Recaps

The Summit of Stars Championship began with top guilds and emerging warbands demonstrating their battlefield tactics. Gang Sword defeated Dance of Shadows through Gang Po’s command, while other guilds advanced in matches across the arenas.

• Divine Hall defeated its first-round opponent in under three minutes, and War Symphony and Wings of the Sky Dome also crushed their opponents with coordinated formations.
• Commander Ye Ming concealed the Mist Legion in Duskshadow form in the Dark Night Forest, while Giant Rock led the Colossus Guild to turn its defensive formation into a decisive charge.
• Sage led the Myriad Arts Guild in a spell formation as battles erupted across the championship’s many battlefields.
• Gang Po analyzed Shatter Canyon and directed the Gang Sword Warband’s three battalions to break Dance of Shadows’ formation and counter its assassin ambush.
• Gang Po used Oath Space to evade the assassins’ attack, then ordered a barrage that wiped them out before Gang Sword overran the enemy and won in 14 minutes and 38 seconds.
• Frost Wolf, Fairy Garden, Starbreaker, and several media-featured warbands won their opening matches as the championship continued.

A highlight reel celebrated the first round of Summit of the Stars before the second round began. Throat of Defying Fate’s Dragon Sparrow Warband defeated the much larger Dragonblood Knight Order with overwhelming control of space, gravity, and elemental magic.

• A research enthusiast’s highlight reel showcased powerful guilds and standout moments, prompting spectators and contestants to debate and study their opponents’ tactics.
• After the hour-long rest, the second-round brackets were announced, and Throat of Defying Fate’s Dragon Sparrow Warband matched against Blood Dragon’s Dragonblood Knight Order.
• Blood Dragon rallied his five thousand members to charge the Dragon Sparrow Warband, determined to fight for the Dragonblood Knight Order’s dignity.
• Throat of Defying Fate told his five hundred members to handle the charge, and they reshaped the battlefield with spatial and gravity spells while bombarding the knights.
• The Dragon Sparrow Warband overwhelmed the Dragonblood Knight Order and won, leaving spectators astonished by the team’s strength.

Ye Ming’s Mist Legion overwhelmed the larger Shattered Stone Guild with coordinated assassinations and corrosive mist, then advanced through several tournament rounds. The chapter ends as the Mist Guild is matched against the First Sparrow Guild for the fifth round.

• Kai Shan Lie Shi rallied the Shattered Stone Guild to defend against Ye Ming’s Mist Legion, but the assassins used clones and sudden attacks to break through its formation.
• Ye Xie spread Dissolve Mist across the battlefield while the Mist Legion exploited the confusion to kill Shattered Stone’s fighters and supports.
• Ye Ming struck targets with brief, precise attacks, and the Mist Legion defeated the Shattered Stone Guild by a crushing margin.
• The tournament eliminated most of its warbands over the next rounds, leaving 79,821 to begin the fifth round.
• The fifth-round draw paired the Mist Guild against the First Sparrow Guild, prompting debate over Ye Ming’s assassins and Throat of Defying Fate’s spatial techniques.

Ye Ming’s Mist Legion fought Fate Throat’s Dragon Sparrow Legion on Storm Island, but Dragon Sparrow’s superior coordination and reserves won the fifth-round match. The next day, attention turned to the round 13 clash between the Kindergarten Grinders Guild and Wings of the Firmament Guild as both entered the arena.

• Ye Ming recognized Fate Throat as his former rival and ordered the Mist Legion to attack, while Fate Throat prepared the Dragon Sparrow Legion’s elemental defenses.
• The two warbands traded probing attacks, and the Dragon Sparrow Legion used spatial magic and elemental control to repel the Mist Legion’s assassins and poisonous mist.
• Ye Ming marked the battlefield and used rapid teleportation to kill six Dragon Sparrow members, but the Dragon Sparrow Legion regrouped and countered the Mist Legion’s assault.
• Ye Ming launched a final strike at Fate Throat, who trapped him with Fate · Return to the Void; Dragon Sparrow then eliminated the remaining Mist members and won the match.
• The round 13 matchup between the Kindergarten Grinders Guild and Wings of the Firmament Guild became a major talking point, and both guilds entered the arena.

