Recaps

Qin Feng gained immunity to nightmare affixes, strengthened Bone Authority, and went to the Harare Ruins to assess the damage caused by Faded Vine. After killing Dark Wolf Emperor to inspect his memories, he revived him and decided to keep him alive to help control the region.

• Qin Feng applied the Mythic Tier Ancestor of Nightmares order to his Death Shroud, gaining immunity to nightmare affixes and reflecting them completely.
• Qin Feng broke one of Bone Authority’s seals and enhanced the ring, raising its all-attribute bonus to 768.
• Qin Feng flew to the Harare Ruins and saw that Faded Vine had driven hundreds of local players into a state of madness.
• Yang Xiaobao, the Dark Wolf Emperor, thanked Qin Feng and promised to devote himself to him, so Qin Feng told him to die and killed him to inspect his memories.
• Qin Feng learned that Yang Xiaobao had bought women from across the world but none from Great Xia, and that he had collected protection money from local guilds.
• Qin Feng revived Yang Xiaobao and decided to keep him in charge of the Harare Ruins, while Yang Xiaobao struggled to understand what had happened.

Qin Feng restored Dark Wolf Emperor after secretly killing him, collected 125,600 years of protection money, and rewarded him with diamond-tier equipment. After returning to the Evil Spirit Academy with 433,000 years of tradable lifespan, Qin Feng turned his attention to Sakura Country, where his Flesh Mountain Puppet had caused more than a thousand disappearances in Tōto; an investigation team arrived, including Matsushita Xingyue, who wondered where her loser brother had gone.

• Qin Feng revealed that he could restore people he had killed and sent into the Judgment Grounds, then confronted Dark Wolf Emperor about the protection money.
• Dark Wolf Emperor handed over all 125,600 years he had collected and chose three pieces of diamond-tier equipment so he could share them with his subordinates.
• Qin Feng advised Dark Wolf Emperor to handle local conflicts himself and not oppress the local players, then returned to the Evil Spirit Academy.
• Qin Feng counted 433,000 years of tradable lifespan and decided it was time to act in Sakura Country, where his Flesh Mountain Puppet had caused more than a thousand people to disappear in Tōto.
• The Sakura Country Government sent an investigation team of top-tier powerhouses to Tōto, and Matsushita Xingyue wondered whether her missing loser brother was dead.

Matsushita Xingyue joined Kameyama Sasuke’s investigation team as they tracked an invisible ghost toward Adachi Ward, where seven local guilds had surrounded Great Xia Dragon Sparrow. The team headed there invisibly, unaware that Qin Feng had sent the Flesh Mountain Puppet to deal with the besieging Sakura Country players.

• Kameyama Sasuke summoned his Two-Headed Great Serpent and led the investigation team toward the ghost’s reported location in Adachi Ward.
• A team member reported that seven Tōto guilds had surrounded Great Xia Dragon Sparrow with around forty thousand players over a stolen Jadeite Tier boss.
• Kameyama Sasuke ordered his people to withdraw after learning that the ghost’s trail was heading toward Great Xia Dragon Sparrow’s Hideout.
• Kameyama Sasuke had Tatsuya turn the team invisible and asked Matsushita Xingyue to examine the ghost.
• Qin Feng sent the Flesh Mountain Puppet to help Great Xia Dragon Sparrow deal with the Sakura Country players besieging its Hideout.

As the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Guild faced a tense standoff with Sakura Country players over a stolen boss, Inoue Natsuki warned Ma Yi that the Tōto Ghost was approaching their hideout. Ma Yi alerted Guild Leader Kong as the surrounding players began to flee.

• Great Xia Dragon Sparrow players defended their Pyramid Cluster hideout from more than forty thousand Sakura Country players after Ma Yi, Ma Fei, and their team took a Jadeite Tier boss.
• Inoue Natsuki stood by Ma Yi despite her family opposing their relationship and demanding that she leave the guild.
• Inoue Natsuki's sister accused her of betraying Sakura Country and warned that the Tōto Ghost was heading for the hideout.
• Inoue Natsuki saw the Sakura Country players outside scattering and urged Ma Yi to tell everyone to log in.
• Ma Yi warned Guild Leader Kong that the Tōto Ghost was coming, and Kong reacted with alarm.

