Recaps

Six months after the Earthshaking Continent became a player-run resource base, Qi Sheng saw that the Blue Lantern Race was about to change its strategy. The Blue Lanterns reclaimed Adventurer World to convert its resources for war, leaving instance players out of work as an old friend of the players also faced trouble from the invasion.

• Players built automated mines and spirit plant plantations across the Earthshaking Continent, while the Pale Continent became the main focus of their competition with powerful factions, including the Blue Lantern Race.
• Qi Sheng deduced that the Blue Lantern Race would restructure its strategy in three days.
• The Blue Lantern Race announced that it was reclaiming Adventurer World, and its instance scenes and teleportation passages began collapsing as players watched.
• Players flooded the forums with complaints and questions about losing their instance income and Divine Lamp Coins.
• Du Shu Po Wan Juan explained that the Blue Lantern Race had created a 70th rule, matter conversion, and was consuming resources to fuel its war against the Dark Tide Legion instead of maintaining Adventurer World.
• As players grieved the end of instance gameplay, the Blue Lantern Race's invasion drove an old friend of the players into a predicament.

The Raincall Race’s patriarch, Yuhai, ordered his people to abandon their underground city after dreams of desire began draining their lives. A sudden series of incomprehensible images interrupted his dream, revealing that a thousand-faced Evil God was tormenting many civilizations while feeding on the effects of its scheme.

• Yuhai learned that the Raincall Race’s recurring dreams were killing his people, and called an emergency council to discuss their next move.
• As elders collapsed into the dreams during the meeting, Yuhai ordered the Raincall Race to prepare to leave their underground home and move to the surface.
• Yuhai fell into a dream of power and prosperity, but strange images interrupted the illusion and let him awaken before his vitality ran out.
• Yuhai swallowed large amounts of restorative Crystal and realized the images had saved his life.
• The thousand-faced Evil God watched thousands of civilization factions suffer similar torment as purple mist flowed into its two Rule Inscriptions.

The Lord of Bliss completed a new system that linked the Jile Rule and Reflection Rule to harvest energy from civilizations, but a Blue Lantern Race Divine Lineage member traced an erased Elysium Branch Hall back to the Elysium Main Hall. The Lord of Bliss evacuated the Elysium Tribe and fled through random space jumps, but the pursuer predicted its routes and nearly caught it.

• The Lord of Bliss verified that the Jile Rule and Reflection Rule could deliver illusions and advertisements across worlds, creating a cycle that harvested elysium and reflection energy.
• The Lord of Bliss sensed a Blue Lantern Race Divine Lineage member destroy a civilization and reconstruct the ruins of a former Elysium Branch Hall to trace its connection to the Elysium Main Hall.
• The Lord of Bliss ordered everyone to evacuate, and the Elysium Tribe fled aboard the Mobile Sacrificial Altar as the Blue Lantern Race member arrived at the empty Main Hall.
• The Blue Lantern Race member retraced the spatial turbulence and pursued the Lord of Bliss through successive random jumps across space.
• The Blue Lantern Race member used the divine lamp and its 69 Rule Component imprints to predict the Elysium Tribe's escape routes and appeared ahead of the fleeing altar.
• The Lord of Bliss escaped into another spatial rift, but it knew the Blue Lantern Race member's predictions would improve and its next escape might fail.

The Lord of Bliss fled the Blue Lantern Race member while recalling how it had spent ages preparing the Elysium Tribe for its rise. It escaped into a trap containing the Against the Tide God's preserved punch, turning the chase against its pursuer.

• The Blue Lantern Race member wounded the Lord of Bliss and pursued its collapsing altar through the void as Elysium Tribe members helped sustain its escape.
• The Lord of Bliss recalled its ten-thousand-year plans, its belief in the Dragon-Snake Transformation, and the ancient maxim that only through that transformation could one survive.
• The Lord of Bliss defied the Blue Lantern Race member's claim of innate superiority and continued driving the altar through the void despite its failing strength.
• The Lord of Bliss used its final Elysium Energy to jump into a spatial fissure, and the Blue Lantern Race member followed it into a space where its powers were suppressed.
• The Lord of Bliss revealed that it had prepared a Void Corridor containing the Against the Tide God's preserved punch, which struck the trapped Blue Lantern Race member as the Lord of Bliss laughed in triumph.

