Recaps

Qin Feng evolved devoured and Assassin skills, gained Dual-Blade Mastery, and cleared Demons aboard the Horrific Ghost Ship. Meanwhile, Gui Ling advanced to the second tier, and a shadowy figure approached Dongfang Yue’s villa to kill.

• Qin Feng confirmed he could evolve Poison Blade after it had been devoured, then upgraded Blacklight Shield and Dark Night Ring Blade.
• Qin Feng exchanged a diamond-tier Priest skill book for Dual-Blade Mastery and evolved it to legendary tier.
• Qin Feng equipped the Bone-White Blade and Plague Blade as dual daggers, then began clearing Demons aboard the Horrific Ghost Ship.
• Gui Ling followed Qin Feng’s advice and advanced her class to the second tier.
• A small, nimble figure entered the villa complex where Dongfang Yue lived, apparently intent on killing.

Gui Ling infiltrated the Chu Family villa and killed its guards as Dongfang Yue and Chu Kunshan discussed luring Dark Shadow into a trap. Chu Datou warned them to stop targeting Dark Shadow, but Gui Ling struck before Dongfang Yue could finish rejecting his advice.

• Gui Ling used Yellow Springs Gaze to distract the six guards, then killed them and entered the villa.
• Dongfang Yue, Chu Kunshan, and Chu Nantian discussed their plan to kill Dark Shadow and seize his lifespan and Hideout.
• Chu Datou called Chu Kunshan, revealed that he had arrested the Chu Family’s men and dealt with the black attackers, and warned them that Great Xia wanted Dark Shadow protected.
• Dongfang Yue refused Chu Kunshan’s suggestion to seek the authorities’ protection and vowed to continue pursuing Dark Shadow.
• Gui Ling killed Chu Kunshan, and Dongfang Yue caught his severed head.

Gui Ling killed Dongfang Yue, Chu Kunshan, Chu Nantian, and the guards at the Yufenghua villa, then escaped with the bodies. Qin Feng learned that the authorities had dealt with the planned trap against him, while investigators wrongly suspected Boss Ji of the murders.

• Gui Ling killed Chu Kunshan, then stabbed Dongfang Yue and broke Chu Nantian's leg before killing them both.
• Gui Ling searched the basement, killed the remaining living creatures, spread poison gas through the villa, and removed the bodies with her storage bracelet.
• Gui Ling told Qin Feng that Dongfang Yue and her husband had planned to lure him to a fireworks factory and kill him in an explosion.
• Qin Feng realized Gui Ling had killed Chu Nantian before he could become a powerful Necromantic Lich in the future.
• Investigators discovered the murders after the security team missed its report, found the surveillance cameras destroyed, and concluded that Boss Ji must have been responsible.

After Gui Ling asked to follow Qin Feng so she could grow strong enough to resurrect her parents, he brought her to his hideout and took her in. After they dealt with a stealthy attacker and the bodies, Qin Feng planned to take Gui Ling to the Divine Authority Tower, while he prepared to leave after reaching level 19.

• Gui Ling asked Qin Feng to let her follow him and explained that she wanted to become stronger in hopes of bringing her parents back.
• Qin Feng told Gui Ling to bring Dongfang Yue and the others' bodies to an address near Magic City.
• A young man in stealth approached Gui Ling, but Qin Feng detected him, and Gui Ling killed him after he fled and became visible.
• Qin Feng led Gui Ling to his beachside restaurant, destroyed the bodies, and prepared a bedroom for her.
• Gui Ling ate five pork floss buns and drank three glasses of milk before logging into the game.
• Qin Feng planned to take Gui Ling to the Divine Authority Tower outside the Magic City Ruins, and he reached level 19 after clearing nearly all the Demons aboard the Horrific Ghost Ship.

Qin Feng equipped Diamond Tier gear and evolved Killing Shadow to Mythic Tier before setting out to meet Gui Ling and challenge the Divine Authority Tower. Meanwhile, Light Rain’s team left the Magic City tower discouraged and discussed unverified rumors that Dark Shadow had killed civilians.

