculated the growing strength of his poison damage.
• Wu Shaozhen gave Leng Yue equipment to thank her and asked for a wealthy guild leader’s contact; she recommended Turbulent Times Hero.
• Wu Shaozhen sold Turbulent Times Hero hundreds of Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Black Iron pieces for 7.8 million without transaction fees.
• Wu Shaozhen returned home, gave Wu Ziyin her Radiant Staff, and took her along to level after she chose to stay with him.
• Young Master Wang confirmed Wu Shaozhen’s real identity and ordered reliable men to go to SZ City and bring him back without leaving traces.

Wu Shaozhen continued leveling in the game until intruders broke into his villa and tried to take him away. Zi You appeared in the real world, killed the attackers, and left Wu Shaozhen wondering how she had crossed into it.

• Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin killed 932 Demon-Eyed Apes, raising Wu Ziyin to level 24 before she logged off and Wu Shaozhen continued grinding alone.
• Four men in black arrived at SZ Airport, then broke into Wu Shaozhen's villa while he was logged into the game.
• Wu Shaozhen logged off and found the men inside; they demanded that he come with them and said they were taking him to SH.
• Zi You emerged from Wu Shaozhen's room, destroyed Number Four when he threatened her, and blocked the other three men's bullets and escape.
• Wu Shaozhen questioned the captured men, then Zi You made them disappear along with the barrier.

After Zi You appeared in reality, Wu Shaozhen discovered that he could access items in the Heaven and Earth Ring and learned that the game’s artifacts and abilities could cross into the real world. He traced the attackers’ discovery of his identity to Wu Ziyin and arranged protection for her through Zi You.

• Wu Shaozhen realized the Heaven and Earth Ring’s mark let him retrieve a scroll into reality, and he suspected the Netherworld Pearl had healed his cut.
• Wu Shaozhen called Wu Ziyin and learned that Weiwei had loudly revealed his identity as Dustseal in a cafeteria.
• Wu Shaozhen returned to the game and asked Zi You about abilities, bound equipment, and whether the world was real, but she answered only some of his questions.
• Wu Shaozhen warned Zi You that the attackers might target Wu Ziyin, and Zi You agreed to let Silver Big Bad Wolf briefly cross into reality to protect her.

Wu Shaozhen had Zi You inscribe Silver Big Bad Wolf and protect his house after learning that game strength could affect reality. When Wang’s men tried to break into the villa, Zi You’s barrier violently repelled them.

• Young Master Wang gave the middle-aged man two days to capture Wu Shaozhen, so the man sent the Blade Squad to SZ.
• Wu Shaozhen reached the summit, killed macaques for two hours, then logged out to call Wu Ziyin.
• Zi You inscribed Silver Big Bad Wolf with a Traversal Inscription and told Wu Shaozhen to gather more netherworld power.
• Zi You fortified Wu Shaozhen’s villa so only he could enter or leave, then vanished, weakened.
• The Blade Squad tried to enter through the door and a second-floor window, but the barrier hurled them back and injured two men.

Wu Shaozhen cleared the macaques in the ruins, reached level 33, and defeated the level 40 Heaven-Piercing Demon Ape, whose drops included a token. Zi You eliminated the Blade Squad when they came looking for trouble, leaving their superior in SH City unable to contact them.

• Zi You ambushed and killed all eight members of the Blade Squad, then disappeared while hoping no one else would interfere before Wu Shaozhen was ready.
• Wu Shaozhen finished clearing the ruins’ macaques, reached level 33, and put his free attribute points into agility.
• A middle-aged man in SH City failed to contact the Blade Squad, found no reports of trouble in SZ, and sent an Investigation Team to look from a distance.
• Jinling City settled into a tense calm as players and guilds improved their equipment and built up their strength.
• Wu Shaozhen fought and defeated the Heaven-Piercing Demon Ape using poison and defensive skills.
• Wu Shaozhen collected the boss’s equipment, scroll, Strength Fruit, and token, and realized the token could earn him another fortune.

