Recaps

Trapped inside the mountain, Ye Fei and Xu Ming faced a mental attack from the Mountain-Hiding Monster while Xu Ming tried to blast a way out. Ye Fei revealed that he had already spread his Lightning Domain through the surrounding earth and rocks, drawing the monster and Xu Ming’s Magic Ball into its net as he began refining everything it contained.

• Xu Ming worried that he had dragged Ye Fei and his pets into danger, while Ye Fei tried to calm him and sensed an unclear presence around them.
• A shifting voice called them despicable humans, and its overlapping sounds attacked their minds and disrupted Xu Ming’s nearly completed spell.
• Xu Ming lost control of his Magic Ball, dropped his Magic Shield, and pushed the orb upward to open a way out, exposing himself to the mountain’s spikes.
• Feimeng moved forward and protected Ye Fei, who released his pets, sat down, and began cultivating; Xu Ming rested after exhausting his Magic Power.
• Feimeng dragged a misty chain around Ye Fei as Feng Bai and Eclipse Moon guarded him, while Phantom Spirit’s illusions of Qingxue and Fire Dance faded.
• Ye Fei rapidly refined the energy and matter caught in his Lightning Domain, including the Mountain-Hiding Monster and Xu Ming’s Magic Ball.

Ye Fei finished refining the Mountain-Hiding Monster underground and led Xu Ming and their pets toward the surface. They emerged into a torrential downpour, where Ye Fei realized that landslides threatened them.

• Ye Fei completed his cultivation, strengthening his Dantian twice, while Xu Ming recovered nearby.
• Ye Fei asked if Xu Ming could climb out, and Xu Ming said he could move but could not make a passage.
• Ye Fei showed Xu Ming the passage above them, and Eclipse Moon dragged the exhausted man along.
• Ye Fei shaped his Golden Light Shield into a tower and spun it through the soil to reach the surface.
• Ye Fei and Xu Ming emerged in heavy rain, and Ye Fei warned that landslides could be imminent.

Ye Fei escaped the shifting mountains with Xu Ming and the companions, then made a temporary Golden Light Shield shelter while collecting unusual plants and ores. Xu Ming began cultivating to recover, still embarrassed that his repeated blunders had likely ruined Ye Fei’s impression of him.

• Ye Fei had Feng Bai carry him, the unconscious Phantom Spirit, and Xu Ming away from the unstable mountains.
• Ye Fei built a simple Golden Light Shield shelter and soothed Eclipse Moon after Xu Ming apologized for clinging to its neck.
• Ye Fei gathered plants and ores while Xu Ming asked what they were and discovered he could not store his own finds in Inventory.
• Xu Ming set the plants down and began Meditation, hoping to recover while worrying that he had made a terrible impression on Ye Fei.

After the mountains collapsed, Ye Fei spotted a glittering golden name, [Spirit], but sensed it was dangerous and kept his companions away while they searched the area. The next morning, Xu Ming recovered enough to talk with Ye Fei and asked whether a powerful cultivator in the Snow Mountain Region was restricted from attacking the Human Race.

• Ye Fei watched the mountains collapse into hills and saw the golden name [Spirit], which he judged too dangerous to investigate.
• Xu Ming sensed something promising near the hills, but agreed to keep meditating and avoid it while Ye Fei searched the surroundings with his companions.
• Ye Fei returned to the Golden Light Shield house at midnight, and Xu Ming meditated outside through the night as the rain continued.
• In the morning, Ye Fei fed his tired companions and offered Xu Ming meat broth and bread after the rain eased.
• Xu Ming introduced himself as a second-tier Magic User from the Underground Region, and Ye Fei agreed to add him as a friend after they returned.
• Xu Ming asked Ye Fei about a rumor that a powerful cultivator in the Snow Mountain Region was restricted from attacking the Human Race.

Ye Fei watched a dangerous Golden Light Pillar appear and warned Xu Ming and Jun Mo to stay out of the coming commotion. Jun Mo reunited with Ye Fei and fed his hungry companions, while Ye Fei left them expecting that they might soon have to leave.

