Recaps

Qin Feng used the Illusory Great Authority to save Sarah from the Red Dragon Guild, then traded her Legendary equipment for his third Blood Source Eldritch God rune. After leaving Sarah in control of the guild, he pursued more resources while three powerful Deep Blue figures decided to return for the Civilization Ascension.

• Qin Feng trapped the Red Dragon Guild players in a controlled illusion, letting Sarah’s summoned creatures defeat them and making her appear powerful to the guild.
• Qin Feng gained 735 Divinity Limit from the illusion and exchanged two Legendary pieces of equipment with Sarah for his third Blood Source Eldritch God rune.
• After the illusion ended, Oliver and Olivia pledged the Red Dragon Guild’s obedience to Sarah, who warned them that they were no match for Dark Shadow.
• Qin Feng judged the defeated players, asked the Great Xia Officials to search for Eldritch God tombs, and went to the Jinling Ruins to collect Evolution Points.
• Three powerful figures in the Deep Blue Civilization decided to return and participate in the Civilization Ascension, expecting to benefit from the civilization’s super genius.

Manxi and two other powerful figures returned from the Land of Order, expecting to help save the Deep Blue Civilization, but learned that Shadow 007 and the newly formed Deep Blue Council had already transformed its situation. Manxi aimed to secure a council seat, while the Desert Sand Clan’s returning fighter flew to challenge its young leader, and the Heavenfire Clan youth worried about his own prospects.

• Manxi, a Judgment Temple member, returned to the Deep Blue Civilization with a fighter from the Desert Sand Clan and a youth from the Heavenfire Clan.
• The three found the wilderness near the Sky Archipelago clear of Demons and learned from a Great Mountain Clan patrol that Shadow 007 had helped defeat the World Spine threat and that the major clans had formed a seven-member Deep Blue Council.
• Manxi learned that the Cloud Cherry Clan was under the Snow Clan’s jurisdiction and that Shashaya held a council seat, which displeased her.
• The Desert Sand Clan fighter learned that eighteen-year-old Shiluohua led his clan after Shanutou’s death and flew to the Digan Desert to seek leadership.
• The Heavenfire Clan youth worried that Manxi and the Desert Sand Clan fighter could gain influence while he lacked a clear path to a council seat.

Rebellious Youth learned that his Heavenfire Clan tribe had been wiped out and planned to use the Fifth World Spine to kill Shadow 007 and prevent the Deep Blue Civilization’s ascension. Meanwhile, Qin Feng defeated city bosses across Blue Star, then followed Black Plum Big Li to Persia, where he sensed a Blood Pool beneath the Persia Gulf.

• Rebellious Youth learned that the Fourth World Spine had destroyed his tribe and family, and decided to hide until the Fifth World Spine spawned so he could turn it against Shadow 007.
• Manxi, Uncle Qiao, and Rebellious Youth went their separate ways, while Rebellious Youth resolved to make an enemy of the world to force another cycle.
• Dance of the Moon and Shashaya heard that the three powerhouses had returned and discussed how Manxi and Uncle Qiao might pursue their clans’ interests.
• Qin Feng defeated public bosses in the Jinling, Paris, and New York Ruins, then asked Black Plum Big Li whether she had found a Blood Pool.
• Black Plum Big Li told Qin Feng she was near the Persia Gulf helping Alading fight a Legendary Tier boss, so Qin Feng traveled there.
• Qin Feng sensed blood bubbling from deep beneath the Persia Gulf and recognized that he had found a Blood Pool.

Qin Feng followed Black Plum Big Li’s clue to the Blood Source Eldritch God’s tomb beneath the Persia Gulf and passed its blood-sea trial without taking damage. Inside, he encountered the invincible Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent, which recognized him from more than two hundred years earlier.

