Recaps

Qi Sheng discovered that Shuyan used stories and readers to generate Ink Power, then watched it abandon one story and create a cultivation world designed to undermine the Ascension Race. When the Ascension Race attacked the new scene, Shuyan resumed the story and the two races went to war, drawing players toward the battlefield.

• Qi Sheng learned that the first four stories in Shuyan’s Rulebook had collapsed after outside factions, including the Dark Tide, invaded and killed their protagonists.
• Guide explained that Shuyan gained Ink Power mainly from readers reached through projections, while warfare and devouring provided a secondary source.
• Shuyan abandoned the fifth story, reclaimed its Ink Power, and began writing a cultivation story about Great Sun that exposed the Ascension Race’s parasitic control of cultivators.
• Great Sun discovered the Ascension Race’s scheme, killed the parasite within him, and joined other factions in preparing to defy heaven.
• The Ascension Race attacked Shuyan’s scene, prompting the Rulebook to continue Great Sun’s story and start a war between the two races.
• Players gathered around a livestream of the battle, while some headed toward the battlefield hoping to capture pets or finish off weakened monsters.

Players flocked to the battle between the Shuyan cultivators and the Ascension Race to scavenge rewards and capture weakened Book-Speech Warriors, while Qi Sheng monitored their gains and prepared a pet system. Shuyan spread a story undermining belief in ascension as his forces fought a prolonged war, and Qi Sheng planned to keep developing the players steadily.

• Players gathered around the Shuyan Scenario, learned from Guide that Shuyan controlled the cultivators through plot changes, and searched for chances to claim battlefield rewards.
• A gravely wounded Shuyan cultivator crashed near a player ship, and Yinzi used Sacrificial Power to reshape it into a healer that the team could control.
• Players captured Book-Speech Warriors and shared capture advice, while teams earned large rewards by killing wounded Ascension Race members.
• Shuyan spread his story across Ascension Island's small worlds to weaken the Ascension Race's supply of fighters and sustain a prolonged war.
• Qi Sheng observed the players' gains, advanced development of the pet system, and considered building other features around Primordial Abilities.

The Challenger System launched a Pet Shop where players could buy and raise five types of pets, and Pei Yun adopted a Fat Peach he named Marshmallow before publishing a detailed guide. Players debated the new pets and their costs on the Forum, while captured free-roaming pets remained unable to revive.

• Qi Sheng’s update added the Pet Shop, portable pet spaces, and purification for captured pets, while confirming that freely captured pets could not be revived.
• Pei Yun found that his recent diet of spirit food had made his mother’s cooking taste bland, then logged in after Divine King alerted him to the pet feature.
• Pei Yun explored the Pet Shop’s five starter pets and their abilities, then bought a Fat Peach and named it Marshmallow.
• Pei Yun spent 1,500 sacrificial power to create a pet space and wrote a guide reviewing the pets for the Forum.
• Players discussed the pet feature, complained about its sacrificial-power costs, and lamented that captured pets still could not be revived.

Qi Sheng monitored the war between the Ascension Race and Shuyan while players profited from both sides. After the Ejia Race massacred the Soil-Eating Race, Fang Zhi’s escort party was wiped out, and thousands of furious players formed a Warband to march against the Ejia.

• Qi Sheng reviewed pet adoption figures, tracked the players’ gains from the Ascension Race–Shuyan war, and learned how players viewed the known factions.
• Fang Zhi and his team discovered that the Ejia Race had slaughtered the Soil-Eating Race, then helped the surviving elder cremate the dead and promised to carry their ash-made slab to the cemetery.
• The elder gave Fang Zhi the Soil-Eating Race’s heirloom and burned himself to combine his remains with the villagers’ ashes, forming the slab.
• E Jiu and 277 other Ejia warriors ambushed Fang Zhi’s party, destroyed the slab, and killed the players despite their efforts to protect it.
• After Fang Zhi’s account and video spread across the Forum, thousands of players gathered, formed a Warband, and marched to attack the Ejia Race.