The Lord of Bliss killed the Blue Lantern Race pursuer by luring it into the Against the Tide God's peak punch, then escaped to the Chaos Ancient Battlefield to erase the karmic traces that could lead the Blue Lantern Race back to it. As chaos tore apart its body, soul, and palace, it endured the ordeal, determined to survive and complete its transformation into a dragon.

• The Against the Tide God's peak punch annihilated the Blue Lantern Race member and shattered its divine lamp, and the Lord of Bliss recovered and refined the wreckage on its altar.
• The Lord of Bliss revealed that it had used genuine pain, grief, and despair to fool the Blue Lantern Race member into lowering its guard and entering the punch's range.
• The Lord of Bliss teleported away, recognizing that the Blue Lantern Race could still trace it through karmic links, and chose the Chaos Ancient Battlefield to cleanse those traces.
• The Lord of Bliss took the Elysium Main Hall into the battlefield and let the chaotic currents strip away its karmic marks while it endured immense damage and maintained the palace's defenses.
• As the ruined Main Hall neared the battlefield's core, the Lord of Bliss bound its remaining energy to the Palace Core and charged into another surge of chaos, determined to survive and transform into a dragon.

The Lord of Bliss completed the final cleansing in the Chaos Ancient Battlefield, escaped into the void, and fell unconscious after severing the karmic ties. On the Purple Ember Continent, the Blue Lantern Race summoned its complete Divine Lamp but eventually admitted defeat and retreated from the Dark Tide.

• The Lord of Bliss endured the final chaos storm, purifying the Elysium energy and rebuilding the body and soul.
• The Lord of Bliss activated the ruined altar and escaped the Chaos Ancient Battlefield through a collapsing spatial passage, then lost consciousness in the void.
• The Blue Lantern Race struggled against the Dark Tide as its adaptable troops countered each attempt to rewrite the battlefield rules.
• Divine Lineage First ordered the Blue Lantern Race to summon the complete Divine Lamp, while eighteen Dark Tide Monarchs formed the Annihilation Blade to oppose it.
• Eight Dark Tide Monarchs sacrificed themselves as the Divine Lamp consumed the Blue Lantern Race's reserves, but the clash gradually exhausted both sides.
• An aged voice ordered the Blue Lantern Race to retreat, and the remaining ten Dark Tide Monarchs led the Dark Tide in attacking the withdrawing forces.

After the Blue Lantern Race lost the Purple Ember Continent, Divine Fire ordered an investigation into Divine Diagram’s disappearance, leading the race through a series of deadly traps to the Invincible Race’s forbidden ruins. As the Divine Lamp Array shattered the barrier around the Lord of Bliss, it prayed to Emperor Zhao for mercy just before the blue light engulfed it.

• The Blue Lantern Race migrated to the Pale Continent, where Divine Fire ordered an investigation into Divine Diagram’s disappearance.
• The Divine Vein members followed Divine Diagram’s trail through the chaotic Ancient Battlefield and suffered casualties from traps laid by the Lord of Bliss.
• The Lord of Bliss fled to the ruins of the Invincible Race and hid inside its ancient defensive array.
• The Blue Lantern Race found the forbidden land and attacked the array with the Divine Lamp Array until its barrier began to collapse.
• Facing imminent death, the Lord of Bliss prayed twice to Emperor Zhao for divine mercy as the blue light engulfed it.

The Lord of Bliss died as the Divine Lamp Rule destroyed the Elysium Tribe and the Invincible Race’s ancient territory, leaving its ten-thousand-year dream in ruins. Players mourned A Le and the closure of his Training Camp, swore vengeance on the Blue Lantern Race, and a supposedly dead consciousness began reviving within the Crimson Flame.