Wu Shaozhen stored a Guild Establishment Token, equipped new Dark Gold gear, and explored a cave guarded by a defeated monkey. He fled from a swarm of Bloodthirsty Bats, while Zi You urged him to try again because the cave might hold something valuable.

• Wu Shaozhen decided to keep the Guild Establishment Token until the main-city Teleportation Arrays opened or he reached level 40, then considered selling it.
• Wu Shaozhen equipped the Cloud-Riding Boots and Cloud-Riding Ring, ate a Strength Fruit, and increased his stats.
• Wu Shaozhen found a cave behind the monkey's position, and Zi You gave him a luminous pearl to light the way.
• Bloodthirsty Bats attacked Wu Shaozhen in the cave, and he escaped after using Blink to reach the entrance.
• Zi You told Wu Shaozhen not to give up because there might be good loot inside, though she said she was only guessing.

Wu Shaozhen returned to the cave with Wu Ziyin’s help and attacked the level 45 Bloodthirsty Bats. His poison and speed gave him a way to overcome the powerful monsters, leaving the fight underway.

• Wu Shaozhen left the cave after deciding he needed more levels, then sold his accumulated equipment to Turbulent Times Hero and hunted respawned monkeys.
• A middle-aged man told Young Master Wang that the Blade Squad and the other men sent after Wu Shaozhen had vanished, so Young Master Wang ordered him to capture Wu Shaozhen’s little sister instead.
• Wu Shaozhen killed 5,687 monkeys, reached level 35, and put his attribute points into agility before deciding to return to the cave.
• Wu Ziyin joined Wu Shaozhen at the cave and cast Holy Light Shield on him while Silver Big Bad Wolf stayed behind to protect her.
• Wu Shaozhen and his Shadow Clone attacked the Bloodthirsty Bats, using their speed and poison to apply six stacks to each bat.

Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin fought through six waves of bats before Wu Shaozhen defeated the level 45 Bloodthirsty Bat King with her healing support. He collected the boss’s loot and learned the Lifesteal passive skill.

• Wu Shaozhen and his Shadow Clone poisoned and killed fifty bats, then collected their equipment.
• Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin cleared five more waves, gaining experience and levels as they moved deeper into the cavern.
• Wu Shaozhen identified the Bloodthirsty Bat King as a level 45 Dark Gold boss and prepared to fight it with Wu Ziyin’s healing support.
• Wu Shaozhen used his skills, Shadow Clone, and Silver Big Bad Wolf’s Inspire while Wu Ziyin healed him, and they killed the boss after a fierce battle.
• Wu Shaozhen collected the boss’s equipment and skill drops, then learned the Lifesteal passive.

Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin cleared the Lava Cavern’s Lava Behemoths, gaining experience and loot, before a Platinum boss emerged from the magma. Wu Shaozhen saw the Lava Beast King destroy his Shadow Clone in two hits, but resolved to poison it if he could survive its attacks.

• Wu Shaozhen equipped the Bloodthirsty Bracelet, upgraded Shadow Clone, and continued into the cavern with Wu Ziyin.
• Wu Shaozhen tested the Lava Behemoths with his Shadow Clone, then fought them with Wu Ziyin’s Holy Light Shield protecting him.
• Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin cleared roughly five hundred Lava Behemoths, earning twenty million experience and raising Wu Ziyin to level 30 and second place in the rankings.
• Wu Shaozhen counted three Gold and sixteen Silver equipment drops from the Lava Behemoths.
• The Lava Beast King emerged from the magma and smashed Wu Shaozhen’s Shadow Clone in two attacks.
• Wu Shaozhen declared that he could poison the boss to death as long as it could not outrun him or kill him in one hit.

Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin defeated the Platinum boss Lava Beast King by repeatedly applying poison and evading its attacks, earning the server’s first Platinum boss kill. Wu Shaozhen collected powerful loot, equipped two Platinum armor pieces, and extracted a healing skill from his old belt.