Principal’s Darkspawn Legion and the Hardcore Grinders Group led the Kindergarten Hardcore Grinders Warband to a costly comeback victory over Wings of the Sky Dome. Two days later, the tournament announced its championship showdown between Divine Hall and Drunken Feast, leaving the players waiting to see which guild would claim the title.

• Principal summoned more than ten thousand Darkspawn Warriors, while Li Zheng and the nine other Hardcore Grinders formed a demon god dharma form to fight Wings of the Sky Dome.
• The Hardcore Grinders’ dharma form endured the Judgment Dharma Form’s attacks, awakened its War God Seal, and broke through with power accumulated from the assault.
• Wings of the Sky Dome activated its ten-thousand-person formation and defeated the Hardcore Grinders, eliminating all ten members.
• Principal used a reserve of Darkspawn Warriors to shatter the weakened Holy Light Dharma Form, winning the match for the Kindergarten Grinders Guild as the arena collapsed.
• Two days later, a server-wide announcement revealed that Divine Hall and Drunken Feast would face each other in the championship showdown in two hours.

Divine King’s Divine Hall Warband and Woshnidie’s Drunken Feast Warband faced off in the Summit of the Stars finals, turning their shared history into a fierce contest of tactics and strength. As Woshnidie deployed Battle Formations, Divine King shifted his forces into a defensive Fortress Formation, leaving the outcome undecided.

• The finalists entered the Star Battlefield, where a staircase displayed the Player Faction’s history before the two warbands took their places beneath the starry throne.
• Divine King and Woshnidie’s damage-soaking groups charged, then stopped when Divine King’s command made the Drunken Feast fighters obey out of habit, amusing the spectators.
• The warbands clashed in coordinated attacks as Divine King and Woshnidie rapidly countered each other’s commands and tactics.
• Divine King increased the pace of his orders until Woshnidie began falling behind, so she split her forces into fifteen Battle Formations to reduce her command burden.
• Divine King ordered the Divine Hall Warband into Fortress Formation, choosing to defend against the Battle Formations rather than spend energy matching them.

Divine Hall defeated Drunken Feast in the Summit of the Stars final after both guilds unveiled their ultimate Battle Formation Dharma Forms. Divine Hall claimed the championship and the [Lord of the Stars] title, and the tournament reward distribution began.

• Woshnidie directed Drunken Feast’s fifteen Battle Formation Dharma Forms in a series of coordinated attacks, while Divine King led Divine Hall’s defenses and counterattacks.
• Woshnidie combined the fifteen Dharma Forms into the enormous Chaos Divine Lord, and Divine King chose to meet it head-on instead of using tactics that would quickly dismantle it.
• Divine King led Divine Hall in forming Annihilation, which clashed with the Chaos Divine Lord until Drunken Feast’s depleted energy reserves caused its formation to crumble.
• Annihilation pierced and destroyed the Chaos Divine Lord, and the championship announcement named Divine Hall the winning guild.
• Divine Hall members celebrated beneath the Star Throne as the [Lord of the Stars] title appeared above their game IDs, then Divine King organized a group photograph.
• The tournament reward distribution began for all participating players.

Qi Sheng created the War Library from the Summit of the Stars tournament data, giving players a way to replay matches and train against fixed team mirror images. In the Phantom Spirit Wasteland, Hard as Steel's squad discovered an underground palace, where touching a corpse's greatsword pulled him into a spatial rift and left his teammates unable to reach him.