• The Divine Lamp Rule overwhelmed the Lord of Bliss, which reflected on its failed plans and its suspicions about the Player Race before its soul dissolved.
• The blue light destroyed the Elysium Tribe, the Invincible Race’s ancient Clan Territory, and the stone stele inscribed with “Dragon-Snake Transformation.”
• A forum post announced that A Le had died, prompting veteran players to mourn him and lament the loss of the A Le Training Camp.
• Players blamed the Blue Lantern Race for A Le’s death and the Training Camp’s closure, and many vowed to take revenge.
• A consciousness that should have been dead quietly began reviving within the Crimson Flame.

After being reborn on Earth as a powerless mortal, the Lord of Bliss developed a cultivation method using blood and radiation energy and grew stronger in the Amazon wilderness. After killing a mutated caiman, he spotted a metal spaceship and fled deeper into the forest to avoid contact with civilization.

• The Lord of Bliss awakened in his childhood body beside an Amazon stream and resolved to rebuild his strength through flesh and blood.
• He hunted small animals and discovered how to combine their blood’s vitality with sunlight and moonlight energy to cultivate.
• Through repeated hunting and training, the Lord of Bliss grew stronger and refined a cultivation method suited to the energy-poor world.
• He killed a mutated caiman, consumed its flesh and blood, and used its life force to strengthen his body further.
• A silver spaceship appeared overhead, so the Lord of Bliss fled into the forest rather than risk contact with the local civilization.

The Lord of Bliss hid from an earlier spacecraft, resumed hunting and cultivation, and prepared to move to a new hunting ground. The Star Network identified him as a possible anomaly, and unmanned warships captured him; a projected boy then addressed him by name through mental communication.

• The Lord of Bliss concealed himself in an emergency cave for several days, then recovered, replenished its dried-meat supplies, and moved deeper into the forest.
• He continued hunting and cultivation, developed Blood Burst, Blood Roar, and Blood Slaughter, and resolved to grow strong enough to challenge the minor world's civilizations.
• The Star Network detected rising energy fluctuations near SA-073 and enhanced a blurry photograph, determining that the figure labeled a mutant monkey was more humanlike than an ordinary person.
• Unmanned warships emerged from a Spatial Passage, captured the Lord of Bliss in an energy net, and confined him behind an Energy Barrier.
• A projected boy sent an energy tendril to the Lord of Bliss and used mental communication to greet him by name.

The Lord of Bliss settled into Freedom City and studied its technological civilization while seeking answers about Emperor Zhao's divine grace. After discovering the Internet, he found a video commemorating his time as a kindergarten director and was left stunned.

• The Lord of Bliss told Star Network that he had prayed to Emperor Zhao before dying in battle, and Star Network arranged an Earth Alliance identity, a translator, and a residence in Freedom City.
• The Lord of Bliss explored the city and reflected on the strengths, limits, and dangers of technological civilizations and bio-brains.
• The Lord of Bliss overheard two boys discussing the Internet, returned to his villa, and connected to it using the smart terminal Star Network had provided.
• The Lord of Bliss saw a pinned video titled “First anniversary remembrance: Kindergarten Director-Lord of Bliss: thank you for being with us through eight years of growth!” and was dumbfounded.

The Lord of Bliss discovered that the beings of the Minor World were players with immortality and access to primordial powers, and he became determined to join them. After learning that his Earth Alliance identity qualified him for the next qualification lottery, he studied player guides and prepared for a new path in Monster World.

• The Lord of Bliss watched a video about his past deeds and realized that the Minor World's beings were the Player Race.
• He searched the Monster World Official Website and learned that players could resurrect indefinitely and wield primordial abilities that he had spent ten thousand years trying to obtain.
• The Lord of Bliss decided to become a player, but the household Bio-Brain cut off his network access when his health declined.
• After eating the food brought by Service Robots, the Lord of Bliss resumed browsing and learned that the Star Network issued player qualifications through periodic lotteries.
• The Lord of Bliss confirmed that his Earth Alliance Identity Code made him eligible for the next lottery and studied beginner guides to prepare for becoming a player.

After ten thousand years of struggle and three months studying Monster World, the Lord of Bliss obtained player qualification, chose Gang Qi, and entered the Black Rock Land novice map. There, his state of mind broke through and he created a new pressure at level 0, astonishing players across all channels.