• Wu Shaozhen used Wu Ziyin’s shield and his mobility skills to evade the Lava Beast King while repeatedly applying poison until it died.
• The system awarded Wu Shaozhen experience, reputation, and an extra poison stack, then announced his first Platinum boss kill and granted him gold and free attribute points.
• Divine King and God's Left Hand discussed the widening gap between Dustseal and other players, while Divine King urged his guild to avoid making an enemy of him.
• Wu Shaozhen picked up the boss’s loot and equipped the Lava Legguards and Lava Belt, raising his health above fifty thousand.
• Wu Shaozhen used a Skill Extraction Scroll on the Blood Bull Belt and learned its Health Restoration skill.

Wu Shaozhen sorted the Lava Beast King’s drops, sold most of his equipment, and decided to keep valuable gear rather than prioritize real-world money. He left the newly revealed passage unexplored after Zi You warned that a Blood Demon inside was too powerful for him.

• Wu Shaozhen gave the Dark Gold boots to Wu Ziyin, kept the Hellfire scroll and Lava Heart, and put all 60 system-awarded attribute points into Agility.
• When the Lava Beast King’s death revealed a passage beneath the solidified lava, Zi You warned Wu Shaozhen that a Blood Demon inside could defeat him, so he left the cave with Wu Ziyin.
• Wu Shaozhen sold Gold Equipment and lower-tier gear to Turbulent Times Hero for five million, then auctioned the Blood Bull Belt for 200,000.
• Wu Shaozhen auctioned the Lava Battleblade and Lava Armor for 2.28 million and 1.86 million, earning over eight million from the trip.
• Wu Shaozhen considered the uncertainty of money’s future value and decided to keep good equipment or sell it for Gold Coins instead.

Wu Shaozhen’s sister was targeted by Young Master Wang’s men, but Silver Big Bad Wolf made the intruders disappear, terrifying the men who sent them. After grinding through the night to clear his crime points and strengthen himself, Wu Shaozhen returned to his Jinling City home and fell asleep.

• Wu Shaozhen told Wu Ziyin to stay on campus and warned Silver Big Bad Wolf to protect her before continuing to kill monkeys.
• Four black-clad men entered Wu Ziyin’s dorm room, but Silver Big Bad Wolf swallowed them; the men who waited outside and later searched the dorm found no trace of them.
• The leader fled and refused to take any more jobs involving Wu Ziyin, while Young Master Wang learned the same thing had happened to men sent after Wu Shaozhen and began to panic.
• Wu Shaozhen killed 8,720 monkeys overnight, reached LV38, raised his health to 63,136, and cleared his crime points.
• Wu Shaozhen teleported home to Jinling City, lay down on his bed, and fell asleep from exhaustion.

Wu Shaozhen challenged the Platinum War God Secret Realm and defeated the Shadow Flash War God Phantom, earning its signature skill, Eightfold Unity. He advanced to Platinum rank as the first player to reach it and put his bonus attribute points into agility.

• Wu Shaozhen entered the Platinum War God Secret Realm and faced an assassin phantom whose speed, Dodge, and Eightfold Unity threatened to overwhelm him.
• Wu Shaozhen survived Eightfold Unity with Void and Netherworld Power, then used Thunderclap Form and lifesteal to defeat the phantom after a prolonged fight.
• Wu Shaozhen accepted the Shadow Flash War God's offer and learned Eightfold Unity after witnessing the technique's display.
• Wu Shaozhen advanced to Platinum rank, received 120 free attribute points and an upgraded War God Medal, and assigned all his points to agility.

Wu Shaozhen slaughtered World-Proud Heroes, cleared the Jadeglow Secret Realm, and searched for stronger monsters. A broken seal unleashed demon beasts that would attack Jinling City in two hours, forcing players to prepare for a server-wide defense quest.

• Wu Shaozhen confronted World-Proud Heroes and used Eightfold Unity to kill all fifty members, including World-Proud Under Heaven.
• World-Proud Under Heaven told his guild to avoid Wu Shaozhen while he investigated how his men had vanished.
• Wu Shaozhen cleared the Jadeglow Secret Realm in under five minutes and sold the dropped gear to Turbulent Times Hero for 820,000.
• Wu Shaozhen set out to find monsters above level 43, but a server-wide announcement reported that Fangdang Buji had broken the Demon Realm seal in Tiger Roar Forest.
• The system announced a Jinling City defense quest with double experience and drops, warning that failure would cost affiliated players three levels and their main city.
• Players across the server reacted to the threat and rewards, while players from other main cities hurried to the Teleportation Arrays.

