News of brand-new quests going live in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range instantly set the forum ablaze.
When they learned that the final reward for the hidden quest chains marked by black exclamation marks was a Primordial Monster, every player wore a remarkable expression.
Primordial Monsters and resource nodes were the core objectives of faction development in players' eyes.
Exactly how many Primordial Monsters existed throughout Monster World was completely unknown.
But containing just one Primordial Monster could change the player ecosystem, or even give rise to entirely new playstyles.
The two original styles, mages and warriors, had developed into the present Nine Great Schools.
The more choices the Life Soul Database offered, the more gameplay systems could be developed.
That was why containing Primordial Monsters was an obsession for many players, as well as a glorious moment worthy of the history books.
As one player on the forum put it: "With a screenshot of yourself containing a Primordial Monster, you can talk with your head held high on the forum. Got a problem? I'll slap my containment screenshot in your face, then ask: I've put in work for the club and added a dish to the Life Soul family bucket. What about you?"
But when it came to containing Primordial Monsters, luck often mattered more than effort.
Some players spent the day fishing by the sea, doing nothing else, only to have a level-one Primordial Monster that had died elsewhere and reformed practically deliver itself to their doorstep.
They did not even need to fight. A wave of the hand was enough to subdue it and send it into the Life Soul Database.
Other players formed massive teams, crossed mountains and rivers, and fought far and wide, only to never catch so much as a glimpse of a Primordial