• Qin Feng replaced his Plague Blade with the Tide-Turning Blade and equipped the Soul Siphon Bracers, gaining the Unassailable affix.
• Qin Feng evolved Killing Shadow to Mythic Tier, increasing its duration and allowing it to create three shadow clones.
• Qin Feng sent Gui Ling coordinates and rode northwest from the Horrific Ghost Ship toward the Pitch-Black Scorched Earth.
• Great Xia’s authorities gathered information as elite teams across the country searched for Divine Authority Towers, though few players had completed difficult challenges.
• Light Rain and her team left the Divine Authority Tower outside the Magic City Ruins, lamented their failed challenge, and discussed rumors accusing Dark Shadow of killing civilians.

Late Night, Light Rain and her teammates fought Tony’s wanted squad in the Magic City Ruins, but Dark Shadow killed all six enemies with a single unseen slash. The team recognized Dark Shadow and stood stunned by his overwhelming power.

• Late Night, Light Rain argued that Dark Shadow might not be the killer, while Wuchang outlined two possible connections between Dark Shadow and the crimes.
• Late Night, Light Rain spotted Tony’s stealth team approaching and warned her teammates before both groups exchanged attacks.
• Wuchang and his teammates fought Tony’s squad, but Meijing’s healing and shields saved their mage, and Tony ordered a retreat.
• As Tony’s six-person team fled, Dark Shadow’s black blade light appeared and instantly killed all six.
• Wuchang exclaimed in shock, and Late Night, Light Rain recognized Dark Shadow and wondered at the strength of his attack.

Qin Feng learned that someone was framing him for a dismemberment case in River-Sea City and planned to use Gui Ling's tracking ability to find the killer. Gui Ling arrived as he prepared to challenge the Divine Authority Tower and buy the Divine Book.

• Qin Feng killed Tony and five others, drained their lifespan, and left their corpses for official players to find.
• Late Night, Light Rain thanked the unseen helper and hurried away with her companions.
• Zhang Jinxuan told Qin Feng that people were blaming him for dismembered victims in River-Sea City whose deaths matched when he logged off.
• Qin Feng reasoned that someone was exploiting the authorities' investigative limits to frame him and decided Gui Ling could track the killer by scent.
• Gui Ling arrived in her Yellow Springs Evil Ghost Form, and Qin Feng invited her into his party before turning to the Divine Authority Tower.

Qin Feng and Gui Ling challenged Verzhini in the Divine Authority Tower, gained Divine Books, and parted ways to pursue separate tasks. As Gui Ling headed for River-Sea City, the serial killer chose Qin Feng’s former home listing, posted by Qin Xiaoyou, as his next lead.

• Qin Feng and Gui Ling entered the Divine Authority Tower, where Verzhini mistook them for her children and demanded they defeat her avatar.
• Qin Feng killed Verzhini’s Gold Tier avatar in one attack, and Gui Ling received nine Divine Books for free after calling Verzhini Mom.
• Qin Feng bought two more Divine Books at a discount, then explained Verzhini’s tragic history and reassured Gui Ling that he had paid enough lifespan to cover their cost.
• Qin Feng and Gui Ling split up, with Qin Feng returning to the Magic City Ruins and Gui Ling taking a Ghost Night-Walking Wolf to investigate the Jianghai serial killer.
• The serial killer received a message to prepare another victim and selected Qin Feng’s former home listing, posted by Qin Xiaoyou.

Chu Yan and Jia Xiaomei used divination to search for Qin Feng and concluded he was probably dead, while Qin Xiaoyou dismissed her brother and prepared to sell her apartment. A buyer with a hidden agenda arranged to meet Qin Xiaoyou, as Ma Nailiang plotted to frame Dark Shadow for serial killings and provoke public outrage.