• Qi Sheng used the tournament data to add the War Library to the Testing Tower, and players debated its replay feature and fee on the Forum.
• Hard as Steel's 32-player squad discussed forming a warband while exploring the Dreamweaver Tribe's ruins in the Phantom Spirit Wasteland.
• The squad found an underground palace and discovered an armored corpse clutching an energy-radiating greatsword.
• Hard as Steel reached for the greatsword, and a spatial rift seized him and vanished, leaving his teammates unable to contact him.

Tu Hu woke in a mysterious space, where Cang Xuan trained him to understand sword momentum and choose the path of protection. After revealing that he had left a shadow to pass on his Dao, Cang Xuan disappeared, leaving Tu Hu to continue as his successor.

• Tu Hu woke on a lush hillside and learned from his party that they were still trying to rescue him, but he chose to investigate the place first.
• Cang Xuan offered to teach Tu Hu swordsmanship and made him repeat basic blocks and strikes before facing a level 127 Dreamweaver Beast phantom.
• After Tu Hu angrily rejected the training, Cang Xuan showed him how sword momentum could wield rule-level power, and Tu Hu understood what the lessons were meant to teach.
• Cang Xuan presented Tu Hu with three paths—slaughter, destruction, and protection—and Tu Hu chose the pale golden Sword of Protection.
• Tu Hu trained for an unknown time, focusing on protecting his comrades and hopes, while Cang Xuan periodically guided him.
• Tu Hu asked why Cang Xuan had remained behind as a skeleton, and Cang Xuan explained that he had accepted his civilization's end and left a shadow to pass on his Dao before disappearing.

Tu Hu spent Sacrificial Power to learn Cang Xuan's past, tracing his life from the declining martial arts city of Wu City to his discovery of a sword power driven by intent. After Cang Xuan annihilated Light-Erosion Race warriors, the Dreamweaver leaders sent him to the Broken Blade Assault Corps to fight at the front.

• Tu Hu paid 30,000 Sacrificial Power to learn Cang Xuan's past, and Guide Bro showed him the Dreamweaver World.
• Cang Xuan refused his grandfather's offer to join the Psionic Academy and committed himself to preserving the Cang sword Dao.
• After the Dreamweaver Tribe migrated to the Land of Dreams, Cang Xuan remained in Wu City until compulsory relocation brought him to Hope City.
• Cang Xuan cultivated his sword in the Land of Dreams, developing a pale golden power that arose from his intent and emotions.
• Cang Xuan joined the 73rd Independent Tactical Response Detachment and erased a group of Light-Erosion Race warriors with his sword.
• Dreamweaver researchers could not explain Cang Xuan's power, but recommended that he transfer to the Broken Blade Assault Corps for frontline combat.

Cang Xuan fought the Light-Erosion Race for two hundred years, only to return to a ruined Dreamweaver civilization and learn that its legacy could survive through spiritual inheritance. After Cang Xuan passed his sword Dao into the illusion, Tu Hu witnessed his life and asked Guide to assess his strength.

• Cang Xuan used his sword momentum to defend the Dreamweaver Tribe, then transformed his sword from protection to slaughter and destruction after seeing the Light-Erosion Race devastate Morning Light.
• Cang Xuan destroyed the Light-Erosion Race's territory, but returned to find Hope City in ruins and learned from a recorder that two hundred years had passed and his civilization was gone.
• Cang Xuan entered the Final Bastion, broke his iron sword, and prepared to die before Shadow revealed the Dreamweaver Tribe had preserved its knowledge as a gift for future civilizations.
• Shadow persuaded Cang Xuan that his way of the sword could become an inheritance, so Cang Xuan forged the Sword of Protection anew and left his sword Dao in the illusion for a successor.
• Cang Xuan peacefully died after entrusting his legacy to the future, and Tu Hu returned from witnessing his life and asked Guide how strong Cang Xuan had been.
• Guide assessed Cang Xuan as False God Realm, with offensive power in the Divine Realm, and Tu Hu praised his strength.