• Qin Feng told Black Plum Big Li he had found the place and promised her a reward, leaving her bewildered during the fight against Flame Soul Kadaras.
• Qin Feng followed bloody bubbles to a seabed fissure and used Shadow Incarnation to descend into the blood sea.
• The blood sea canceled Qin Feng’s Shadow Incarnation and disabled his skills, but its attacks could not overcome his damage block.
• Qin Feng reached the blood-soaked stone doorway, entered the tomb’s separate space, and found the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent · Coiler · Smoin.
• Smoin recognized Qin Feng as someone it had seen over two hundred years earlier.

Qin Feng studied the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent's Cycle Challenge and planned how to balance damage with survival. He delayed starting when Shiluohua briefly died, then resumed preparing after she came back to life and restored his 99% Blood Element resistance.

• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent wondered whether Qin Feng's Minor Authority had been stolen and showed him the challenge rules.
• Qin Feng concluded that Demon Serpent's Spawn would counter the skills he demonstrated and that he would face up to eleven of them.
• Qin Feng paused just before beginning the challenge when the system reported that Shiluohua had died and his Blood Element resistance had fallen to 70%.
• The system reported that Shiluohua was alive again, restoring Qin Feng's Yin-Yang Aggregation Pill bonus and 99% Blood Element resistance.

After Shiluohua was resurrected, Uncle Qiao watched from hiding and realized his assassination had failed. Soul Returner neutralized Uncle Qiao’s Orders and immobilized him, leaving him unable to escape.

• Qin Feng had arranged for Soul Returner to protect Shiluohua, whose soul the NPC safeguarded so he could resurrect her.
• Uncle Qiao used a controlled Ram-Horned Hunter to kill Shiluohua, hoping to weaken Shadow 007 while concealing his identity.
• Soul Returner used Soul Fixation to preserve Shiluohua’s soul, allowing her resurrection and foiling Uncle Qiao’s plan.
• Uncle Qiao saw Shiluohua alive again and tried to flee under the cover of his Mist Form Order.
• Soul Returner neutralized Uncle Qiao’s Orders, then restrained him as he attempted to escape.

Soul Returner Tayi captured Uncle Qiao after Shiluohua’s death let Tayi retaliate, while Qin Feng began the Blood Progenitor Demon Serpent challenge and struck it for damage beyond its tier. The serpent was left dumbfounded as Qin Feng’s ranking surged toward the top.

• Soul Returner Tayi subdued Uncle Qiao and had him imprisoned at the Hideout for Lord Shadow to judge.
• Shiluohua explained that Tayi had protected her by attaching part of his soul to her, while Tayi remained devoted to Shadow 007.
• Qin Feng reflected on Tayi’s Soul Ball Civilization origins as he waited for Shiluohua to resurrect.
• After Shiluohua returned, Qin Feng entered stealth and began the challenge, becoming invisible to the Blood Progenitor Demon Serpent.
• Qin Feng activated his damage-boosting skills and landed an Annihilation Blade strike for more than 5,611.87 trillion damage.
• The Blood Progenitor Demon Serpent froze in disbelief when Qin Feng’s first strike exceeded its tier.

Qin Feng used a series of damage-boosting abilities to strike the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent for vastly more damage than before and take first place on the leaderboard. The stunned serpent realized Qin Feng was far beyond what it expected and prepared to stop him.

• Qin Feng evaded the Demon Serpent Spawn's attacks while setting spinning blades around the cavern to build up damage boosts.
• Qin Feng activated Mocking Dance, World Shadow, Giant Blade Mutation, and Fallen Abyss Hand before attacking again.
• Qin Feng's second Annihilation Blade dealt over 96 quadrillion damage and sent him to first place on the leaderboard.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent realized Qin Feng's power exceeded its expectations and resolved to stop him.

Qin Feng survived the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent’s attempts to counter his speed and evasion, then endured attacks designed to bypass evasion through his Damage Limit and rapid healing. The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent realized it could no longer stop him from taking first place in the Cycle Challenge.

• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent gave the second demon serpent offspring Adhesive Blood Pool, slowing Qin Feng and sending blood arrows after him.
• Qin Feng evaded the offspring’s attacks with Dark Shadow Veil and World Shadow’s high Absolute Evasion Rate.
• Qin Feng’s third attack dealt over 108,932.9 trillion damage, so the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent gave the third offspring Dodge-Breaker to counter evasion.
• Dodge-Breaker made the attacks hit Qin Feng, but his Damage Limit reduced each hit to about one damage while the Queen Angel’s Holy Seal rapidly restored his Health.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent questioned whether Dark Shadow was truly an Assassin-class profession and realized Qin Feng was guaranteed first place if he survived the wave.

The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent tried several new abilities to kill Qin Feng, but his Dark Shadow Arc delayed the damage until after the Cycle Challenge would end. It then deployed instant death and corruption affixes, leaving Qin Feng to confront the latest threat.

• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent chose to break Qin Feng’s damage limit, but Qin Feng survived by delaying the resulting damage with Dark Shadow Arc.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent created a fifth Demon Serpent Spawn with a shared percentage instant death affix, and Qin Feng drank a potion that granted immunity to it.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent sent out a sixth Demon Serpent Spawn with a percentage corruption affix to block Qin Feng from benefiting from Dark Shadow Arc’s damage-delay buff.
• Qin Feng recognized the corruption strategy, while the Demon Serpent Spawn continued attacking and building his corruption gauge.

Qin Feng endured the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent’s escalating attempts to overcome his defenses, using his equipment and abilities to neutralize corruption, greater affixes, and shortened buff durations. As the Ninth Demon Serpent’s Child accelerated the attacks enough to threaten his survival, Qin Feng blocked the blood arrows with his Old-Day Tier necklace’s rule effect.

• The Sixth Demon Serpent’s Child gave the six present percentage corruption affixes, but Qin Feng’s gauge buildup slowdown and cleansing effects prevented his corruption gauge from rising.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent gave the seven Demon Serpent’s Children Greater Affix Burst, but Qin Feng’s Old-Day Starry-Sky Fish Scale devoured the incoming greater affixes.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent gave the Eighth Demon Serpent’s Child Snake Swallows Treasure, but Qin Feng’s Dark Shadow Veil and leg armor reduced the debuff duration so sharply that his buffs recovered.
• Qin Feng struck back for more than seventeen digits of damage and absorbed the gray health with Abyss Lone Wolf’s Hunting State.
• The Ninth Demon Serpent’s Child increased the Demon Serpent’s Children’s attack speed by 8.8 times, threatening to end Qin Feng’s Dark Shadow Arc.
• Qin Feng activated Thorn Goddess, Fudela’s Hand, and blue-green arms blocked the blood arrows.

Qin Feng prepared a final burst against the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent by exploiting his death-state damage bonus and stacking his companions’ debuffs with combo-point cost reductions. He unleashed Instant Annihilation with 223,900 accumulated combo points, dealing staggering damage, but the serpent’s fate remained unresolved.

• Qin Feng used Fudela's Hands to block the demon serpent offspring’s ranged attacks, then killed the final offspring with Annihilation Blade.
• The offspring attacked Qin Feng with Blood Ancestor Demon Cut, driving his health deep below zero, but Death Is No Suffering kept him alive and boosted his damage.
• Qin Feng summoned Osilio, Gray Chicken, and Shā Míyà to apply damage-taken debuffs and reduce Instant Annihilation’s combo-point cost.
• When the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent’s invincibility ended, Qin Feng spent his stockpiled combo points on Instant Annihilation with the White Bud Blade and the Blade of Judgment.
• The strike dealt damage exceeding order 20, leaving the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent stunned as it inferred Qin Feng’s base damage had reached order 25.