E Jiu’s Ejia Race squad was discovered and killed by players, who then attacked the Evil Armor Race Territory and forced E Gu to retreat. Di Nian Evil Spirit sent the Dark Tide to attack the Ejia Race and draw the players back, but the Dark Tide overwhelmed E Gu’s forces; afterward, Di Nian began directing Evil Eye to mobilize it against the players’ target.

• E Jiu led more than two hundred Ejia Race warriors on a hunt, but players ambushed them after Light Spirit Feathers spotted their movements, and the players killed E Jiu when he begged for mercy.
• Qi Sheng located the Evil Armor Race Territory and helped Guide provide its route to the players, who gathered in force and launched attacks against the Ejia Race.
• Divine King commanded the fifty-thousand-player assault as players of several races, varied builds, and Life Souls overwhelmed the Evil Armor Warriors; Extraction proved especially effective against their plant-based armor.
• E Gu ordered his people to withdraw behind a wall of steel, but a Dark Tide appeared ahead and blocked their escape, leaving the players to pursue them.
• The Dark Tide devoured the Ejia Race’s qi-blood and armor, and E Gu’s forces were overwhelmed as the Evil Spirits grew stronger from their deaths.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit learned that the players were fighting the Ejia Race and ordered Evil Eye to mobilize the Dark Tide against them to draw their attention back toward the Evil Moon Domain.

The Di Nian Evil Spirit fought the players with the Dark Tide, stealing the Ejia Race’s resources and testing a tactic that lured players with valuable energy crystals. Five days later, Qi Sheng added three Primordial Monsters and two resource nodes to the players’ holdings, then announced healing points and an auction for plots in the Emperor Tomb space.

• The Di Nian Evil Spirit’s Dark Tide devoured the Ejia Race, clashed with the pursuing players, and divided the Ejia Race’s resources with them before withdrawing toward the Evil Moon Domain.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit used Calamity Bows to kill the players’ healing summons, then sent Baleful Shadow Wraiths carrying energy crystals to lure players away from their formation.
• Qi Sheng observed that the players benefited from the prolonged fighting and let the Di Nian Evil Spirit continue testing tactics against them.
• Over five days, the players contained Mental Shockwave, Brain Overclocking, and Withering, while the Illusory Sea and Eye of the Wind resource nodes merged into the Emperor Tomb Village space.
• Qi Sheng decided to use Spirit Spring Water for limited free healing at teleportation points and to auction three plots in the Emperor Tomb space for guild use.
• The update announcement prompted the Apocalypse Technology Guild and Pharmacist Alliance to raise funds for the auction, while rising demand drove up the price of Sacrificial Power.

The Emperor Tomb Village auction awarded its three plots to the Apocalypse Technology Guild, Pharmacist Guild, and Divine Hall Guild. Meanwhile, Tong Xin sold his old-game assets, quit his jobs, and secured Darklands Game Access, leaving him ready to rejoin his friends.

• Yang Tianxuan and Yu Ze agreed that the Apocalypse Technology Guild would bid for plot 1 and the Pharmacist Guild for plot 2, with Yang promising to support Yu Ze if needed.
• The auction ended with the Apocalypse Technology Guild winning plot 1 for 720,000 sacrificial power, the Pharmacist Guild winning plot 2 for 680,000, and the Divine Hall Guild winning plot 3 for 667,000.
• Tong Xin sold an epic staff for 18,000 Credit Points, worked his radiation and bar shifts, and accepted a 120,000-yuan gift from his friends to help him obtain Darklands access.
• Tong Xin liquidated his Land of Sin equipment and storage, resigned from his job, and stocked up on supplies while preparing to try for Game Access.
• Tong Xin performed several luck rituals before the next access distribution and successfully obtained Darklands Game Access, then shared proof with the Kindergarten Passionate Chat Group.