Wu Shaozhen prepared for the server-wide quest and encountered a woman fleeing a level 45 Dark Gold unicorn boss. He killed the boss with ease, obtained an S-rank unicorn mount, and rode away on Big White.

• Zi You told Wu Shaozhen that the newly opened passage led only to an exile land and warned that the Demon Race might hunt him because of their contract.
• The Teleportation Arrays opened between the main cities, and players paid one gold coin to travel to crowded Jinling City for the double-reward event.
• Wu Shaozhen headed into the forest to improve his talent before the event and encountered a veiled woman being chased by a level 45 Dark Gold unicorn.
• Wu Shaozhen attacked the unicorn, drew its attention away from the woman, and killed it in under two minutes, leaving her stunned by his strength.
• Wu Shaozhen looted an S-rank unicorn Summoning Token, named the mount Big White, and rode off at high speed.

Wu Shaozhen leveled up by farming Unicorns, then returned to Jinling City as a horde of Demon Beasts descended. He poisoned hundreds of Ogres, whose corpse-devouring skill strengthened them, and realized the beasts that ate poisoned corpses were taking poison damage.

• Wu Shaozhen killed 2,420 level 45 Unicorns, reached level 39, and raised his talent's poison damage to 6,630.
• After the system warned that Demon Beasts would attack Jinling City, Wu Shaozhen teleported outside the city and joined the gathered players.
• Wu Shaozhen inspected a level 25 Ogre and saw that it had high stats, lifesteal, and a skill that boosted its strength by devouring corpses.
• As the Ogres overwhelmed the disorganized frontline, Wu Shaozhen used Eightfold Unity twice to poison hundreds of them and gain over 400,000 experience.
• Wu Shaozhen watched Ogres grow stronger after eating fallen companions, then noticed that the newly strengthened beasts were taking poison damage.

Wu Shaozhen exploited his poison to kill Ogres rapidly, leading the monster-kill leaderboard as Jinling City's players fought through the first wave. After the Ogres dwindled, Demonflame Two-Headed Hounds arrived and began overwhelming players with powerful area spells.

• Wu Shaozhen discovered that his poison could spread to Ogres that devoured poisoned corpses, then used the effect to slaughter monsters at high speed.
• Jinling City's guilds organized players against the Ogres, while deaths and teleport costs caused the ranks of players from other cities to thin.
• After two hours, Dustseal led the kill leaderboard with 16,842 kills, and Wu Shaozhen reached Lv. 40 as only a few hundred Ogres remained.
• Demonflame Two-Headed Hounds charged in, and Wu Shaozhen inspected one to learn its area attacks and stats.
• The hounds unleashed Fire Rain, Frost Spell, and their surrounding demonflames, inflicting heavy casualties as guild leaders tried to hold the lines.

Wu Shaozhen and the players finished off the Demonflame Two-Headed Hounds, then struggled against waves of fast-flying Batwing Demons. As the Batwing Demons still filled the sky, a new horde of horned, spiked tiger-like beasts charged in, and Wu Shaozhen went to meet them.

• Wu Shaozhen helped kill the Demonflame Two-Headed Hounds, gaining 6,720 kills and reaching LV41 as the players suffered heavy losses.
• A vast swarm of Batwing Demons arrived, and Wu Shaozhen identified their high attack and diving skills.
• The Batwing Demons shattered the players' formation, while guild leaders called on shieldguards to hold them and ranged fighters to attack from below.
• Wu Shaozhen returned to the crowd and poisoned Batwing Demons whenever they swooped within reach, but after two hours most of the swarm still remained.
• A new horde of horned, spiked tiger-like demon beasts charged in, and Wu Shaozhen left the Batwing Demons to head toward them.

Wu Shaozhen and the players struggled against level 40 Rending Tiger Demons and Batwing Demons as Jinling City’s defenses faltered. A horned man fled the battlefield, and Zi You sensed an aura from the high-ranking demon race.