Qin Feng finished the cycle challenge with an overwhelming score, startling the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent into offering him its blood source high minor authority. Lingche guessed that the serpent wanted to betray the heir to the blood source grand authority, and Qin Feng prepared to accept his rewards.

• Qin Feng's final strike dealt immense damage, and the cycle challenge ended while he remained in his half-dead state.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent learned Qin Feng had entered the game only 123 days earlier and ranked first by more than 4,300 times the second-place score.
• After Qin Feng resurrected, the serpent offered him the cycle buff, a choice of divinity special skills, and its blood source high minor authority.
• Lingche guessed the serpent wanted to rebel against the heir to the blood source grand authority and explained what the high minor authority could do.
• Qin Feng decided to accept the authority and prepared to receive his rewards.

Qin Feng received the Blood Source Eldritch God Cycle Challenge buff, gaining 1000% bonus blood damage and immunity to blood damage. Dissatisfied with the three offered divinity skills, he asked the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent for Snake Swallows Treasure, and it offered to let him take every skill.

• Qin Feng received a 1000% blood damage bonus and immunity to blood element damage, which he thought would counter Qin Wuyue.
• Qin Feng rejected the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent's three divinity skill options because none offered the combat power he wanted.
• Qin Feng asked to learn Snake Swallows Treasure, a skill that reduced enemies' buff durations with each hit.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent suggested Qin Feng could take all the skills instead of changing his reward.

Qin Feng chose the Adhesive Blood Pool divinity skill and obtained Snake Swallows Treasure from the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent, whose authority could not control him because he possessed a grand authority. The serpent then prepared to transfer its Blood Source High Minor Authority to Qin Feng while asking him to keep the deal secret.

• Qin Feng selected Adhesive Blood Pool, gaining a skill that slowed enemies within a wide area.
• Lingche explained that Qin Feng's grand authority protected him from the control effects of skills granted through another authority.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent gave Qin Feng Snake Swallows Treasure through a drop of its blood, and the serpent-eye mark on his hand confirmed that he had a grand authority.
• Qin Feng learned that Snake Swallows Treasure reduced the duration of targets' buffs with each stack.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent agreed to transfer its high minor authority to Qin Feng and asked him to keep its betrayal secret.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent opened its mouth, and a White Bone Blade began to emerge.

Qin Feng obtained Alex’s higher minor authority of blood origin and learned how it compared with an ordinary minor authority. After integrating it into the Blade of Judgment, he said goodbye to the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent.

• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent revealed that Alex’s higher minor authority was contained in a blood-red fang hidden within its bone weapon.
• Qin Feng took the Fang of Alex and merged it into the Blade of Judgment, activating the higher minor authority of blood origin.
• Qin Feng learned that the authority strengthened his weapon, let him pass skills to blood origin dependents, share in their attributes, teleport to them, and suppress ordinary blood origin authorities.
• Qin Feng concluded that Qin Wuyue had used blood origin affinity to travel to Blue Star while relying on her talent to grow stronger by killing him and Qin Xiaoyou.
• The Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent explained that ordinary blood origin authorities offered weaker bonuses and took attributes from their dependents, unlike Qin Feng’s higher authority.
• Qin Feng put away the Blade of Judgment and said goodbye to the Blood Ancestor Demon Serpent.

After returning to Evil Spirit Academy, Qin Feng tested blood source inheritance and made Gui Ling his first blood source kin by giving her a Legendary Tier Greedy Hand. Gui Ling discovered the skill behind Qin Feng’s rapid growth, while Qin Feng prepared to return to the Deep Blue Civilization and investigate what had killed Shiluohua.