Tong Xin finally bought official access to Darklands, but found its mechanics and realism differed sharply from the Cracked Version his friends played. His forum post exposed the possibility of two versions, prompting the Human Federation to watch events unfold and the Eclipse Race to announce that its First Consul would address the controversy the next day.

• Tong Xin created a character named Kindergarten Director, entered Feng Yunlan, and discovered that Darklands used Talent Specializations and a skill tree instead of the Life Soul system his friends had described.
• After encountering problems with the game's realism and accidentally befriending the wrong player, Tong Xin called Iron Hammer, who suggested the official game was a stripped-down version of the Cracked Version.
• Iron Hammer told the group that the two versions seemed to be different games, and his forum post led players to realize that many of them had downloaded the Cracked Version.
• Tong Xin posted about his official game's differences, faced disbelief, and added screenshots and his receipt to support his claims.
• The Human Federation's leaders chose to let the discussion spread while they waited for the Eclipse Race's response, and the Eclipse Race announced that the First Consul would explain the controversy the following day.

Administrator No. 1 revealed that the secret cracked game was Monster World, a free, next-generation virtual world being tested separately from Darklands. After the briefing sparked worldwide anger, excitement, and diplomatic interest, Qi Sheng decided to prepare an official Monster World website and distribute future access publicly at a rate determined by the players’ progress.

• Administrator No. 1 confirmed that Monster World was a closed-beta game whose realism and AI surpassed Darklands, and said the Star Network controlled access and intended the game for players of every race.
• Administrator No. 1 explained that the Eclipse Race tested an internal Version A while outside beta testers played Version B, and announced refund options tied to Monster World’s in-game currency.
• The briefing revealed that Monster World could support experiments using realistic and extreme virtual environments, prompting leaders of the Earth Alliance’s races to seek beta access and assess its technological potential.
• Players celebrated learning that the Star Network had granted their beta access and that Version B would become the focus of future development, while Eclipse Race members expressed trust in the Star Network and sought access.
• Qi Sheng approved the Eclipse Race’s explanation, recognized that the refund plan could secure resources for Monster World, and decided to create an official website and distribute future access publicly according to the Player Legion’s growth.

Qi Sheng expanded the Novice Village spaces by leading players to contain the Fallen Leaf and Thunder Lion Domain Nodes, then launched Monster World's official website and announced a public access giveaway. After Tong Xin explored the site and watched battle footage, its countdown to a qualification contest reignited his hope of getting into the game, while players across the Earth Alliance rushed to compete for scarce access.

• Qi Sheng announced Purification Missions for Fallen Leaf and Thunder Lion, and players contained Fallen Leaf before advancing on Thunder Lion.
• Players struggled against Thunder Lion's Phantom Nightmares, discovered Brain Overclocking reduced their mental damage, and contained the node after two days of fighting.
• Qi Sheng launched Monster World's official website and planned to distribute ten thousand player slots.
• Tong Xin, regretting that he had missed earlier chances to play, explored the website and watched immersive battle footage through his Game Pod.
• The official website displayed a twenty-four-hour countdown to a qualification contest, prompting Tong Xin and users across the Earth Alliance to eagerly anticipate the access distribution.

Qi Sheng restricted automated mining in Novice Village spaces and planned to connect the Player Legion’s three territories, while the Eclipse Race debated how to secure Monster World access. Tong Xin endured the lottery countdown and won access, leaving him celebrating his luck.

• Qi Sheng rejected the Arms Dealer Guild’s plan for automated mining in Emperor Tomb Village’s Mining Area and ruled that Novice Village mining required players to use Mining Pickaxes themselves.
• Qi Sheng planned to open the lands between Colorful Mist Coast, Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, and Rimewinter Snowfield, allowing unrestricted technology and resource extraction outside the Novice Village spaces.
• Administrator No. 3 proposed cutting off outside network connections to monopolize Monster World access, but the Star Network rejected the plan and explained its theory of targeted random recruitment.
• Administrator No. 1 proposed identifying the Player Legion’s needs and proving the Eclipse Race’s value; the Star Network approved his idea and authorized the use of sealed genetic technology.
• Tong Xin performed a luck-changing ritual and waited anxiously for the access lottery to end.
• Tong Xin won Monster World game access and celebrated after the results appeared.