Tu Hu learned that Cang Xuan’s Sword of Protection could be inherited through a life soul, and his teammates helped him raise the 2.5 million sacrificial power needed to seal it. After socketing the new life soul in place of Rending, Tu Hu named it Cost Me 2.5 Million, and the Player Faction received a creation announcement.

• Tu Hu asked Guide how long it would take to comprehend Cang Xuan’s sword momentum and learned that each focused sword swing transferred fragments of the sword’s rules into his will.
• Guide offered a 34.38 million sacrificial power complete reconstruction or a 2.5 million progressive unsealing, and Tu Hu chose the cheaper option.
• Tu Hu asked his teammates to lend him sacrificial power, and they sold equipment and materials while he liquidated his own inventory to reach the required amount.
• Guide transformed Cang Xuan’s Sword of Protection into an unnamed sealed life soul, and Tu Hu dismantled Rending to socket it into his seventh star meridian slot.
• Tu Hu formed a pale golden greatsword, named the new life soul Cost Me 2.5 Million, and received a Player Faction-wide creation announcement.

Tu Hu inherited the Sword of Protection, Slaughter, and Destruction Momentums from Cang Xuan’s shadow and received the Dreamweaver Civilization’s wisdom crystal to deliver to Cang Xuan’s homeworld. After recovering Cang Xuan’s remains from the Trading House and testing his new power against monsters, Tu Hu set out across the wasteland, determined to fulfill his promise.

• Tu Hu convinced Cang Xuan’s shadow to grant him the Slaughter and Destruction Sword Momentums, and the shadow entrusted him with the Dreamweaver Civilization’s wisdom crystal for safekeeping and possible delivery to its homeworld.
• Tu Hu returned to the Dreamweaver Great Hall and learned his teammates had sold Cang Xuan’s remains and heavy sword; he reclaimed the remains and respectfully restored them to their place, though the sword was already gone.
• Tu Hu tested the Sword of Protection Momentum outside the hall, blocking three Blood Hounds and killing them with invisible strikes while gaining comprehension from combat.
• Tu Hu decided to hunt monsters on his way to the teleportation point, then contact the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce about travel to Cang Xuan’s homeworld and carry out his promise to leave the wisdom crystal there.

Tu Hu learned that returning the Dreamweaver civilization’s legacy to its ruined homeland would require a costly teleportation array, so he and his teammates agreed to raise the sacrificial power together. After more than ten days of grinding Adventurer World instances, they saved enough for a high-risk, single-person array and contacted the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to begin construction.

• Tu Hu returned to Di Family Village, dismantled his old shield for sacrificial power, and asked the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to investigate a route to the Dreamweaver World.
• The Chamber reported that the Dreamweaver World had collapsed, had an abnormal time flow, and would require about 1.39 million sacrificial power for a stable array; Tu Hu chose to raise funds for a cheaper, risky single-person array.
• Guide explained that fast time alone could not overcome a world's limits, and Tu Hu discussed the mission with his teammates, who unanimously supported returning the Dreamweaver civilization’s legacy.
• Tu Hu led his team to Adventurer World, where they rapidly cleared guided instances and sold their loot to build up sacrificial power.
• After more than ten days, the team had enough funds for the single-person array, and Tu Hu contacted the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to start construction.

Tu Hu traveled through a dangerous one-way Teleportation Array, but a spatial vortex left him stranded in a primeval jungle with severe injuries and no memories. After awakening an astonishing strength while fighting a beast, he fled into a cave and was on the verge of being devoured by a giant spider when unseen attackers struck it down.

• Tu Hu reached Dream Island, activated the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s unstable Teleportation Array, and was swallowed by a spatial reverse-flow vortex during transit.
• Tu Hu awakened in a jungle with a colorful gemstone in hand, but could not remember his name, identity, or past.
• A huge spiked beast attacked Tu Hu, who fled while badly injured and then knocked it flying with a single punch.
• Tu Hu found a cave, where a giant spider chased him outside and dragged him toward its jaws with webbing.
• As Tu Hu lost consciousness, unseen projectiles struck the giant spider, releasing his ankle from its web.