• The Lord of Bliss studied player guides, settled on a Gang Qi and Rager build, and claimed qualification when unrestricted registration opened.
• He watched the opening cinematic, chose the name A Le Never Runs Away Again after several names were rejected, selected Gang Qi, and entered Black Rock Land.
• A player invited him to join the A Le Revenge Squad, prompting the Lord of Bliss to reflect on his past and experience a breakthrough in his state of mind.
• The Lord of Bliss comprehended Momentum and created a new pressure at level 0, triggering an all-channel notification that stunned the Player Faction.

Players marveled that the level-0 newcomer A Le will never run away again had created original pressure, while the Lord of Bliss embraced his newfound freedom and named his pressure Heaven and Earth Roaming. After traveling across the Black-Eyed Continent, he bowed three times in gratitude and set off to pursue the Dao.

• Wavebreaker posted on the Forum that A Le will never run away again had created original pressure despite being a level-0 newcomer, prompting hundreds of thousands of replies.
• The Lord of Bliss emerged from his mental breakthrough feeling free of the burdens and restraints that had bound him for ten thousand years.
• The Lord of Bliss named his self-created pressure Heaven and Earth Roaming and discovered that its domain let him teleport freely across the Monster World.
• The Lord of Bliss explored the Black-Eyed Continent's mountains, ravines, streams, and mist without his former fear.
• The Lord of Bliss bowed three times on a solitary peak in gratitude for his deliverance, then vanished into the clouds to pursue the Dao.

The Lord of Bliss freely hunted monsters across Black Rock Land, embracing a fearless melee fighting style and reaching composite life soul level 45. A hidden mission revealed ways to revive his dead clanspeople and ascend his former rules, but he postponed both and left to pursue fortuitous opportunities.

• The Lord of Bliss used Heaven and Earth Roaming to slaughter monsters across Black Rock Land, including high-level beasts he could strike and evade without risk.
• He decided to abandon his former ranged style and become a pure warrior, then hunted until his composite life soul level reached 45.
• A hidden forbearance mission unlocked the Elysium Returns feature, which offered to revive his clanspeople for sacrificial power.
• The Lord of Bliss learned that Xie Yu could be revived for 10,000 Sacrificial Power as a starting Player, but chose to save his resources for the Newbie Level-Up Event championship.
• He found that ascending the Jile and Reflection rules would cost 20 million Sacrificial Power each and decided not to activate them.
• The Lord of Bliss left through Self-Dissolution to pursue fortuitous opportunities he had previously avoided.

Over three days, the Lord of Bliss used his accumulated knowledge to claim opportunities across the Monster World and entered the ruins of the Gloomlight Clan to seize a hidden Rule Node. After containing Comrades-in-Arms, which made players immune to damage from their teammates, he left the Player Faction celebrating and hoping he would find more benefits for everyone.

• The Lord of Bliss rapidly collected treasures and Sacrificial Power while traveling to opportunities he had remembered from the past.
• In the Gloomlight Clan ruins, he found a Domain Node converter and destroyed it after its stored energy had already dissipated.
• The Lord of Bliss escaped the explosion, returned to the ruins, and contained the Comrades-in-Arms Rule Node.
• He discovered that Comrades-in-Arms protected all players sharing a teammate binding from every form of damage caused by one another.
• Players praised A Le on the Forum, celebrated the faction-wide rule, and asked him to contain more opportunities that would benefit them.

The Lord of Bliss strengthened his spatial perception with Yan Ming’s blessing, then sold natural treasures and proposed a partnership with A Lan to establish a third faction on Dream Island. A Lan agreed, and the Lord of Bliss planned to travel there after the Leaderboard Rush.

• The Lord of Bliss spent thirty million sacrificial power on Yan Ming’s blessing, improving his spatial perception and teleportation accuracy.
• He used the Gold Coin Plugin to sell most of his natural treasures and decided to consign the remaining goods through the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
• After seeing Fate Gambling City’s joint wager, the Lord of Bliss contacted Collect Sacrificial Power, who recognized him as A Le and introduced himself as A Lan.
• The Lord of Bliss proposed sharing advertising revenue and building an Entertainment City on Dream Island using the Jile Rule.
• A Lan agreed to the partnership and invited the Lord of Bliss to discuss its terms after the Leaderboard Rush; the Lord of Bliss set off for Emperor Tomb Village’s teleportation point.