Tong Xin joined Monster World as a Gargoyle, reunited with the Kindergarten Squad, and experienced the game’s realistic combat and rapid growth. As Qi Sheng introduced currency trading and public livestreams, he discovered that an elderly player had died of a heart attack in reality and wondered what should happen to players’ accounts after their deaths.

• Tong Xin created his character as a Gargoyle, entered Rimewinter Snowfield, and accepted Iron Hammer’s invitation to join the Kindergarten guild as its leader.
• Iron Hammer and the Kindergarten Squad met Tong Xin in the novice space, then carried him out to hunt and help him level.
• Tong Xin fought and killed a level-one Gray Goo, learning to use Petrification while experiencing the game’s realistic pain and stamina feedback.
• Drunken Milk and Cute Kid showed off their abilities as the squad hunted giant bears, and Tong Xin gained levels and felt his attributes transform.
• Qi Sheng launched a currency trading system and connected public livestreams to Monster World’s Official Website, drawing in eager visitors and armchair commentators.
• Qi Sheng witnessed an elderly melee player suffer a fatal heart attack in reality and asked Guide whether the player could be resurrected.

Qi Sheng considered how to handle players who died in reality and developed a plan to offer real-world life modifications using Sacrificial Power. Meanwhile, Qin Ye discovered that Brain Overclocking let him rapidly learn spirit-plant studies, but he could not retain the knowledge after logging out, leaving Qi Sheng’s proposed solution as the chapter’s final development.

• Qi Sheng gathered Lei Lingfei’s consciousness and stored it above the Sacrificial Power Pool while considering how to handle dead players.
• Wang Quan asked Qin Ye to memorize confidential Eclipse Race technology in the Emperor Tomb Village Library, starting with spirit-plant cultivation.
• Qin Ye replaced his control Life Soul with level-31 Brain Overclocking, which let him understand and memorize several volumes of spirit-plant studies at great speed.
• Qin Ye logged out to record the material, but his memories rapidly faded after his game attributes and Life Soul were removed.
• Qi Sheng weighed ways to preserve deceased players and proposed a Life Modification Program that would transfer a portion of players’ in-game attributes to their real bodies in exchange for Sacrificial Power.

Qi Sheng resurrected a dead veteran player and announced a hunting bonus zone as the Player Legion prepared to expand across Monster World. Lu Xing discovered a Blood Soul Wall trap, and players’ deaths accidentally awakened its Darkspawn inhabitant, An Sui, who revived as a weak child and was captured by players seeking his race’s wealth.

• Qi Sheng had Guide spend sacrificial power to reconstruct a dead veteran player’s body and scattered consciousness, and the player awoke during his funeral, shouting for Fei Yu to heal him.
• Qi Sheng announced the Hunting Experience Zone, granting players a 10% bonus to gains within its aura, while he considered how the Player Legion and Di Nian Evil Spirit would expand across the Pale Continent.
• Lu Xing discovered a Blood Soul Wall that devoured a bird and identified it as a Darkspawn Race trap, but he refused to approach it despite his Treasure-Seeking Mouse’s interest.
• Players flocked to the Blood Soul Wall and mistook its rising revival requirement for an activation condition, repeatedly sacrificing themselves until they awakened the dormant Darkspawn warrior An Sui.
• An Sui recovered his memories of fleeing the destruction of his homeworld and the defeat of his race, but revived as a child at Hunting Level 32 because the players’ deaths had supplied no real blood energy.
• Players seized An Sui and demanded that he reveal the Darkspawn Race’s wealth, and one threatened him while pointing at his crotch.