• Qin Feng returned to Evil Spirit Academy and learned he could choose which version of Abyss Eye to pass on through blood source inheritance.
• Qin Feng asked Gui Ling for her attributes and selected Legendary Tier Greedy Hand, which she met the fusion requirements for.
• Qin Feng spent 11,328 divinity to create a blood drop and gave it to Gui Ling, making her his blood source kin and increasing his attributes.
• Gui Ling gained Legendary Tier Greedy Hand, which let her claim greatly increased loot from Demon corpses, and realized Qin Feng’s skill had helped him grow so quickly.
• Qin Feng decided to return to the Deep Blue Civilization and investigate what Shiluohua had encountered before she died.

Uncle Qiao learned that three Immortal Tier bosses were attacking the Desert Sand Clan’s hideouts and hoped the chaos would let him escape. Qin Feng returned to the Deep Blue Council, learned of the attack, and set out to kill the bosses after confirming their defeat would not trigger the civilization’s ascension.

• Three Immortal Tier bosses attacked the Desert Sand Clan’s hideout cluster, prompting Uncle Qiao’s guards to rush away from the Forbidden Magic Prison.
• Uncle Qiao realized the attack might give him a chance to escape and hoped the bosses would destroy the prison.
• Qin Feng returned to the Deep Blue Council and learned from Dance of the Moon that Uncle Qiao was imprisoned and Manxi was waiting at headquarters.
• Qin Feng asked Lingche and White Bud whether the bosses’ appearance was normal, and White Bud suggested they had come for him.
• Lingche explained that killing the three bosses would not trigger ascension, so Qin Feng decided to kill them.

Qin Feng arrived at the Desert Sand Clan settlement as three Immortal Tier mantis bosses threatened the people with lethal status effects. With White Bud identifying their true bodies, Qin Feng stripped away their damage immunity shields, and the bosses began to flee.

• Three Immortal Tier bosses attacked the Desert Sand Clan settlement, inflicting lethal Scorching Fire, Cold Extinction, and Silver Plague statuses while damaging its defensive barrier.
• Dance of the Moon reassured the panicked defenders that Lord Shadow had returned, while Ye Sina ordered guild members evacuated to Star Church.
• Qin Feng reached the Digan Desert and used Abyss Gaze Curse to identify the nearest boss as a level 60 Scorching Fire Blade Mantis.
• Qin Feng and his shadow clones attacked the three bosses, but each split into more than a hundred clones, obscuring their true bodies.
• White Bud used soul perception to report the true bodies' positions, enabling Qin Feng to pursue them with Thousand-Blade Strike.
• Qin Feng removed the bosses' damage immunity shields within seconds, and all three shrieked and fled.

Qin Feng killed three Immortal Tier bosses in a single attack, shocking the Deep Blue Civilization and earning immense rewards. Examining the loot, he realized the bosses came from the Goddess of Love and Desirelessness · Ileinasi, but he did not understand why their equipment and skill books bore red heart symbols.

• As the bosses' damage immunity shields broke, they flew skyward and unleashed a deadly barrage of three-colored blade light, while Qin Feng dodged and sent his shadow clones after them.
• Qin Feng's shadow clones struck all three bosses with Annihilation Blade, killing them at once and earning 8,000 reputation for each kill.
• Uncle Qiao despaired in the Forbidden Magic Prison, while the Desert Sand Clan players and the wider Deep Blue Civilization celebrated Shadow 007's victory.
• Qin Feng inspected the loot and found Immortal Tier and Old-Day Tier rewards, including heart-marked equipment and skill books, a God-Chosen Slate, three Desirelessness Runes, and fifty black feathers.
• Qin Feng recognized the rewards as connected to the Goddess of Love and Desirelessness · Ileinasi, but wondered how she had sent the bosses.

Qin Feng discovered that Ileinasi had left him the other half of a ticket and wondered whether she had been imprisoned in a mysterious era. He inspected her rewards, gaining powerful damage reduction feathers and a major increase to his divinity limit, then put away her God-Chosen Slate for later.