• Jia Xiaomei divined that Qin Feng was over two hundred kilometers east of River-Sea City, likely at sea, and told Chu Yan he was probably dead.
• Chu Yan told Qin Xiaoyou about the divination, but Qin Xiaoyou claimed she did not care and defended her choice to remain with Knight's Sanctuary.
• Chu Yan and Jia Xiaomei left for the Church Sanctuary, while Qin Xiaoyou regretted not joining Mengsha River and hoped Knight's Sanctuary would invite her to its new Gold Tier Hideout.
• Qin Xiaoyou agreed to show her apartment to a buyer who offered less than her asking price, unaware that the scarred man was preparing to abduct or kill her.
• Ma Nailiang instructed an accomplice to wait for his signal and planned to have people killed whenever Dark Shadow logged off so the authorities and public would blame him.

Ma Nailiang arranged to frame Dark Shadow for the River-Sea City murders and sent Human Butcher the signal to begin killing. Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoyou was bound in a dark room with a chainsaw-wielding man and could not enter the Godforsaken Game.

• Ma Nailiang planned to use Human Butcher's killings, concealed evidence, and Dark Shadow's lack of an alibi to frame Dark Shadow.
• An Yu, Lin Liyu, Wang Meng, and Gu Yixue discussed withholding Dark Shadow's login and logout times while they searched for the killer and tried to clear his name.
• Gui Ling entered River-Sea City on her Ghost Night-Walking Wolf but got lost while looking for Golden Rooster Lake Park.
• Ma Nailiang grew suspicious that Dark Shadow had not logged off and decided to have Human Butcher kill three people a day before dumping their bodies later.
• Ma Nailiang sent Human Butcher the signal to act, while Qin Xiaoyou lay chained in a room and failed repeatedly to enter the Godforsaken Game.
• The man in black received a message and raised his chainsaw as Qin Xiaoyou struggled in terror.

Qin Xiaoyou was captured by Human Butcher, who severed both her legs before healing her wounds to prolong her suffering. Gui Ling found the warehouse and attacked Human Butcher, demanding to know who was behind him.

• Human Butcher drugged and captured Qin Xiaoyou, then severed both her legs with a chainsaw.
• Human Butcher used Healing to stop Qin Xiaoyou's bleeding and revealed that his Priest class let him prolong his victims' suffering.
• Gui Ling tracked Human Butcher to an abandoned warehouse and broke into its basement.
• Gui Ling pierced Human Butcher's chest, interrupted his Healing, and wounded his thigh while demanding the name of his mastermind.
• Gui Ling saw Qin Xiaoyou unconscious and approached the terrified Human Butcher with her bloodstained chain blade.

Gui Ling captured Ma Nailiang and Human Butcher after uncovering their plot to frame Dark Shadow, while the authorities struggled to identify the anonymous person who stopped them. Qin Feng dismissed his new nickname, “Video Hero,” and learned that five Gold Tier Demons were hunting players near another Ancient God Slate as he neared level 20.

• Gui Ling interrogated Human Butcher, learned Ma Nailiang was involved, and lured Ma Nailiang to an abandoned factory, where Human Butcher tortured and dismembered him before Gui Ling killed Human Butcher.
• The authorities found Ma Nailiang's body and Qin Xiaoyou alive but gravely injured, then discovered that a Strategic Department staff member had leaked Dark Shadow's login and logout times to Ma Nailiang.
• The authorities found Qin Xiaoyou's video of the murders, cleared Dark Shadow, and publicly praised the unidentified killer as a public-spirited citizen dubbed “Video Hero.”
• Qin Feng returned to Evil Spirit Academy and complained to An Yu about the nickname, then heard that five Gold Tier Demons were hunting players near an Ancient God Slate in a beginner town.
• Qin Feng decided he would need a flying mount to reach the Demons and noted that killing the Jadeite Tier boss Demon Blade would soon raise him to level 20.