Qi Sheng discovered that the Darkspawn treasury’s reincarnation system had once let warriors spend merit on talents after death, then watched players swarm An Sui’s treasury and loot its resources while ignoring his attacks. An Sui was left powerless and humiliated as the players stripped the Darkkin Space bare.

• Qi Sheng discussed attribute transfer and a hidden region for players who died unnatural deaths with Ultra-Dimensional and Nine Yin.
• An Sui promised to lead the players to the Darkspawn treasury and opened a passage with his necklace, while Qi Sheng followed them inside.
• Qi Sheng analyzed the treasury’s lost Reincarnation Rules, learning that Darkspawn warriors had spent merit to improve their next lives after death.
• Players entered the treasury and rapidly stored its resources, while An Sui summoned a Darkborn War Puppet and slaughtered them without stopping the looting.
• Players continued arriving in waves, and An Sui’s energy ran out; they ignored and kicked him aside as they plundered the treasury and left him in despair.

An Sui escaped the collapsing Darkborn Treasury and contacted An Xing, who restored his reincarnation node and tasked him with building a new Darkspawn Legion territory. After raising a group of reincarnated warriors, An Sui clashed with Player Race members and followed them to the Evil Moon Domain, where he discovered they were fighting the Terrifying Dark Tide.

• Player Race members plundered and destroyed the Darkborn Treasury, trapping An Sui in repeated teleportation loops until the collapsing passage finally broke and left him outside.
• An Sui contacted An Xing through a gem fragment, learned that the Darkspawn Legion had scattered across Monster World, and agreed to establish a new legion node.
• An Xing restored An Sui’s reincarnation space, sent him resources and 329 reincarnated warriors, and An Sui began healing and training them.
• An Sui’s group hunted monsters, ambushed a Player Race squad, and killed its members, but their dying taunts further enraged him.
• An Sui followed converging Player Race parties to the Evil Moon Domain and discovered them fighting the Terrifying Dark Tide.

An Sui reconsidered the Player Race after watching them battle the Dark Tide, while Tong Xin explored the Colorful Mist Coast and stumbled into a valley containing the seventh-generation primordial Godhead. Tong Xin killed Godhead with Psionic Bombs, won a huge reward, and ended the chapter with a giant beast charging toward him.

• An Sui watched the Player Race trade attacks and insults with the Dark Tide, then considered approaching them as a possible subordinate faction.
• Qi Sheng reviewed the Player Corridor’s exploration and the newly contained Primordials Star Shift, Life Connection, and Indomitable.
• Tong Xin hunted in the Colorful Mist Coast, fled a Thorn Beast, and survived a fall into a hidden valley, where he found spirit plants and a cave containing the sleeping Evil Eye.
• Tong Xin discovered a dying Godhead statue and used Psionic Bombs funded by his guildmates to kill the seventh-generation primordial, earning 200,000 sacrificial power and a special Godhead Life Soul.
• As a giant beast charged at him, Tong Xin announced his windfall to the Kindergarten Squad and sent them a red packet of 120,000 sacrificial power.

After struggling to find a way to use the Godhead Life Soul, Tong Xin learned that Faith Power could accelerate the Darkspawn Race’s long revival process and devised a staged resurrection miracle to win their faith. An Sui witnessed the demonstration and, after asking An Xing about Emperor Zhao, concluded that the Player Race had deep foundations.

• Tong Xin refused to sell the Godhead Life Soul and asked the Forum for a way to gain sincere believers; Nightfall Is Coming advised him to build a mysterious religious faith among Monster World natives.
• Tong Xin learned that An Sui’s Darkspawn warriors could revive through a Reincarnation Node, and Guide explained that Faith Power from the Godhead could speed up their ten-year revival process.
• Tong Xin studied religious texts, then worked with the Kindergarten Squad and Nightfall Is Coming to plan a resurrection miracle that would make the Darkspawn Race believe he represented Emperor Zhao.
• An Sui secretly watched Tong Xin disintegrate Iron Hammer and Drunken Milk, then saw both players return unharmed and heard them credit Emperor Zhao’s power.
• An Sui asked An Xing about Emperor Zhao and learned that the Heaven-Curse Race’s god had once followed Emperor Zhao, leading him to believe the Player Race had deep foundations.