Guild Leader Kong and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow prepared to defend their Hideout as Qin Feng’s Flesh Mountain Puppet approached. The puppet found thousands of Sakura Country players scattered nearby and began killing them.

• Guild Leader Kong ordered most of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow to shelter while the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise Teams guarded the Pyramid.
• Mr. Hanoi’s Weakness Aura trapped the Great Xia players in combat, and the Vermilion Bird leader’s Heating talent likewise prevented the Sakura Country players from logging out.
• Inoue Natsuki refused her family’s pleas to flee and remained beside Ma Yi as the Tōto Ghost drew near.
• The guild scout spotted a trail of blood approaching the Hideout, while the Great Xia players formed a defensive line and the Sakura Country players fled nearby.
• Qin Feng sent the invisible Flesh Mountain Puppet after the scattered Sakura Country players, and it killed one with a Flesh Hook before he ordered it to attack.

Qin Feng controlled the Flesh Mountain Puppet, known as the Tōto Ghost, and slaughtered fleeing Sakura Country players around the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Guild's Hideout. The guild members logged into the game after the danger passed, then learned the Tōto Ghost was Dark Shadow's subordinate and had come to help them.

• The Tōto Ghost changed course and hunted down fleeing Sakura Country players, killing more than a thousand, including the master poisoner Kawachi.
• Guild Leader Kong and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Guild members watched the slaughter from behind their Defensive Barrier and remained wary of the Tōto Ghost.
• After the guild members left combat, Guild Leader Kong told them to log into the game, and they did so while keeping watch.
• Guild Leader Kong received a private message revealing that the Tōto Ghost was Dark Shadow's subordinate and had come to rescue the guild.
• Guild Leader Kong canceled his terracotta warrior transformation and told the guild to relax, astonishing everyone in the Guild Channel.

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Guild learned that the Tōto Ghost served Dark Shadow and watched as it massacred Sakura Country players nearby. Matsushita Xingyue recognized the ghost’s mass of fused souls as resembling her brother’s talent, but concealed her suspicions as the Chief Investigation Team questioned her.

• The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Guild celebrated after learning the Tōto Ghost was Dark Shadow’s subordinate and gathered to watch the slaughter.
• Kameyama Sasuke and the Chief Investigation Team arrived invisibly on the Two-Headed Great Serpent and saw that more than two thousand Sakura Country players had been killed.
• Kameyama Sasuke asked Matsushita Xingyue to locate the ghost, and she spotted a huge amalgamation of tortured souls.
• Matsushita Xingyue suspected the ghost’s power came from her brother Matsushita Rìquǎn’s Flesh Mountain Puppet but hid her thoughts from the team.
• A tattooed woman in the Chief Investigation Team used Speech Control on Matsushita Xingyue.

Matsushita Xingyue was forced to reveal that she had seen souls merging like her brother Matsushita Rìquǎn’s Flesh Mountain Puppet, while Kameyama Sasuke accused her of shielding a traitor. Qin Feng suddenly killed the group, executed Kameyama Sasuke after he begged to serve him, and turned his attention to Matsushita Xingyue.

• A tattooed Speech Controller forced Matsushita Xingyue to describe the merging souls she had witnessed and compare them to Matsushita Rìquǎn’s talent.
• Kameyama Sasuke accused Matsushita Xingyue of shielding her brother, claimed the government had linked her life to the nineteen Life Souls she held, and called for Great Xia to be condemned.
• An invisible attack shattered the Two-Headed Great Serpent’s shields and killed the fifty-eight people around Matsushita Xingyue and Kameyama Sasuke, as well as their mount.
• Qin Feng appeared and confronted Kameyama Sasuke about his declaration that he would rather die than submit, but Kameyama Sasuke begged to serve him and offered government secrets.
• Qin Feng killed Kameyama Sasuke with Soul Harvest and then looked toward the surviving Matsushita Xingyue.

Qin Feng learned from Kameyama Sasuke’s memories that Matsushita Xingyue controlled nineteen Sakura Country powerhouses but was bound to them by a symbiotic curse. He considered using her to gain control of Sakura Country and waited to hear how she felt about her older brother, Matsushita Rìquǎn, before deciding what to do with her.