Qin Feng left the Evil Spirit Academy and traveled to the Magic Slanted Tower, where he instantly killed the Jadeite Tier Demon Blade. The Feike Heavy Industry players were left stunned as Qin Feng collected the boss’s lifespan and loot.

• Qin Feng passed the Sky Dome Guild’s recruitment line, where applicants were screened by their kill records and Black Dragon Hall players had become targets.
• Qin Feng left the Evil Spirit Academy and headed for the Magic Slanted Tower.
• Feike Heavy Industry players waited near the tower for Dark Shadow while the Demon Blade rested on the rooftop.
• Qin Feng used Killing Shadow, Instant Shadow Slash, and Crimson Blade to kill the Demon Blade in one strike without triggering its invincibility mechanic.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand to collect the boss’s loot, absorbed its lifespan, and spotted a Diamond Tier skill book in his inventory.

Qin Feng evolved Meld into Darkness into a Mythic Tier skill, giving him permanent level 10 stealth that stacked to level 21. After killing Demon Blade, he rolled a powerful cooldown recovery curse and planned to seek a second Ancient God Slate before heading to the Skull Ruins; he then took the Magic Slanted Tower Hideout Key to meet Huang Huifen.

• Qin Feng evolved Meld into Darkness from Diamond Tier to Mythic Tier, gaining permanent stealth and damage reduction.
• Qin Feng calculated that his stacked stealth effects would raise his Stealth Level to 21 and provide 6,300 Unstealth Attack.
• Qin Feng left Demon Blade's corpse after taking the skill book he could use, then used the Cursed Slate on the Witch Mutation Ring.
• Qin Feng accepted Utos's Curse, gaining 369% cooldown recovery speed while disabling cooldown recovery from other sources.
• Qin Feng reached level 20 after killing Demon Blade and resolved to obtain the Ancient God Slate above the starter town.
• Qin Feng took the Magic Slanted Tower Hideout Key and went to meet Huang Huifen, Feike Heavy Industry's female guild leader.

Qin Feng handed the Magic Slanted Tower Hideout key to Huang Huifen, then headed east through the Magic City Ruins to seek the Bone Sword Pterosaur. Along the way, he saw Late Night, Light Rain angrily confronting officials after they released Tony through diplomatic channels.

• Qin Feng invisibly traded Huang Huifen the Magic Slanted Tower Hideout key for eight hundred years of lifespan, with the remaining thousand due in three days.
• Huang Huifen claimed the hideout for Feike Heavy Industry and announced plans to establish a base there.
• Huang Ziqing argued with his mother, then retreated to a room clutching a black vase and wondered who Dark Shadow was.
• Qin Feng rode his Ghost Wolf east, reviewed his boosted attributes, and passed through the bustling trading and recruitment zones of the Magic City Ruins.
• Late Night, Light Rain confronted the official guards after learning they had released Tony through diplomatic channels, and she cursed in anger.

Late Night, Light Rain learned that North American diplomat Theodore had secured the release of Tony and his teammates, while Qin Feng headed east toward the ruins. Theodore rescued Tony’s group only to strip them of their Gold Tier equipment, and Qin Feng approached them under stealth.

• Late Night, Light Rain questioned officials about diplomatic channels and Theodore, while Qin Feng recalled Theodore’s history in Magic City and continued east.
• Tony and his four teammates met Theodore and his group at a ruined waystation after Meijing was arrested by the Magic City authorities.
• Fury explained that Theodore had rescued Tony’s team to take their equipment, and Theodore pressured them to hand it over.
• Theodore’s team left with Tony’s Gold Tier equipment, leaving Tony and his teammates in junk gear and planning to farm nearby monsters.
• Qin Feng rode toward Tony’s group on his Ghost Wolf while concealed by level 21 stealth.

Qin Feng left the Magic City Ruins and killed Tony and his four companions, draining their remaining lifespan and permanently eliminating them. Meanwhile, Theodore's team began fighting the Platinum Tier Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier, while Zuma watched from the sidelines as a Soul Walker.