Tong Xin used his Godhead Life Soul and a carefully prepared divine persona to convince An Sui that the Player Race could protect the Darkspawn Race. An Sui agreed to undergo an assessment, beginning with a trial to gather spiritual resources, while Tong Xin planned to deepen his awe into faith.

• Tong Xin studied the Godhead Life Soul’s faith system and upgraded his visible equipment into a dazzling Divine Envoy Outfit.
• Tong Xin traveled to the Colorful Mist Coast, where An Sui asked to make the Darkspawn Race a subordinate force of the Player Race.
• Tong Xin revealed that he knew An Sui’s secrets, convincing An Sui of his power and leaving him eager to secure the Player Race’s protection.
• Tong Xin told An Sui that he was not yet worthy of belief in Emperor Zhao God but offered him an assessment as a path to protection.
• Tong Xin used his divine characteristic on An Sui and assigned the Darkspawn Race a first trial: provide a satisfactory offering of spiritual resources within three days.

Tong Xin studied the Godhead Life Soul, fashioned a costly Divine Envoy Outfit, and used his powers to impress An Sui into seeking the Player Race’s protection. He offered An Sui a chance to make the Darkspawn Race a subordinate force, beginning with a three-day trial to gather Spiritual Resources.

• Tong Xin reviewed the Godhead’s Faith Link ability and planned to build An Sui’s faith through mystery, security, and difficult trials.
• Tong Xin spent 40,000 Sacrificial Power on a distinctive Divine Envoy Outfit before heading to the Colorful Mist Coast to meet An Sui.
• An Sui approached Tong Xin and asked to make the Darkspawn Race a subordinate force of the Player Race in exchange for protection.
• Tong Xin revealed his supposed knowledge of An Sui’s secrets, convincing An Sui of his power, then told him the Darkspawn Race was unqualified but could prove itself.
• Tong Xin branded An Sui with his Godhead trait and set a first trial: An Sui and his people had three days to provide a satisfactory amount of Spiritual Resources.

Divine King led a fifty-thousand-player warband against Di Nian Evil Spirit, whose newly serious command turned the battle into a rout despite Divine King’s Brain Overclocking and careful tactics. The players returned in Free War Mode for another assault, and Di Nian Evil Spirit struggled to resist their taunts as he ordered his troops to kill them.

• Divine King gathered players for the final assault on the Evil Moon Domain while tourists watched the battle live.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit raised Natural Disaster, Plague, ranged, and assassin troops, then countered Divine King’s coordinated attacks and tactical swaps.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit used Void Flashes to redirect the players’ Annihilation Bombs into their own backline, and his forces routed the warband.
• Qi Sheng judged that chaotic Free War Mode worked better against the Dark Tide, while Divine King admitted his mistakes and chose Free War Mode for the next assault.
• The players returned at two in the morning and taunted Di Nian Evil Spirit, who tried to resist acting emotionally but ultimately urged his troops to kill them all.

The Di Nian Evil Spirit tested high-tier Dark Tide units as the players overwhelmed his forces and advanced on the Evil Eye High Tower. After the Blue-Skinned Evil Eye let the Evil Eye absorb its power, the tower fell, and the players contained the Ten Thousand Forests Domain Node, adding its enlightenment rule to the Challenger System.