• Ye Fei saw the Golden Light Pillar and told Xu Ming not to cause trouble when other players arrived.
• Eclipse Moon and Feng Bai went to fetch Jun Mo after Qingxue signaled that he was nearby.
• Jun Mo arrived riding Lingxiao and brought Lingxiao and Lingxu into Ye Fei's shelter, where they ate.
• Ye Fei explained that the Golden Light Pillar was dangerous and told Jun Mo not to join the commotion.

Ye Fei, Jun Mo, Xu Ming, and Lin Xian gathered near the Golden Light Pillar and learned that its challenge stage seemed to be divided by combat power. Their wait was interrupted when seven Heavenly Imperial Sect members arrived and demanded entry, food, and submission.

• Jun Mo asked about Xu Ming, and Ye Fei explained that Xu Ming had been chased by the Mountain-Hiding Monster, which caused the mountains to collapse.
• Xu Ming described the creature to Jun Mo while Ye Fei watched the Golden Light Pillar and the players gathering around it.
• Lin Xian arrived and said approaching the pillar made him feel weak, leading Ye Fei to suspect that its challenge stages were sorted by players’ combat power.
• Seven cultivation practitioners from the Heavenly Imperial Sect landed outside the house and ordered Ye Fei’s group to let them in and serve them food.

Jun Mo and the others faced down Heavenly Imperial Sect players who had gathered outside their house, while Long Heng declared that his faction, Free and Unrestrained Mountain, ranked third in average Combat Power. The crowd doubted him after learning the group’s Combat Power was only a little over a hundred, and Long Heng went inside, abandoning his attempt to warn them.

• Jun Mo mocked the Heavenly Imperial Sect’s poor average ranking, angering the players gathered outside his house.
• Long Heng struck a Heavenly Imperial Sect player, badly injuring him, and then mocked Feng and the others.
• Long Heng announced that he belonged to Free and Unrestrained Mountain, third in the average rankings, but Feng questioned whether the group could really be members.
• A Heavenly Imperial Sect player revealed that Ye Fei and the others had Combat Power of only a little over a hundred, prompting the watching players to laugh at Long Heng.
• Long Heng angrily carried the three little furballs inside and took their spot, giving up on warning the surrounding players.

Xu Ming watched as the Heavenly Imperial Sect players prepared to attack the golden house, while Ye Fei and the others calmly waited for them to make a move. When one attacker entered and was immobilized, Fire Dance burned and consumed him, leaving the group ready to deal with anyone else who came in.

• Xu Ming warned Ye Fei and the others that the Heavenly Imperial Sect players outside might attack, but Lu Heng said they could use the attackers to test the Golden Light Pillar.
• Long Heng questioned Xu Ming's place among them, but Xu Ming insisted on staying because he owed a debt to the person who had saved his life.
• The man surnamed Feng ordered the Heavenly Imperial Sect players to smash the golden house's door, and one player charged through it and became immobilized.
• Ye Fei controlled the doorway, Jun Mo's Immobilization Formation trapped the intruder, and Fire Dance burned him and consumed the little energy left.
• Long Heng mocked the attackers' weakness while Xu Ming watched in shock, and Long Heng reflected on his and Fire Dance's strength.

Lu Heng provoked the Heavenly Imperial Sect players into insulting the Demon Race, triggering a confrontation that escalated into a fight. Ye Fei recognized a butterfly demon among the onlookers, while Lu Heng wondered about the true form and combat power of the Demon Race fighter.

• Eclipse Moon reacted angrily when the Heavenly Imperial Sect players called it and the others demonic monsters, and Ye Fei warned Lu Heng that the term offended the Demon Race.
• Lu Heng questioned the players outside, and one of Senior Brother Feng's companions loudly called the Demon Race demonic monsters, drawing the surrounding Demon Race members' killing intent.
• A Demon Race member called Black Lao Qi confronted Senior Brother Feng, while a Jade-Phosphor Butterfly girl urged him to attack.
• Black Lao Qi struck down two Heavenly Imperial Sect players, and the surrounding Demon Race members joined the battle.
• Ye Fei identified the butterfly demon, and Lu Heng wondered what Black Lao Qi's true form was and why his combat power remained below five hundred.