• Qin Feng decided not to contest Crimson Harbor and rode his Ghost Wolf east toward the Skull Ruins.
• Qin Feng ambushed Tony and the other four in a forest, killing them and draining their remaining lifespan with Death Flower.
• Theodore learned that Tony had been permanently killed and dismissed the news while his team prepared to fight Movier.
• Amos charged Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier as Theodore shielded him and the rest of the team attacked.
• Zuma remained seated on a broken wall, watching the battle with his unique hidden class, Soul Walker.

Theodore’s team fought a Platinum Tier boss with help from Zuma’s Soul Walker abilities, but Qin Feng ambushed and killed the entire group before they could enter the Skull Ruins. After the team respawned and contacted the Magic City authorities, officials learned that Dark Shadow had attacked them.

• Zuma used Soul Conversion to neutralize many of the minions summoned by Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier while Theodore’s team attacked the boss.
• Qin Feng arrived in the ruins, recognized Theodore’s team and Tony’s stolen equipment, then stealthily killed Zuma with Shadow Blade.
• Qin Feng’s Dark Night Ring Blade killed Theodore, Iron Fist · Amos, and the other teammates, leaving only Fury alive.
• Fury claimed the team were partners of the Magic City authorities, but Qin Feng killed her with another Shadow Blade.
• Theodore and his teammates respawned in the Magic City Ruins, contacted the authorities, and the news of Dark Shadow’s attack alarmed officials.

Qin Feng killed Theodore’s team and the Platinum Tier Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier, then offered to help the authorities defeat Platinum Tier and stronger bosses in exchange for lifespan, Assassin items, and the chance to loot their corpses. The Magic City and Jianghai authorities eagerly accepted, unaware of how much Qin Feng stood to gain.

• Qin Feng collected lifespan from Theodore’s team, then killed the crimson centipedes and Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier.
• Wang Meng asked Qin Feng why he had killed Theodore’s team, and Qin Feng claimed they had disrupted his discovery of hidden information about the boss.
• Qin Feng offered to help the authorities defeat Platinum Tier and stronger bosses while keeping lifespan, Assassin items, and the chance to loot their corpses.
• Wang Meng agreed to relay the offer, believing Qin Feng’s terms were exceptionally generous.
• The Jianghai and Magic City authorities celebrated the deal and set out to find more powerful bosses.

Theodore planned to lure Dark Shadow and Great Xia’s officials to a deadly Diamond Tier boss after escaping Magic City, while Qin Feng welcomed the chance to find and kill that boss. Qin Feng delayed traveling to a Platinum Tier boss and evolved his newly acquired Strength Training skill to Legendary Tier.

• Theodore accepted ten years of lifespan compensation and told his companions he would lure Dark Shadow and Great Xia’s officials to a dangerous Diamond Tier boss.
• Theodore planned to flee to Washington in three days, then use a Forced Transfer to escape Magic City Ruins before the trap took effect.
• Theodore bought information about two Platinum Tier bosses and resold their locations to Great Xia’s authorities to earn lifespan and lower their guard.
• Wang Meng told Qin Feng that Magic City had a Platinum Tier boss ready for him, but Qin Feng said he would explore ruins first.
• Qin Feng learned the Jadeite Tier Strength Training skill and spent 33 Evolution Points to evolve it to Legendary Tier.

Qin Feng entered the Skull Ruins, slaughtered thousands of Demons, and used Evolution Points to strengthen his skills and attributes. After reaching full experience, he advanced his Shadow class to the third tier and gained Dark Shadow Arc, which delayed damage, negative statuses, and the loss of invisibility when he was attacked while invisible.