• Qin Feng found an ancient message from Ileinasi on the back of the God-Chosen Slate and wondered what “that era” meant and whether she had been imprisoned there.
• Qin Feng examined fifty of Ileinasi’s Ink Feathers, which each granted damage reduction, and considered how the feathers and Desirelessness Runes might strengthen his abilities.
• Qin Feng rerolled Ileinasi’s Curse on Heart of Thorns · Fudela’s Gaze and kept an affix that raised his divinity limit by 1,658 points.
• Qin Feng put away Ileinasi’s God-Chosen Slate and noticed that the boss loot in his Greedy Space was covered with hearts.

Qin Feng inspected the loot from the three Immortal Tier bosses and found three Old-Day Tier pieces of the Civilization Extinguisher set, whose effects strengthened him against players and NPCs. He also discovered three Civilization Extinction Books that could give mounts the Civilization Extinguisher template.

• Qin Feng found the Civilization Extinguisher armor, gloves, and boots, each with customizable effect slots and powerful unique abilities.
• Qin Feng noted that the set reduced damage from Cycle Civilization foes, increased damage around hostile enemies, and doubled his damage against beings above ascension.
• Qin Feng decided to save his last Undead Familiar Talisman for the Fifth World Spine rather than use it on one of the Immortal Tier bosses.
• Qin Feng examined the remaining loot and discovered that three ominous black pages were Civilization Extinction Books for giving mounts the Civilization Extinguisher template.

Qin Feng used a Civilization Extinction Book to transform Shā Míyà into a Civilization Extinguisher, greatly boosting her attributes and abilities. He left Osilio waiting for his turn and began inspecting Shā Míyà’s new powers.

• Qin Feng realized the Civilization Extinction Books were special rewards added by Ileinasi, whose extra drops had led to her imprisonment.
• Qin Feng transferred powerful special effects from his old equipment onto three Civilization Extinguisher items and equipped them.
• Qin Feng summoned Osilio and Shā Míyà and offered them Civilization Extinction Books.
• Osilio joked about the books and pleaded to join Qin Feng’s supposed party, so Qin Feng kicked him aside.
• Shā Míyà used a book, gained the Civilization Extinguisher template, and saw her attributes and mount speed increase tenfold.
• Qin Feng checked Shā Míyà’s new abilities and considered raising her Epic Grade further.

Qin Feng examined Shā Míyà’s Civilization Extinguisher abilities and realized her damage and control had become extraordinarily powerful. He then gave Osilio a Civilization Extinction Book, transforming him into a Civilization Extinguisher as well.

• Shā Míyà gained Civilization Extinction skills that greatly increased her range, control, and damage against players.
• Qin Feng calculated that Shā Míyà’s fully stacked void thunder strikes could surpass his Demon Shadow Blade’s base damage.
• Osilio eagerly accepted a Civilization Extinction Book from Qin Feng and declared that his three-year wait was over.
• Qin Feng watched Osilio’s title change to “Civilization Extinguisher · Bone Sword Pterosaur · King of Predators · Osilio.”
• Osilio’s body became surrounded by a green whirlwind of death as his combat abilities transformed.

Qin Feng examined Osilio’s Civilization Extinguisher abilities and discovered that Osilio could inherit his self-owned orders, including the ability to steal talents. After Shā Míyà brought Uncle Qiao to him, Qin Feng prepared to use him as a target, while also deciding to meet Manxi and judge her claim to a Deep Blue Council seat.

• Qin Feng checked Osilio’s attributes and found that his Civilization Extinguisher template boosted his stats, speed, damage, and summoned minions.
• Qin Feng realized Osilio could inherit his nine self-owned orders, including Eye of Surgery, and potentially steal talents.
• Qin Feng sent Shā Míyà to retrieve Uncle Qiao so Osilio could use Eye of Surgery on him.
• Shā Míyà returned with Uncle Qiao, and Qin Feng planned to use an illusion on him before killing him and having Osilio take his talent.
• Qin Feng heard that Manxi claimed membership in the Judgment Temple and a right to a Deep Blue Council seat, and decided to meet her.