Ye Fei and his companions met Die Wu of the Wood Demon Pavilion after its members helped fight the Heavenly Imperial Sect. Die Wu proposed an alliance with Free and Unrestrained Mountain, and Ye Fei asked what benefits the alliance would bring and whether Die Wu could speak for her faction.

• Ye Fei explained that Hei Mo was a bear demon who could not transform, while Lu Heng wondered whether the butterfly demon was interested in Ye Fei.
• Die Wu asked Ye Fei and the others to come out and talk, explaining that the demons expected compensation for fighting on their behalf.
• Die Wu confirmed that Ye Fei’s group officially belonged to Free and Unrestrained Mountain.
• Die Wu introduced herself and Hei Mo as members of the thirteen-person Wood Demon Pavilion and proposed an alliance with Free and Unrestrained Mountain.
• Ye Fei asked what the alliance would offer and whether Die Wu had the authority to represent her faction.
• Die Wu said her older sister, the pavilion master, wanted an alliance with a faction in the top ten of the average rankings that had more than a handful of members.

Ye Fei declined to rush toward the expanding Golden Light Pillar, sensing that the treasure within was dangerous and unwilling to submit to a player. As players entered and died, he recognized that the treasure had developed Spiritual Awareness, while its identity remained unclear.

• Ye Fei postponed discussing an alliance with Die Wu, who revealed she had bought his Windbreaking Blades and asked him to upgrade them later.
• Jun Mo warned Ye Fei that the pillar was dangerous, and Ye Fei chose not to approach it.
• Xu Ming decided to enter the pillar in search of strength and treasure, while Ye Fei returned to the house with Jun Mo.
• Long Heng watched players suffer random deaths inside the pillar, and Lu Heng asked Ye Fei whether he could reach its center.
• Ye Fei explained that he could likely reach the center but believed the vengeful-soul-tainted treasure would not obey a player; as more players died, faint tags appeared beside its golden name.

Ye Fei and the others discussed how the world’s rules were limiting an evil spirit’s slaughter as its player count fell, then considered other ways players could survive. The group decided to keep Free and Unrestrained Mountain small and focus on their own cultivation.

• Ye Fei estimated that the evil spirit had devoured more than 114,000 players and suspected the world’s rules had slowed it to prevent the player population from dropping too far.
• Long Heng asked whether the slaughter had been restricted, and Ye Fei said the world might reset if too few players remained to sustain its development.
• Lin Xian wondered if the world might make weaker players reproduce, and Feimeng said player reproduction was already permitted after arrival in this world.
• Ye Fei explained that faction territory could shelter low-Combat-Power players if a household head met the 100-point requirement, and Lu Heng realized this offered another way to survive.
• Long Heng and Ye Fei argued against expanding their group, and Ye Fei reaffirmed that Free and Unrestrained Mountain would remain at nine players.
• Lu Heng denied wanting to manage more people and said he preferred their current small group.

Ye Fei and his companions watched players fight over a powerful Broad Sword whose wielder gained strength but quickly exhausted it. Die Wu traded a depleted Jiaozhu for a private room to shelter the badly injured Black Lao Qi, while Ye Fei realized the Elf Queen’s defenses explained Feng An’s frustration with the Life Tree.

• Players fought over the Broad Sword, and each wielder unleashed great power before exhausting their strength and losing the weapon.
• Die Wu returned with the half-crippled Black Lao Qi and asked Ye Fei’s group for a private room, offering a depleted Jiaozhu in exchange.
• Ye Fei took Little Jiaoren from Jun Mo so Jun Mo could create the room and earn the Jiaozhu for him.
• Jun Mo formed a small isolated room beside Ye Fei’s, and Die Wu fed Black Lao Qi medicine by the handful.
• Lu Heng and Jun Mo discussed the Queen and Wind God, and Long Heng said the Queen was safe at home because Feng An could not break through her defenses.
• Ye Fei connected the Queen’s defenses and regenerative power to Feng An’s interest in the Life Tree.