• The Di Nian Evil Spirit generated high-tier units, including a Bone Giant Soldier and a Destruction Gargoyle, to test their battlefield performance against the players.
• As the players advanced, Custom Book-Speech Warriors joined the battle, including a speaker-carrying warrior and a Fat Peach designed to produce spiritual resources.
• The Blue-Skinned Evil Eye chose to remain at the High Tower after transferring its remaining Dark Tide energy to the Di Nian Evil Spirit, then let the Evil Eye absorb its power.
• The Dark Tide withdrew its troops, and the players destroyed the Evil Eye High Tower, sending the Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Evil Eye back through the node.
• The Challenger System announced that the Player Legion had contained the Ten Thousand Forests Domain Node, expanding the Novice Village spaces and adding the enlightenment rule to a third Rule Socketing Slot.

Qi Sheng introduced the Enlightenment Shop, letting players collect Enlightenment Information Orbs and exchange them for buffs, while Di Nian Evil Spirit strengthened the Dark Tide and chose to expand east toward the Golden Ocean Domain. Players and the Combat Zerg joined the Dark Tide’s advance in a three-way battle, as Qi Sheng watched Di Nian’s growing potential and the Ascension Race’s conflict with Shuyan continued across Monster World and the Minor Worlds.

• Qi Sheng added the Enlightenment Shop to the Challenger System, enabling players to collect Enlightenment Information Orbs and purchase 688 temporary buffs.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit raised the Dark Tide’s level, surveyed the surrounding resources, and chose to expand east toward the Golden Ocean Domain.
• Qi Sheng observed the Combat Zerg grow stronger and follow the Dark Tide east, while players organized to pursue Di Nian Evil Spirit and contest the expanding territory.
• The Player Race, the Combat Zerg, and Di Nian Evil Spirit’s forces fought over a Domain Node, turning the expansion route into a three-way melee.
• Guide suggested Di Nian Evil Spirit could become a hidden threat, and Qi Sheng considered his unusual development alongside Evil Eye’s growing emotions.
• The Ascension Race tried to win over the Minor Worlds while Shuyan fought back through its stories, naming the players Outer-Realm Heavenly Demons.

Qi Sheng observed the Player Legion branching into different activities while preparing a party-finding update, and Divine King led the major guilds to challenge a level-129 sixth-generation primordial that blocked their route east. The players struggled to harm the Lord, and Di Nian Bully mocked them from afar as the battle remained unresolved.

• Qi Sheng reviewed the players’ varied activities and planned recruitment posts and regional party listings for an upcoming update.
• Divine King reflected on his widening command gap with Di Nian Bully, then learned that a level-129 Lord blocked the players’ eastward route.
• Divine King rallied the Major Guilds and powerful squads, and they agreed to risk their thirty-two Custom Book-Speech Warriors in a raid on the Lord.
• The players attacked the Lord, but its immense strength killed hundreds and left them struggling to stack enough Withering damage.
• Di Nian Bully formed a raised middle finger from the Dark Tide, then reversed it into a thumbs-down gesture, prompting Divine King and the players to curse him.

Di Nian Bully turned the Lord’s attack against the Dark Tide after the Player Legion’s raid failed, wearing the Lord down with endless curses, plagues, and Natural Disaster Titans. When the weakened Lord tried to retreat, Di Nian Bully chose to pursue it, while the players followed and traded obscene gestures with the Dark Tide from afar.

• Di Nian Bully taunted the struggling players as Divine King ordered them to retreat and save their Book-Speech Warriors, but the Lord’s shifting elemental forms wiped out most of the warband.
• Divine King’s final order sent a Book-Speech Warrior charging into the Dark Tide, redirecting the Lord’s fury toward Di Nian Bully.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit fought the Lord with Dark Tide units, using Evil Eye’s combat predictions and Natural Disaster Titans to hold it back while curses and plagues steadily drained its strength.
• After respawning, Divine King gathered a fifty-thousand-player warband, but the players stopped near the battle to spectate and mock Di Nian Bully with animated Gang Qi images.
• As the Lord weakened and turned to flee, Di Nian Bully decided to pursue it despite Evil Eye’s warning that killing a Primordial Monster would yield no energy.
• The Dark Tide and the pursuing players followed the Lord while exchanging increasingly large insulting hand gestures from afar.