• Qin Feng killed Kameyama Sasuke, and Matsushita Xingyue nervously asked what had happened to her older brother, Matsushita Rìquǎn.
• Qin Feng examined Kameyama Sasuke’s soul and memories and learned that Matsushita Xingyue held the Life Souls of nineteen Sakura Country powerhouses.
• Qin Feng discovered that a symbiotic curse linked Matsushita Xingyue’s life to the nineteen people she controlled.
• Qin Feng considered using Matsushita Xingyue to control influential people in Sakura Country and make the country serve his interests.
• Qin Feng weighed Matsushita Xingyue’s attitude toward her older brother as he considered whether to keep her alive.

Qin Feng used Soul Control to read Matsushita Xingyue’s memories and thoughts, then questioned her about her brother and Sakura Country’s role in sending him to Great Xia. When Xingyue refused to cooperate, Qin Feng threatened to destroy her family and all of Sakura Country, leaving her shocked.

• Qin Feng spent lifespan to recharge the White Bud Blade and used Soul Control to read Matsushita Xingyue’s memories and thoughts.
• Qin Feng told Xingyue that her brother, Matsushita Rìquǎn, was dead after attacking his subordinates, and she concluded that Dark Shadow had killed him.
• Qin Feng revealed that the Tōto authorities had encouraged Rìquǎn to go to Great Xia despite judging his chance of killing Qin Feng at no more than one percent.
• Xingyue rejected Qin Feng’s attempt to turn her against Sakura Country and insisted that he kill her.
• Qin Feng threatened to kill Xingyue’s family and wipe out all of Tōto and Sakura Country if she refused to cooperate, leaving her stunned.

Qin Feng forced Matsushita Xingyue to cooperate, promising to spare her family in exchange for helping him collect reparations from Sakura Country. He took her to a Tōto Hideout to draw out the Curse Wizard who had bound her life to her subordinates, leaving them waiting for the wizard to log out so Qin Feng could kill him.

• Qin Feng threatened Matsushita Xingyue and persuaded her to kneel and cooperate by promising her family’s safety and power over Sakura Country in exchange for collecting protection money.
• At the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Guild Hideout, Guild Leader Kong ordered players to gather the Lifespan Orbs from the fallen Sakura Country fighters and give most of them to Dark Shadow.
• Qin Feng took Matsushita Xingyue into stealth and flew with her on Osilio toward a Tōto official Hideout, explaining that he would kill the wizard responsible for her Symbiotic Curse and demand 150,000 years of lifespan in reparations.
• Osilio’s Flesh Mountain Puppet splashed blood across the Hideout’s barrier, alarming its occupants and prompting the guild managers to order players to log out and attack the invisible Tōto Ghost.
• Qin Feng waited outside the Hideout for the Curse Wizard to log out, planning to kill him and use Kameyama Sasuke’s memories to identify Tōto’s leaders for Matsushita Xingyue to collect their Life Souls.

Qin Feng broke into the government Hideout, killed another target, and forced Sakura Country to agree to pay an indemnity of 150,000 years of lifespan. He then equipped Matsushita Xingyue to collect the Life Souls of powerful officials and fighters, leaving her to carry out the operation under the Flesh Mountain Puppet’s protection.

• Qin Feng shattered the government Hideout’s barrier, killed a target, and left with Matsushita Xingyue as the Flesh Mountain Puppet attacked the Hideout.
• Matsushita Xingyue told her superior that Dark Shadow would stop his retaliation if Sakura Country paid 150,000 years of lifespan.
• Qin Feng gave Matsushita Xingyue spirit-boosting equipment and a Skill Book, raising her spirit stat above 400 so she could collect more Life Souls.
• Qin Feng ordered Matsushita Xingyue to secure the Life Souls of more than fifty officials and powerful fighters, with the Flesh Mountain Puppet guarding her.

Qin Feng forced Matsushita Xingyue to cooperate by marking her family for tracking, and she used his Flesh Mountain Puppet to seize control of Tōto’s leaders. The chapter left Matsushita planning to win public support for the puppet as a secret weapon against Dark Shadow, while Qin Feng was astonished by her ingenuity.