On Dream Island, A Lan and the Lord of Bliss negotiated a partnership connecting an entertainment city, a lodging district, and a new trading platform. They finalized the deal, leaving the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce and the Lord of Bliss set to build a wider commercial network after the newbie event.

• The Lord of Bliss arrived at Dream Island and proposed giving the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce thirty percent of his entertainment city's revenue.
• A Lan countered with a ten-percent share and proposed that the Lord of Bliss build a lodging district linked to the entertainment city and trade market.
• A Lan outlined a cross-regional trading device for alien races, and the Lord of Bliss recognized that his Reflection Rule could enable its information transmission.
• A Lan offered the Lord of Bliss forty percent of advertising revenue from the device, which they named Myriad Worlds Connect.
• A Lan and the Lord of Bliss agreed to partner on the entertainment city, lodging district, and Myriad Worlds Connect platform, with work beginning after the newbie event.

The Lord of Bliss sold his gathered treasures, strengthened his build, and hunted across Raging Tide Land at extreme speed, securing an overwhelming lead in the Newbie Level-Up Event. The event ended with A Le Never Runs Away Again claiming first place and the fifty-million Sacrificial Power reward.

• The Lord of Bliss sold his gathered treasures to A Lan for forty million Sacrificial Power upfront and prepared to resume his ranking run.
• The Lord of Bliss raised his Body Tempering and Star Meridian levels, filled all ten Life Soul slots, and centered his melee build on Extreme Speed.
• The Lord of Bliss hunted monsters and raided alien camps and facilities across Raging Tide Land, rapidly gaining Sacrificial Power and ranking experience.
• The Fate Race used the Dragon Sparrow Formation and supported its core contenders, but the Lord of Bliss's growing lead crushed their hopes of winning.
• The Newbie Level-Up Event ended, and an all-channel notification declared A Le Never Runs Away Again the winner and awarded him fifty million Sacrificial Power.

Qi Sheng reflected on the Lord of Bliss’s growing value to the Player Faction and Dream Island, then reviewed a forum post predicting changes in class builds. The chapter ended as Di Nian Bully prepared to begin his advancement ritual in the Di Family Mountains.

• Guide reported that the recruitment round had produced a strong harvest, and Qi Sheng noted that Earth’s living beings could now become players without age restrictions.
• Qi Sheng considered how the Lord of Bliss was using his accumulated knowledge to contain Primordial Monsters and claim resource nodes, and how reflection and elysium could support Dream Island’s future businesses.
• Qi Sheng read Medical Cotton Swab’s post ranking existing builds and predicting that archers would decline as Comrades-in-Arms strengthened mages.
• Medical Cotton Swab described Pointer and Terrain Shaper as emerging builds, with Pointers improving battlefield coordination and Terrain Shapers reshaping environments to favor their side.
• Qi Sheng agreed that Pointer and Terrain Shaper builds were rising, then turned his attention to the Di Family Mountains as Di Nian Bully prepared for his advancement ritual.

Di Nian Evil Spirit failed the Apostle Trial’s first emotional-control stage because the memories of the Player Race and Insect Race made him lose his temper, but he and Evil Eye found a way to transfer his anger to Evil Eye and complete the trials. After becoming an Apostle, Di Nian Evil Spirit was summoned by the Monarch to fight at the Against the Tide Battlefield as a clone projection.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit began his Apostle promotion ritual and faced memories of the Player Race and Insect Race, but their provocations made him lose control and fail the first stage.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit rejected the idea of suppressing his nature, while Evil Eye explained that he had to pass the Demon God’s trial rules before he could choose his own path.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit realized Evil Eye could receive his emotions, and Evil Eye agreed to take on the anger during a second attempt at the trial.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit passed all three stages with Evil Eye serving as the emotional vessel, then endured the Evil Moon’s power as his body and soul transformed into those of an Apostle.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit sensed his increased strength and clearer thinking, and Evil Eye told him that the Monarch had summoned him to fight at the Against the Tide Battlefield as a clone projection.