As the challenge countdown ended, Ye Fei and his companions faced the Heavenly Imperial Sect, whose members tried to strike them with a broad sword. The group returned safely, but Ye Fei’s delayed underground attack killed Feng and left the Heavenly Imperial Sect threatening revenge.

• Ye Fei and his companions prepared to confront Feng and the Heavenly Imperial Sect, while Jun Mo reminded them that Ye Fei had said they would soon return.
• With seconds remaining, Long Heng transformed into a little dragon and blocked the descending sword energy as Ye Fei’s arrow struck Feng’s defensive artifacts.
• Ye Fei’s arrow fragments turned into fiery Phoenix Birds that attacked the Heavenly Imperial Sect’s magical artifacts as the return countdown reached zero.
• Feng threatened Ye Fei before flames erupted inside him, killing him and reducing him to ashes.
• Ye Fei explained that he had hidden a Lightning-Fire Fusion dragon underground to numb Feng and delay the attack until after the challenge ended.
• The return process began, preventing further attacks, and Ye Fei noted that Long Heng had used one protective Serpent Scale despite having spares.

After the challenge event ended, Ye Fei returned to his homestead with valuable seeds and ores and reviewed the gains from his cultivation. Feng An questioned whether Free and Unrestrained Mountain should ally with the Wood Demon Pavilion, leaving Ye Fei to decide how to handle the faction’s future.

• All players returned to their homesteads after half the challenge rewards were deducted as a storage fee, and the Elf Queen invited them to chat.
• Lu Heng complained that the Heavenly Imperial Sect had bullied them, while the Elf Queen pointed out that Free and Unrestrained Mountain had helped cause the sect’s casualties.
• Long Heng revealed that he had used a Serpent Scale to stop an annihilating attack, prompting the Elf Queen to ask the Wind God to seek compensation from the Heavenly Imperial Sect.
• Ye Fei reviewed his increased spiritual energy and attributes, then redeemed medicinal herb seeds and scarce ores for Free and Unrestrained Mountain.
• Feng An questioned Ye Fei about allying with the Wood Demon Pavilion, noting that the faction had powerful healing abilities but offered Free and Unrestrained Mountain few benefits.

After donating his advanced resources, Ye Fei learned that Blue Feather’s dispute with the Elf Queen had stalled the Wood Demon Pavilion’s alliance request, so he planned to ask the Queen over a celebratory meal. Back home, he reassured Jun Mo that Lingxiao’s sleep after eating the Jiaozhu was normal, while Feimeng explained that the cat only wanted Jun Mo to keep his fish away from the Pond.

• Ye Fei donated his advanced resources to the Core Building and asked Feng An why the Wood Demon Pavilion had not approached him about an alliance.
• Feng An explained that Blue Feather, a healer, had a disagreement with the Elf Queen and that he had told her to speak with the Queen; Ye Fei decided to invite everyone over and ask the Queen during a meal.
• Feng An left to comfort his son and seek compensation from the Heavenly Imperial Sect, while Ye Fei returned to cooking and began another batch of Spirit-Gathering Pills.
• Jun Mo arrived carrying Lingxu’s Fish Tank and asked Ye Fei to check whether Lingxiao’s sleep after eating the Jiaozhu was normal; Ye Fei reassured him that it was.
• Feimeng translated Lingxiao’s meow, telling Jun Mo to keep the Fish Tank farther from the Pond so the fish would not fall in.

The Elf Queen gave Little Jiaoren a potion while Ye Fei and Jun Mo discussed the Wind God's impending revenge on the Heavenly Imperial Sect. Jun Mo realized Ye Fei had helped leave a dangerous spirit weapon without a master, and he and Lu Heng whispered about Ye Fei becoming underhanded until an eerie wind swept through the Courtyard.

• The Elf Queen visited Ye Fei's house, gave Little Jiaoren a potion, and went to pick Spirit Fruit while waiting for the Wind God.
• Ye Fei told Jun Mo that the Wind God was likely taking revenge because someone had threatened his son's life, and suggested asking Long Heng for details.
• Jun Mo privately told Ye Fei that a golden sword could slaughter many players in a mountain range, and Ye Fei replied that its dead holder had left the spirit weapon masterless.
• Jun Mo realized Ye Fei's actions might have helped unleash the weapon and told Lu Heng that his brother had gone bad.
• Lu Heng agreed that Ye Fei had become underhanded, and the two noticed a chilly wind rising in the Courtyard.

