Recaps

Shen Ye fused his negative traits, built up his Dharma Form, and advanced to the Fifth Layer of the Dharma Realm by harvesting energy from battles and putting monsters to work. After returning to the service area with Xiatelai, he discovered that the Human Evolution Association had deliberately isolated the site for an evolved specimen assessment, and a test subject arrived.

• Shen Ye fused Despicable Substitute, The Emperor in New Clothes, and War Profiteer into the tea-green trait Good Brother.
• Shen Ye summoned Xirang and a Wilderness Nest, then brought the Emperor Species Cosmic Insect into it and threw it into the Ten Thousand Shadow Lamenting Demon City to fight Nine Forms' negative Dharma Form.
• Shen Ye returned to the Terminus Star and gathered energy while the Earth Demonic Beast battled the Three Professional Teams, then made the beast cast spells to earn more energy.
• Shen Ye upgraded the Great Tomb Soldier Barracks, activating his Dharma Form's feedback and raising his strength to the Fifth Layer of the Dharma Realm.
• After returning to the service area with Xiatelai, Shen Ye used Hanged Man's Gate to discover that the Human Evolution Association had scheduled an evolved specimen assessment and isolated Highway 377 Service Area.
• A metal container landed in the plaza and opened, revealing a three-meter-tall humanoid test subject.

Shen Ye helped Xiatelai reconcile with her vengeful negative personality, then followed her and the children to a research institute where he discovered its Professionals knew about the Immortal Kingdom. After the institute’s principal staged a suspicious selection game, Xiatelai and Shen Ye secretly used a radio to contact Kunlun and decided to investigate the institute’s next round.

• Shen Ye used the Immortal Kui to destroy the experimental subject, then helped Xiatelai embrace and merge with her black-clad negative personality after she vowed to punish those responsible for the experiments.
• Xiatelai returned to Sophie and the other children, and the group was flown to a research institute, where Shen Ye overheard its leaders discuss the Immortal Kingdom and order an investigation into everyone at the service area.
• At the principal’s number-tag game, Peaso helped Sophie draw number 2 while Lanci drew number 3, and the children received their prizes and dinner.
• After Sophie fell asleep, Lanci used her radio, and a Professional caught her before she switched it off and went to bed.
• Shen Ye and the other personalities secretly contacted Kunlun, learned that another selection involving a thousand Demon Snakes would begin in three hours, and decided to investigate the Immortal Kingdom and kill their enemies that night.

Shen Ye prepared to confront the negative personalities, lured the research institute’s Professionals into a trap, and eliminated nearly everyone there by sending them to face the Earth Demonic Beast. A new personality challenged him to experience Lanci’s darkest memories, but Shen Ye resisted the first test by killing a predatory woman on the bus, and the challenge continued.

• Xiatelai sought Shen Ye’s advice about the Demon of Fear, and he urged her to care for it instead of fighting it; she left with the other personalities and their powers.
• After discovering the other personalities were gone, Shen Ye used the water in a washbasin to escape the locked dormitory and arranged for Kunlun to deliver supplies.
• Shen Ye used the Four Kings to lure Professionals into a Dharma Realm trap, where an Immortal Puppet demanded payment before abandoning them to the Earth Demonic Beast.
• Shen Ye moved through the institute’s window reflections, sending its researchers and Professionals to the beast, then retrieved a delivery of gold with Big Skeleton’s help.
• A new negative personality challenged Shen Ye to experience Lanci’s darkest memories, with the fate of his world and Xiatelai’s struggle at stake.
• During the first memory, Shen Ye recognized a woman trying to drug him on a bus, forced her to drink the drug, and killed her; the personality said he had not suffered.

Shen Ye relived Lanci’s childhood punishment and learned that her negative personality had formed from painful memories, then reached the events before the false theft accusation. He attacked the girls and Teacher Bella after they threatened his exam opportunity, but the teachers ordered him into solitary confinement for twenty-one days.

• Shen Ye found himself in Lanci’s childhood confinement cell after she had spent twenty-one days in solitary confinement for supposedly stealing a Ferris wheel she had made for Sophie.
• At the school assembly, Shen Ye exposed that the girls and their teacher had framed Lanci, and the negative personality killed the four girls before asking him to change events from the beginning.
• Back in the auditorium before the accusation, Shen Ye attacked the girls who said Teacher Bella wanted to deny him exam rewards, then froze Bella to the teaching building.
• The teachers confronted Shen Ye, and when a girl accused Lanci of stealing, they sentenced him to twenty-one days in solitary confinement.