• Qin Feng evolved Strength Training and Back Attack Enhancement to Legendary Tier, making invisible attacks count as powerful back attacks.
• Qin Feng entered the level 20 Skull Ruins, where his lifespan drained a hundred times faster, and began hunting its Demons while invisible.
• Qin Feng killed several thousand Demons and spent his Evolution Points to raise Smoke Bomb to Legendary Tier before devouring it for increased Elemental Attack and All-Element Resistance.
• Qin Feng reached the twelfth floor of the ruins but did not enter the level 20 area beneath the giant skull.
• Qin Feng filled his experience and advanced his Shadow class to the third tier, gaining Dark Shadow Arc, which delayed the effects of attacks received while invisible.

After advancing his Shadow class, Qin Feng tested Dark Shadow Arc and confirmed that its delayed damage could be canceled with shields and life steal. He then negotiated a deal with Knight's Sanctuary and entered the Skull Ruins Core, a disaster zone where lifespan depletion was 1,000 times normal.

• Qin Feng examined Dark Shadow Arc and realized its one-second damage delay could let healing, shields, and life steal prevent otherwise fatal damage.
• Qin Feng tested the effect by letting a juvenile Demon attack him, then killed it with Instant Shadow Slash and gained a shield that erased the delayed damage.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand on the juvenile Demon, gained an Evolution Point, and obtained a mage Fireball Skill Book.
• Chen Wuming asked Qin Feng to help Knight's Sanctuary kill high-tier bosses, and they agreed to provide fifty Killers per Platinum Tier boss or two hundred per Jadeite Tier boss.
• Qin Feng returned to the Skull Ruins opening, used Meld into Darkness, and entered the Skull Ruins Core, where lifespan depletion was 1,000 times normal.

Qin Feng entered the pitch-black core of the Skull Ruins, slaughtered a thousand skeletal Demons, and faced the Bone Spirit to claim a flying mount. He exploited his stealth, hearing, and shields to fight the unseen boss, which entered its berserk phase as bone spikes erupted around him.

• Qin Feng descended into the Skull Ruins’ Disaster Zone and used his heightened hearing to locate and kill skeletal Demons in total darkness.
• Skeletal archers and spellcasters bombarded the area, but Qin Feng’s Blacklight Shield absorbed the attacks while he continued slaughtering the Demons.
• After Qin Feng killed a thousand skeletal Demons, their bones gathered into the Jadeite Tier Bone Spirit.
• Qin Feng attacked the Bone Spirit with his blades and Shadow Clones, while his stealth kept the darkness-born boss from detecting him.
• The Bone Spirit repeatedly entered invincible, health-locked phases, then went berserk and sent sharp bone blades thrusting up across the ground.

Qin Feng defeated the Bone Spirit during its berserk phase without taking damage, earning perfect-level rewards for the Skull Ruins Challenge. He looted a Diamond Tier weapon and discovered that the challenge chest contained an Epic Grade Mount Bell.

• Qin Feng used Dark Shadow Arc and his shield-generating skills to endure the boss and skeletal Demons' attacks without taking effective damage.
• Qin Feng killed the Bone Spirit with Crimson Blade and completed the Skull Ruins Challenge perfectly.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand on the Bone Spirit and obtained a Diamond Tier Bone Spike, which he equipped in place of his Bone-White Blade.
• Qin Feng sent a Devout Believer to check the treasure chest and received an Epic Grade Mount Bell and a Bone Rune.

Qin Feng examined the Bone Rune and summoned Osilio, the Epic Grade King of Predators, whose powerful skills and flight speed made him an exceptional mount. He then used Meld into Darkness to cloak both himself and Osilio, leaving the intelligent pterosaur stunned.

• Qin Feng learned that the Bone Rune could help open the God of Bones' tomb ruins and wondered where he could find the other two.
• Qin Feng left the Skull Ruins and summoned Osilio, the enormous Bone Sword Pterosaur who had once slaughtered millions of humans.
• Qin Feng inspected Osilio's attributes and found that he had powerful attacks, defensive skills, a 360% flight-speed bonus, and the ability to summon twelve Bone Sword Pterosaurs.
• Qin Feng mounted Osilio and cast Meld into Darkness, making both of them invisible and shocking Osilio with the level 21 stealth effect.