The Elf Queen questioned Feng An about his ultimatum to the Heavenly Imperial Sect, and learned that the Water God would collect the compensation. Feng An also revealed how the Water God could reach another region and implied that Ye Fei had refused to let him refine the queen’s tree, leaving her wondering what Ye Fei was hiding.

• Long Heng overheard Lu Heng and Jun Mo criticizing him, then ran off to seek comfort while they praised Ye Fei as kindhearted.
• The Elf Queen asked Feng An whether he expected the Heavenly Imperial Sect to pay compensation within seven days, and he said he would gain even more if they refused.
• Feng An revealed that the Water God would collect the debt, and explained how a god could relocate by making an independent avatar and later merging with it.
• The Elf Queen threatened Feng An not to touch her tree, while he warned her not to threaten him with his son and said Ye Fei had once refused to let him refine it.
• The Elf Queen realized Feng An was talking about Ye Fei and wondered what secret the seemingly ordinary young man concealed.

Feng An tried to reassure the Elf Queen about Ye Fei, but her increasingly elaborate theories were completely wrong. After she paid for the group’s silence, Ye Fei raised the Wood Demon Pavilion’s offer of an alliance for Free and Unrestrained Mountain to discuss.

• Feng An hinted that Ye Fei’s luck and ability to draw players from another region made him unusual, but the Elf Queen wrongly connected him to the Water God and Huang Yu.
• Feng An gave up trying to correct the queen until Ye Fei explained that her theories were all wrong except that she should not target him.
• The Elf Queen gave Feng An three Life Tree Branches and gave Ye Fei Life Tree Sap in exchange for keeping her embarrassment secret.
• Ye Fei told the group that two Wood Demon Pavilion players had proposed an alliance and said Free and Unrestrained Mountain needed to discuss the offer before deciding.

The Elf Queen discussed an alliance with the Wood Demon Pavilion, then healed Lin Mu and called him the weakest among the group because he could not use his awakened Dark Phoenix Soul. Lingyan offered to train Lin Mu after the meal, leaving the others gathered at Ye Fei’s home.

• The Elf Queen explained that Blue Feather had once wanted to move into her home and roost in the Life Tree, but she had rejected the Butterfly Demon.
• Lin Xian and Lin Mu arrived, and Lin Mu ate eagerly after describing how he had struggled in the challenge zone and repeatedly lost resources.
• The Elf Queen healed Lin Mu’s lingering wounds, then called him the worst of the group because he could not use his abilities.
• The Elf Queen explained the hidden strengths of Ye Fei, Lu Heng, Jun Mo, and Long Heng, while Lin Mu checked their combat power in disbelief.
• Lingyan appeared in Spirit Body form and promised to take Lin Mu back for a few days of training after the meal.

Ye Fei discovered that Lingyan’s combat power had fallen to 2 because his body had broken again and was being repaired. As everyone gathered for dinner, Lin Mu struggled with being called the weakest, and Ye Fei sent the group to bring the others from the Backyard.

• Ye Fei saw that Lingyan’s combat power was 2, and Lingyan explained that his body had broken and would take two or three days to repair.
• Feng An and the Elf Queen questioned why Free and Unrestrained Mountain’s ranking had not changed, and Ye Fei told them Lingyan’s combat power.
• Ye Fei brought out the prepared food, while Lin Mu fretted over whether he was the weakest and Lin Xian and Long Heng tried to reassure him.
• Ye Fei assigned everyone to set out dinner and sent Lin Xian and Jun Mo to wake Qingxue and the others in the Backyard.
• Long Heng fetched Little White Tiger, and Big Dog Eclipse Moon, Little Deer Phantom Spirit, and the two little foxes joined the group.

After returning home from the challenge phase, Ye Fei reaffirmed that his goal was a life with his family, friends, and cultivation. Senior Lingyan explained that he had tested the world's rules and warned Ye Fei to keep developing his strength while the Player Faction's core was completed.