Tu Hu recovered among the Velvet Spirit Tribe, learned of their struggle against the Ferocious Tribe, and became part of their community. After unlocking the Wisdom Crystal's library, he concluded that he might be a survivor of the Dreamweaver Tribe and resolved to guide the Velvet Spirit Tribe using its knowledge.

• A Lan, A Fen, and A Lü rescued Tu Hu from a giant cave spider, fed him, and asked him to help defend the Velvet Spirit Tribe from the Ferocious Tribe.
• A Lan told Tu Hu how the Ferocious Tribe had driven the Velvet Spirit Tribe from Star Valley and cost many of their people their lives.
• Tu Hu helped the tribe hunt and gather, while A Fen treated his injuries and A Lü taught him how they managed their scarce supplies.
• Tu Hu activated the crystal and discovered an illusory library containing the knowledge of the Dreamweaver Tribe.
• Tu Hu inferred that he might be the Dreamweaver Tribe's last survivor, then resolved to pass its knowledge to the Velvet Spirit Tribe.

Tu Hu used knowledge from the Library to transform the Velvet Spirit Tribe with metalworking, farming, irrigation, defenses, and record-keeping. After the tribe survived a devastating flood and defeated the Ferocious Tribe through traps and guerrilla tactics, Tu Hu and A Lan, A Fen, and A Lü joined hands to welcome a future free of their old enemy.

• Tu Hu taught the Velvet Spirit Tribe to smelt metal, and A Lan's test of their first copper blade convinced the tribe that sharper weapons were possible.
• Tu Hu guided the tribe in cultivating crops, building irrigation and reservoirs, constructing defensive walls and traps, and recording resources and maps with A Lü's help.
• A flood struck Gushing Spring Basin, but the tribe's defenses, waterworks, and maps helped everyone survive while preserving most of their food and weapons.
• The Ferocious Tribe attacked and was repelled by the Velvet Spirit Tribe's traps and metal weapons; A Fen then gave Tu Hu strong fruit wine to ease the pain from his injuries.
• Tu Hu led reconnaissance and guerrilla raids that weakened the Ferocious Tribe, which later launched a final assault and was defeated when A Lan killed its last Chief.
• Tu Hu, A Lan, A Fen, and A Lü joined hands beneath the moonlight and toasted the future of the Velvet Spirit Tribe.

The Velvet Spirit Tribe reclaimed Star Valley, built a prosperous settlement, and strengthened its warriors after a disastrous clash with the Shadowclaw Clan. The Rockarmor Clan then destroyed their home, leaving Tu Hu to lead the surviving young into exile and vow to return for vengeance.

• Tu Hu led the Velvet Spirit Tribe in developing Star Valley with mines, furnaces, irrigation, farms, settlements, and an Archive, while A Lan and A Fen welcomed Lan Xing and A Lü and his mate had Mo Tong.
• The tribe expanded into the Black Thorn Forest, overcame the Stone Howlers, and suffered heavy losses in a surprise attack by the Shadowclaw Clan.
• Tu Hu established coming-of-age hunting trials, annual tournaments, and combat training, and Lan Xing and Mo Tong helped defeat the Shadowclaw Clan.
• The Rockarmor Clan invaded Star Valley, broke through its defenses, and overwhelmed the tribe despite A Lan's desperate resistance and A Fen's sacrifice.
• A Lü died defending the Archive's knowledge, while Tu Hu led Lan Xing, Mo Tong, and the surviving children and youths out of Star Valley.
• Tu Hu gave Lan Xing a broken spear and Mo Tong the surviving records, then vowed that the survivors would reclaim their homeland and avenge their fallen people.