• Qin Feng marked Matsushita Xingyue’s family with the Blade of Judgment so he could track them, then warned her that he was doing it to protect them.
• Matsushita Xingyue used the Flesh Mountain Puppet to kill two guards and force her superior to surrender his life soul.
• Matsushita Xingyue gathered influential officials and guild leaders under her superior’s name, taking the life souls of thirty-eight people and killing those who refused.
• Matsushita Xingyue announced that the government was cultivating a secret weapon against Dark Shadow and called on citizens to donate lifespan.
• Matsushita Xingyue explained how the puppet could help kill powerful bosses to prove the weapon’s strength, and Qin Feng was left speechless by her plan.

Qin Feng headed for the Arctic after learning that the Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion had appeared. As the boss erupted beneath Teshima Ichirō’s Ice Cave, the trapped players were forced into a deadly cycle of resurrection and death.

• Qin Feng flew north toward the Arctic, expecting Teshima Ichirō and the others to have finished hatching the Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion.
• Shooting Through the Firmament kept Dragon King Hall stationed outside the Ice Cave and warned Teshima Ichirō to take his people offline, but Teshima Ichirō dismissed the advice.
• The glacier shook and cracked as the Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion burst upward beneath the Ice Cave, filling the area with Murmurs.
• Teshima Ichirō fled toward the exit, while other players fell into crevasses or were killed by flying ice and resurrected inside their Hideout.
• The trapped players realized they could no longer log off and had to escape the Ice Cave’s range before the boss fully emerged.

A Legendary Tier Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion trapped Teshima Ichirō and his guild inside a crystalline ice flower, while nearby players failed to break through its rapidly regenerating ice. As Teshima Ichirō’s Whisper Meter filled and he lost his reason, Dragon King Hall waited for Dark Shadow to arrive and face the boss.

• Ulrich, the Level 30 Legendary Tier Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion, emerged at the Ice Cave and froze the area into a massive crystalline ice flower while absorbing players’ Lifespan Orbs.
• Arctic War Bear led his people in attacking the ice, but their blows barely scratched it, and the damage quickly regenerated.
• Shooting Through the Firmament fired a powerful arrow at the ice, but it dealt only minor damage before the ice healed.
• Teshima Ichirō’s subordinates repeatedly died and resurrected, and over two hundred died permanently as their lifespan dwindled.
• Dragon King Hall players waited for Dark Shadow, while Teshima Ichirō’s Whisper Meter filled and he lost his reason.

Qin Feng reached the Arctic Game Zone, killed the Bear Country players with Gray Chicken, and defeated the Legendary Tier boss Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion · Ulrich with ease. He began using Greedy Hand on the boss’s corpse as Shooting Through the Firmament and the others watched in shock.

• Qin Feng arrived at the far north, transferred to the Arctic Game Zone, and flew to the ice crystals trapping Teshima Ichirō.
• Arctic War Bear and his men abandoned Teshima Ichirō and retreated, so Qin Feng sent Gray Chicken after them.
• Gray Chicken killed Arctic War Bear and more than two hundred Bear Country players, who revived and realized Dark Shadow had arrived.
• Qin Feng shattered the ice crystals, broke through Ulrich’s Ice Shields, and killed the Legendary Tier boss with two uses of Instant Annihilation.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand on Ulrich’s corpse while Shooting Through the Firmament and the others watched in disbelief.

Qin Feng killed the Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion, took control of Teshima Ichirō through an Abyssal Voodoo Doll, and claimed a powerful Divinity Armament. After upgrading his equipment and synthesizing loot, he prepared to build his strength before entering the Deep Blue Civilization.

• Qin Feng collected lifespan from Arctic War Bear and his group, then used Abyssal Voodoo Doll on the frozen Teshima Ichirō and left the doll with Shooting Through the Firmament.
• Shooting Through the Firmament learned that the doll could control Teshima Ichirō after he escaped the murmurs state, and recognized Dragon King Hall's new advantage in the Arctic Game Zone.
• Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy and found Ulrich's Ring of Extreme Cold among the Extreme Cold Ice Scorpion's loot.
• Qin Feng transferred Expansion to the ring and enhanced its ice damage affix, raising his total damage by about 50%.
• Qin Feng synthesized Mythic Tier equipment and Skill Books, producing two Ancient Grade equipment pieces and an Ancient Grade Assassin Skill Book.