• Feng Bai and Qingxue sought Ye Fei's affection at home, and he told the Elf Queen that cultivation was only one part of the future he wanted.
• After dinner, Lin Mu asked Senior Lingyan for guidance and was taken away; everyone else went home to rest.
• Lingyan messaged Ye Fei that testing the world's rules had destroyed his human identity, but the rules had sent materials to repair it and he expected to recover soon.
• Ye Fei suspected Feng An had encouraged Lingyan to test the rules, while Lingyan blamed the Wind God and said players should focus on growing stronger as the Player Faction's core was completed.
• Lingyan told Ye Fei to keep his high-level challenge rewards for himself, and Ye Fei explained that he had donated them because he could not use them.
• Lingyan advised Ye Fei to add a recent agreement partner as a contact soon and noted that the Heavenly Imperial Sect had sought outside help despite its seven-day compensation deadline.

Ye Fei contacted Xu Ming, who had repeatedly complained in the Human Race's Chat Channel about an unpaid debt, and received a large cache of ore as thanks for saving him. After confirming that the rumored human Cultivation Practitioner belonged to Free and Unrestrained Mountain, Ye Fei checked his auction records and wondered whether two separately sold weapons had formed a set.

• Ye Fei sent Xu Ming a friend request after seeing his repeated messages demanding repayment and people cursing the debtor.
• Xu Ming confirmed Ye Fei's identity, sent him a large quantity of ore, and told the Human Race's Chat Channel that the debt had been repaid.
• Ye Fei saw that Xu Ming had given away nearly all his accumulated resources as thanks for being saved.
• Xu Ming asked again about the rumored human Cultivation Practitioner, and Ye Fei said the rumor was false but confirmed the person belonged to Free and Unrestrained Mountain.
• Ye Fei checked his auction records and noticed the same buyer had paid high prices for two weapons he had sold separately.

Ye Fei agreed to an unconditional alliance between Free and Unrestrained Mountain and the Wood Demon Pavilion. After the Pavilion Master learned that Ye Fei, not the Wind God, controlled Free and Unrestrained Mountain, she gave Die Wu the Pavilion Master position and sent her to establish the Alliance Contract, leaving Die Wu baffled by the group's strange connections.

• Die Wu told Ye Fei about the scammers targeting her sister and asked whether Free and Unrestrained Mountain wanted an alliance.
• Ye Fei told Die Wu that his group had agreed to ally with the Wood Demon Pavilion and did not require any conditions or benefits.
• Die Wu worried that the alliance would disadvantage the higher-ranked Free and Unrestrained Mountain, but Ye Fei said their rankings did not matter without benefits to divide.
• Die Wu reported Ye Fei's answer to her sister, who revealed that the Wind God had turned her down when she tried to establish the Alliance Contract.
• The Pavilion Master gave Die Wu her position and told her to establish the Alliance Contract with Ye Fei after learning that he controlled Free and Unrestrained Mountain.
• Die Wu was shocked that Ye Fei was the group's controller and wondered how the Wind God, a Demon Race player, could have a Human Race son.

Ye Fei formed an alliance between Free and Unrestrained Mountain and Blue Feather’s Wood Demon Pavilion after Feng An donated the required Survival Points. The alliance was established as Blue Feather dealt with a player in her faction, while the Elf Queen and Feng An discussed her methods.

• Feng An teased Ye Fei about Blue Feather mistaking him for Feng An’s son, and Long Heng described their relationship as a life-and-death friendship.
• Ye Fei discovered that an Alliance Pact cost a hundred million Survival Points for his faction to invite a higher-ranked faction.
• Feng An donated a hundred million Survival Points, allowing Ye Fei to purchase the pact and invite Die Wu’s Wood Demon Pavilion into an alliance.
• Blue Feather accepted the request, unlocking an alliance channel, and said her faction would introduce itself after handling private business.
• Ye Fei saw Wood Demon Pavilion’s membership drop from thirteen to twelve, and the Elf Queen suggested Blue Feather had killed a player.