Tu Hu led the Velvet Spirit Tribe through years of migration, helped them establish New Star Valley, and watched them build an energy-powered civilization. As the tribe prospered and generations passed, Lan Xing and Mo Tong died, leaving Tu Hu to remain as its solitary Path Guardian.

• Tu Hu guided the Velvet Spirit Tribe through a dangerous migration, while Lan Xing and Mo Tong grew into leaders and helped the band survive.
• Lan Xing found a fertile, sheltered valley, and Tu Hu declared that the tribe had found a home in New Star Valley.
• Lan Xing and Mo Tong led the tribe's development of the city, energy technologies, transport tracks, and new weapons.
• Lan Xing died of old age after Tu Hu assured him that New Star Valley and the tribe were thriving.
• Mo Tong died peacefully in the Archive, and Tu Hu remained to witness the civilization's generations pass.

After Lan Xing and Mo Tong died, Lie Zhua and Hui Xin led New Star Valley along competing military and biological research paths, developing new weapons, armor, and gene-enhancing potions. Hui Xin’s secret experiment with Shadow Stalker Evil Beast genes caused a fatal outbreak, and Lie Zhua was forced to end her life while Tu Hu mourned the loss of another child he had watched grow up.

• Lie Zhua and Hui Xin led the third generation, and their Sharp Sword project created the Crystal Energy Gun and the short-range Siege Ram.
• Tu Hu approved Lie Zhua’s Thunder Armor Project as a top priority and gave Hui Xin’s Spark Project long-term support.
• Lie Zhua’s team built Thunder Armor Type One, while Hui Xin’s team developed Basic Gene Optimization Potions, and their rivalry drove both projects forward.
• Hui Xin secretly experimented on herself with Shadow Stalker Evil Beast genes, became a monster, and infected nearby researchers.
• Lie Zhua quarantined Hui Xin and the infected researchers, but Tu Hu concluded that the spreading contamination could not be reversed.
• Lie Zhua pressed the button that destroyed Hui Xin, then left to handle the aftermath as Tu Hu grieved alone.

After Hui Xin’s death, Jing Si led the research department down a cautious path of internal evolution while Lie Zhua advanced military technology through successive wars. Generations of hardship and innovation brought New Star Valley closer to reclaiming Star Valley, and Qi Ming’s Spirit Talk network connected the growing territory as Tu Hu received New Year greetings from the people he had guided.

• Lie Zhua stabilized the research department, and Jing Si sealed Hui Xin’s dangerous experiments before developing the Psionic Blood Refinement Method for Furlings.
• Lie Zhua’s forces defeated the Diku Tribe with Barrier Breakers, countered the Winged Beast Tribe with Sky-Binding Nets, and overcame the Marsh Tribe with Purifying Flame Projectors.
• Tu Hu maintained the dangerous coming-of-age trial, where young Furlings hunted alone and received Broken Spear Earrings in memory of A Lan and the first-generation warriors.
• Qi Ming used the Psionic Encoding Technique to develop Spirit Talk communicators, connecting New Star Valley and its satellite settlements through an energy communications network.
• Tu Hu received a custom Spirit Talk for the New Year and read messages from Lie Zhua, Jing Si, Qi Ming, Qinsi, and the Warrior’s Way Nursery.

As New Star Valley prospered, a powerful foreign race crushed the Rongling’s border defenses, forcing Tu Hu to argue that they should become vassals to preserve their people. Lie Zhua accepted negotiations to protect the civilization’s future, and Tu Hu volunteered to meet the enemy himself.

• New Star Valley advanced in technology and strength while Tu Hu watched the Rongling civilization flourish and wrestled with his loneliness.
• A foreign army overwhelmed Lie Zhua’s Thunder Armor Legion, and reconnaissance revealed that the invaders’ forces were slave troops serving a stronger race.
• Tu Hu urged the command to negotiate vassalage, but Lie Zhua, Jing Si, and the other leaders rejected the idea as dishonorable.
• Tu Hu argued that survival mattered more than a glorious death, and Lie Zhua recalled how Tu Hu had once given his last food to the children to keep them alive.
• Lie Zhua ordered the Rongling to preserve their forces and research, then authorized negotiations with the enemy.
• Tu Hu returned and volunteered to negotiate, telling the others that their survival and future mattered more than his own.