• The players’ first attack on the Rending Tiger Demons collapsed after Wu Shaozhen discovered their damage reflection and the guild leaders repositioned their forces.
• Wu Shaozhen removed his attack equipment and used his Newbie Wooden Sword to poison the Rending Tiger Demons without killing himself through reflected damage.
• More than a dozen old men sealed the passage in Tiger Roar Forest and worried that a powerful demon might have escaped.
• As the player force dwindled, Wu Shaozhen continued fighting while a horned man watched the battle and then fled.
• Zi You sensed an aura from the high-ranking demon race and resolved to warn Wu Shaozhen later.

Wu Shaozhen flew to the breached north gate and discovered that three level 25 Ogres were slaughtering players with powerful attacks, lifesteal, and spreading plague. With buffs from Dreamlight Dance and nearby priests, he began poisoning the Ogres while evading their attacks.

• Players gradually reduced the Demon Beast forces until cries for help reported that the north gate had fallen.
• Wu Shaozhen flew from the east gate to the north and used Insight to inspect the three Ogres, whose immense stats and plague explained the breach.
• The Ogres spread plague through the city, killed players rapidly, and took only one damage from their attacks.
• Wu Shaozhen called for priests and buffs, and Dreamlight Dance strengthened him with several powerful blessings.
• Wu Shaozhen used Extreme Speed to poison the Ogres in turn, dodging their grabs and relying on healing to stay alive.

Wu Shaozhen used Dustseal’s immense poison damage to kill three Ogres, then teamed up with Dreamlight Dance to clear the remaining demon beasts. After Jinling City was defended, the system announced rewards, opened the Mission Shop, and unlocked the level 40 Imperial Mausoleum dungeon.

• Wu Shaozhen kited and killed three Ogres while the other players fought the Rending Tiger Demons.
• Dreamlight Dance offered to heal Wu Shaozhen, and he accepted her support as they killed the demon beasts together.
• Wu Shaozhen equipped his weapon and Medal, then increased his killing speed while Dreamlight Dance kept his health high.
• After two hours, Wu Shaozhen and Dreamlight Dance finished clearing the demon beasts, and Dreamlight Dance placed tenth in the kill rankings.
• Wu Shaozhen reached level 43 and saw announcements that Jinling City had been defended, the Mission Shop had opened, and the Imperial Mausoleum dungeon was available.

After the city defense quest ended, Wu Shaozhen claimed first place on the kill leaderboard and received the upgradeable Divine Artifact Godslayer. He leveled it up with the equipment he had collected, then parted ways with Dreamlight Dance after she showed him her new healing skill.

• The system awarded players a level for surviving the city defense quest, and Wu Shaozhen reached level 44 and claimed the top spot on the level leaderboard.
• Wu Shaozhen received a golden gift pack for placing first on the kill leaderboard and obtained the upgradeable Divine Artifact Godslayer.
• Wu Shaozhen fed Bronze Equipment to Godslayer, raising it to level 4 and discovering that each level consumed its excess growth points.
• Dreamlight Dance showed Wu Shaozhen the Save the Dying skill, which could revive a target or restore their lost health.
• Wu Shaozhen and Dreamlight Dance added each other as friends, and Dreamlight Dance left after offering to help him in the future.

Wu Shaozhen spent his quest kill points on the Illusionary Wings and discovered that they let him fly freely in the real world. After testing them, he returned home while the man Young Master Wang had sent to investigate him fled in fear.

• Wu Shaozhen browsed the quest shop, redeemed the Illusionary Wings, and bought a skill scroll and mana potions for Wu Ziyin.
• Wu Shaozhen bound the Illusionary Wings, learned they let him fly, and accidentally crashed into his ceiling while testing them at home.
• Wu Shaozhen went outside and practiced flying in an uninhabited area as Young Master Wang’s investigator watched from hiding.
• Wu Shaozhen flew around before heading home, leaving the investigator convinced he had witnessed a man grow wings and take flight.
• The frightened investigator called Young Master Wang to report what he had seen, but Young Master Wang dismissed him and then felt unnerved by recent events.