Qin Feng learned Soul Dive, enhanced Bone Authority, and prepared for a trip to the Atlantic Ocean game zone. In the Los Angeles Ruins, Shuddering Joker learned that Qin Feng had killed numerous Legendary Tier bosses and was devastated to discover Osilio had become Mythic Tier.

• Qin Feng learned Soul Dive, which made his soul invisible and increased his unstealth attack while active.
• Qin Feng used equipment points to enhance Bone Authority, increasing the divinity refunded by Kneel, Great Emperor! to 29.43.
• Qin Feng obtained more than 230 underwater breathing potions from Celestial Pole Star before heading toward the Atlantic Ocean game zone.
• Qin Feng visited the Los Angeles Ruins, where Stina Mosel told Shuddering Joker that Dark Shadow had killed nearly ten Legendary Tier bosses.
• Shuddering Joker confirmed the reports through its intelligence network and worried that Qin Feng could easily kill it.
• Qin Feng sent Osilio to speak with Shuddering Joker, which discovered that Osilio had advanced from Epic Grade to Mythic Tier.

Qin Feng expanded his protection-fee operation across North America, strengthened his White Bud Blade, and traveled into the Atlantic Ocean to search for the Abyss Demon Eye. After a week of fighting demons at sea, he gained enough experience for his fifth Class Advancement.

• Qin Feng raised the Los Angeles protection fee and sent the Shuddering Joker’s copies to collect fees in nearby city ruins under Stina’s management.
• Qin Feng sold Stina ten Enhancement Stones and received more than a hundred thousand years of lifespan after returning from Los Angeles.
• Qin Feng helped Matsushita Xingyue in Sakura Country, then spent over three hundred thousand years of lifespan filling the White Bud Blade with twenty souls.
• Qin Feng traveled to the North Atlantic Ocean and searched for the Abyss Demon Eye while fighting demons for seven days.
• Qin Feng killed a Diamond Tier giant green-haired turtle boss, accumulated enough experience, and opened his Attribute Panel to undergo his fifth Class Advancement.

After advancing to Tier 5, Qin Feng gained Shadow Incarnation and sent Gray Chicken to help search the deep sea for the Abyss Demon Eye. As they searched in shadow form, a party of Coconut Country players secretly entered Sea City's territory.

• Qin Feng advanced to Tier 5, gained Shadow Incarnation, and realized its invulnerability could help him scout and escape danger.
• Qin Feng discovered that Gray Chicken had inherited Shadow Incarnation and ordered it to search north while he searched south.
• Qin Feng gave Gray Chicken the Eye of Destiny skill, boosting its vision and reconnaissance abilities in the dark sea.
• Qin Feng and Gray Chicken transformed into shadows and began searching the depths for the Abyss Demon Eye.
• More than a dozen invisible Coconut Country players sneaked into Sea City's territory.

A Coconut Country team planned to use Little Monkey’s deaths to weaken the Two-Headed Phoenix, while Great Xia used Yunjianyue and other players to scout a Diamond Tier boss. Qin Feng searched the Atlantic for the Abyss Demon Eye, discovered a crystal sphere full of miniature merfolk, and startled them by appearing outside it as a shadow.

• Long-Armed Ape’s team discussed finding the Two-Headed Phoenix and sacrificing Little Monkey repeatedly so the old fisherman NPC would weaken it.
• Yunjianyue died during Great Xia’s raid on a Diamond Tier crocodile boss, and officials recorded its abilities while using players with zero Lifespan to scout it.
• Yunjianyue received a message saying the Two-Headed Phoenix had killed her younger brother and the person she loved, and she resolved to make it pay.
• Qin Feng searched the Atlantic Ocean for the Abyss Demon Eye, killed Demons, survived a seabed fire eruption, and neared level 40 with over a hundred thousand Evolution Points.
• Qin Feng sensed a crystal sphere hidden in deep-sea coral and found miniature merfolk working inside it.
• Qin Feng transformed into a shadow and passed through the coral, causing the merfolk to scream when his shadowy face appeared outside the sphere.