Tu Hu negotiated the Velvet Spirit Tribe's submission to the Riftbone Tribe in exchange for a chance to preserve its people and develop its capabilities. After the Riftbone Tribe imposed brutal rule and executed Lie Zhua, Tu Hu accepted the dead leader's charge to protect the tribe and continue its struggle.

• Tu Hu used his ability to learn languages to negotiate with Dage, offering the Velvet Spirit Tribe's technology and research in exchange for protection.
• Dage accepted the Velvet Spirit Tribe as vassals under strict Riftbone administration, and Tu Hu agreed to the loss of their sovereignty.
• Military overseer Suiya entered New Star Valley, disarmed the Velvet Spirit Tribe, conscripted 5,000 people, and ordered an execution platform built.
• Suiya had Lie Zhua taken away and sentenced him to execution, while the Velvet Spirit Tribe's administrators suppressed the resulting unrest.
• Lie Zhua was executed before the gathered tribe, and he silently entrusted its future to Tu Hu.
• Tu Hu endured his grief, resolved to carry on Lie Zhua's charge, and left the square determined that the Rongling Civilization would survive.

Over more than a decade, Tu Hu guided the enslaved Velvet Spirit Tribe into the Riftbone Tribe’s military and communications systems, using their dependence to gather intelligence and prepare a counterattack. The Dark Web connected scattered tribespeople, while hidden safeguards and covert weapons made the Riftbone Tribe’s own strength part of the plan for its eventual ruin.

• Suiya imposed the Riftbone Tribe’s Code on the Velvet Spirit Tribe, conscripting and dispersing its people while relying increasingly on their technological work.
• Tiexin developed Fierce Beast bone armor and Bloodthirsty Blades for the Riftbone Tribe, and the Velvet Spirit Tribe secretly recorded equipment and military information.
• Over ten years, Tiexin’s, Qiming’s, and Jing Si’s teams gathered detailed intelligence on Riftbone troop deployments, communications, resources, and battle preparations.
• Qiming’s team secretly distributed Spirit Link Crystal Cores that created the Dark Web, connecting scattered Velvet Spirits and allowing them to share intelligence and support one another.
• Jing Si’s team introduced the Bloodrage Formula, which secretly left an inert substance in Riftbone warriors that could be activated by a future Neutralizing Agent.
• Tu Hu continued preparing covert operations, including weapon curses, environmental corrosion, and mount betrayals, as the Velvet Spirit Tribe waited for the moment to counterattack.

After thirty-five years of preparation, the Velvet Spirit Tribe exploited the Riftbone Tribe’s war with the Windwall Race to launch a coordinated uprising and destroy the Riftbone dynasty. The chapter ended with the Velvet Spirit Tribe honoring its fallen at the Monument of the Enduring Flame as a new era began.

• The Riftbone Tribe became bogged down in a costly war against the Windwall Race, giving Tu Hu and the Velvet Spirit Tribe their long-awaited chance to strike.
• Qi Ming, Jing Si, and Tiexin sabotaged Riftbone communications, Bloodrage Formula, and weapons, while enslaved races rose in rebellion and Velvet Spirit forces attacked from within.
• Lingyue led the retaking of New Star Valley, and Tu Hu killed Suiya by triggering the explosive bone ornament he wore.
• The Velvet Spirit Tribe launched a sweeping counterattack, captured Riftbone territory, and burned the dynasty’s last royal banner one month later.
• Lingyue led a memorial for the fallen at the Monument of the Enduring Flame, where Tu Hu declared that dawn had finally come.