Against the Tide New Camp chose Rift Valley as its battlefield so the player warbands could fight independently, and learned that Di Nian Bully had been assigned there as a Dark Tide Apostle. Di Nian Bully began battling the other factions, then discovered that his old enemies in the Player Legion were coming to join the fight.

• Li Zheng briefed the warband commanders on the potential battlefields, and they voted to follow Di Nian Bully to whichever battlefield he was assigned.
• Three days later, Li Zheng confirmed that Di Nian Bully would be deployed to Rift Valley and outlined its four rival factions and the player warbands' preparations.
• Di Nian Bully arrived at the Against the Tide station, built a Dark Tide command tower, and prepared to seize resources with support from the Bully Alliance.
• Di Nian Bully sent Dark Tide troops into a battle among the Skyguard Race, Rift Race, and Soul Return Race, devouring their forces to grow stronger.
• Evil Eye warned Di Nian Bully that the Player Legion was approaching, and he recognized his old enemies beneath a banner welcoming him back.

Di Nian Evil Spirit, the Player Legion, and the Insect Race entered the Rift Valley battlefield and joined forces against the Skyguard Race, Soul Return Race, and Rift Race. As the war escalated, Di Nian Evil Spirit used alliance support and precise battlefield control to summon over a hundred Demigod evil spirits, stunning the other combatants.

• The Zerg Master Brain's Demigod clone arrived and spread creep and swarms of insects across the battlefield, while Di Nian Evil Spirit ordered the Dark Tide to attack faster.
• Ye Lan led the Player Legion into battle, where the damage-soakers formed a moving defensive line and the Mage Group bombarded enemies with elemental torrents.
• The Player Legion, Dark Tide, and Insect Race coordinated without words, striking the Skyguard Race, Soul Return Race, and Rift Race while sparing one another from lethal blows.
• Ye Lan and Di Nian Evil Spirit activated advanced battlefield control, and the Zerg Master Brain adjusted its swarm to match their coordinated tactics.
• As alien Demigods entered the fight, Di Nian Evil Spirit requested reinforcements from the Bully Alliance, which sent him more than a hundred Demigod evil spirits.

Di Nian Evil Spirit led the Dark Tide Legion and the Insect Race into an all-out battle against the three Alien Races, while the Players rapidly reinforced their own legion. The battle escalated as more forces arrived, including ordinary Players drawn by the chance to witness the fighting and scavenge its spoils.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit summoned more than a hundred Demigod Evil Spirits, earning the Apostles' respect and their willing acceptance of its battlefield command.
• The Zerg Master Brain activated breeding mode and dropped more than a hundred Demigod troops into Rift Valley, matching the dark tide's strength.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit, the Zerg Master Brain, and Ye Lan's Player Legion launched a coordinated assault, prompting the Skyguard Race, Soul Return Race, and Rift Race to commit their reserves.
• Ye Lan requested reinforcements, and major Player Warbands arrived through Teleportation Arrays until the Player Legion's Demigod count exceeded 300.
• Ordinary Players organized Bully Flights to reach the battlefield, where many were killed by battle shockwaves as they arrived and others sought to scavenge the fighting's spoils.

Players scavenged the outskirts of Rift Valley as six forces fought, while Di Nian Evil Spirit kept the most profitable battle lines for his Alliance and defended his allocation to the dissatisfied Po Hun. After Po Hun accepted his explanation, Di Nian secretly ordered Evil Eye to post a high-value quest for Players to attack Po Hun’s High Tower Node.

• Ordinary players gathered loot around Rift Valley’s battlefield, dodging shock waves as the six forces’ fighting intensified.
• The Combat Zerg and Skyguard Race clashed in brutal close combat while the Rift Race, Soul Return Race, Dark Tide, and Player Legion fought across other parts of the battlefield.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit assigned the most profitable battle lines to his Alliance, prompting outside Apostles to complain and Po Hun to challenge his share of the war’s returns.
• Di Nian told Po Hun its defensive role would become more valuable later, and Po Hun apologized and agreed to follow orders.
• After Di Nian reaffirmed the original allocation, he asked Evil Eye to post a high-value Black-Level Quest recruiting Players to attack Po Hun’s High Tower Node.