Qin Feng discovered an Azure Merfolk NPC group sealed inside a crystal ball and fought off the demon horde the merfolk summoned while he dismantled the surrounding coral. After clearing the seabed without dying in under an hour, he unlocked the group’s basic, advanced, and high-level functions.

• Qin Feng found thirty-three tiny merfolk inside a crystal ball and began dismantling the coral reef around it.
• Underwater demons gathered from across the seabed and charged Qin Feng, who used his Shadow Clones and Shadow Blades to kill them.
• A pale blue ripple from the crystal ball weakened Qin Feng’s unassailable affix and drove the demons into a stronger frenzy, but he resisted their attacks and continued fighting.
• Qin Feng killed all the demons within hundreds of miles in half an hour, gaining substantial experience and Evolution Points.
• Qin Feng approached the trembling merfolk, and the system announced that he had unlocked the Azure Merfolk group’s basic, advanced, and high-level functions.

Qin Feng examined the Azure Merfolk Group’s livelihood, combat, and priest functions after recruiting them into the Shadow Guild, and discovered their crystal-ball palace was protected by an Invincibility Order. He introduced himself to their leaders and asked whether the azure merfolk were connected to the Deep Blue Civilization.

• Qin Feng reviewed the Azure Merfolk Group’s three functions, led by Didi Bobo Ye, Didibojī, and Boboxiya.
• Qin Feng learned that the Merfolk Priests could weaken enemies and strengthen allies, but each use cost 5,000 years of lifespan.
• Qin Feng decided the Artisan Merfolk could help construct the Evil Spirit Academy and improve the Sky Dome Guild’s production, including Celestial Pole Star’s Potion brewing.
• Qin Feng discovered that the merfolk’s crystal-ball palace was forged with an Invincibility Order and protected its inhabitants.
• Boboxiya, Didibojī, and Didi Bobo Ye approached Qin Feng, who introduced himself as Dark Shadow and asked whether the azure merfolk were connected to the Deep Blue Civilization.

Qin Feng learned from the Azure Merfolk Tribe that Dance of the Moon had saved them from the Deep Blue Civilization by turning them into NPCs, and he began examining the First Prince Didibojī’s memories. Meanwhile, Coconut Country players tried to provoke the Two-Headed Phoenix at Black-Eyed Volcano, while Yunjianyue learned that Dark Shadow had reached level 40 and could soon go there.

• Qin Feng questioned the merfolk about the Deep Blue Civilization and learned that Dance of the Moon had rescued the surviving thirty-three members of their tribe by shrinking them and sending them to another world as NPCs.
• Qin Feng chose to examine Merfolk First Prince Didibojī’s memories to learn more about the Deep Blue Civilization, then planned to reach level 40 and visit Black-Eyed Volcano.
• Coconut Country players failed to enter the dangerous volcanic region and devised a plan for Little Monkey to insult the Two-Headed Phoenix until she killed him, summoning the Old Fisherman NPC.
• Yunjianyue worried that the Coconut Country players were delaying the Phoenix hunt to obtain more Underwater Breathing Potions from her.
• A system notification announced that Dark Shadow had reached level 40 and unlocked the Great Xia level leaderboard, making Yunjianyue realize he could soon head to Black-Eyed Volcano.

Qin Feng reached level 40, brought the merfolk back to the Evil Spirit Academy, and assigned Zhang Jinxuan to put their skills to use. He then returned to Aishasiss to upgrade his combat skills, completing his advancement to level 40.

• Qin Feng killed sea demons until he reached level 40 and unlocked the national level leaderboard.
• Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy with the merfolk crystal ball and told Zhang Jinxuan to use the merfolk to assist with guild work and support Celestial Pole Star.
• Zhang Jinxuan saw that Dark Shadow ranked first at level 40 while Gui Ling ranked second at level 30, and wondered how Gui Ling had leveled so quickly.
• Qin Feng found Aishasiss and asked for a discount on skill upgrades, prompting her to mistake his request for something inappropriate.
• Qin Feng used forced service mode to upgrade his skills from level 35 to level 40, completing his advancement and raising his attributes.