Shen Ye endured the shadows’ trial by fighting a hopeless war as Baxter, then awakened the Living Soul Lord class and asked the fallen humans for permission to wield their abilities. Surrounded by Living Soul Puppets, he prepared to fight alongside his Lifeless Lord powers.

• Shen Ye escaped confinement briefly to engrave a message on Lanci’s Ferris wheel, proving it belonged to her and prompting the headmistress to release her and investigate Ms. Bella.
• The shadows sent Baxter into a battlefield from her childhood, where she fought biomechanical mecha and tried to protect human soldiers from waves of nuclear bombs.
• After the nuclear strikes left the battlefield’s humans dead, Shen Ye used Xiatelai’s Nightmare Crystal to advance Baxter’s body to the Living Soul Lord class.
• Shen Ye asked the fallen humans for permission to use their classes, creating Living Soul Puppets as they agreed.
• Shen Ye summoned freezing mirrors with the Lifeless Lord while the Living Soul Puppets gathered around him, preparing for battle.

Shen Ye won the battle against the machines, then chose to give Nine Forms’ power to Xiatelai and learned that the Nightmare Art could decide the conflict with the Demon of Fear. Annie sent him to the Nightmare World with a powerful Living Soul Puppet to find the Art, where he posed as Peppa and joined a Human patrol.

• Shen Ye restored the Human Professionals through repeated mirror swaps, helped them destroy the Queen Bee’s forces, and won the battlefield.
• Nine Forms offered Shen Ye its power, but he gave it to Xiatelai; the choice broke the Demon of Fear’s curse that could have turned him into the Tyrannical Eater.
• A little girl revealed that the Nightmare Art could end the conflict, then returned as Annie and told Shen Ye to find it in the Nightmare World while she fought the World Destruction Experiencer Avatar.
• Annie created a Living Soul Puppet with her full strength and sent it with Shen Ye to the Nightmare World, warning him not to reveal her true name.
• Shen Ye arrived in the ancient Nightmare World, called himself Peppa and the puppet Loli, and agreed to accompany a squad of Human Soldiers.

Shen Ye met Xiao Mengyu at the Magic Cottage, where they learned how demons could temporarily prohibit four of their opponents’ abilities. When demons attacked the cottage, Xiao Mengyu and Shen Ye fought back, but a stronger enemy appeared as Big Skeleton collected the fallen demons’ bodies and valuables.

• Shen Ye questioned the Emperor Species’ soul corpse about the Great Tomb and the Nightmare Art, then ordered Big Skeleton to eat it.
• Shen Ye upgraded the Barracks to level three and summoned Xiao Mengyu, who joined him at the Magic Cottage.
• Xiao Mengyu told Shen Ye that Professionals who reached the Seventh Layer of the Dharma Realm had entered the Immortal Kingdom, and Shen Ye explained the demons’ Four Prohibitions.
• Xiao Mengyu killed a demon that had tricked Bronte into opening the cottage door, but its companions witnessed her sword technique and caused her to forget it.
• Shen Ye used Wei True Person’s Enlightenment to reveal the demons outside, then killed many of them with Archery: Starflame before the skill was prohibited.
• A strange roar sounded from the mountains, and Big Skeleton and the Four Kings began collecting the demons’ corpses and valuables.

Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu killed a demon controlling an army of familiars, and Shen Ye fused her swords into the legendary Luoshen Sword. After the battle, Shen Ye helped Xiao Mengyu seek inspiration for her swordsmanship by using a Songstress Art, leaving her overwhelmed with new insights.

• Shen Ye moved the exploding elven corpses into his Dharma Form while Xiao Mengyu sent the Luoshui Divine Sword to wound a powerful demon nearby.
• Shen Ye fused Xiao Mengyu's Remnant Snow Sword and Luo Water Sword into the legendary Luoshen Sword, which gained powerful abilities.
• Shen Ye discovered a demon leading thousands of familiars, raised his Dharma Form into reality, and defended the Magic Cottage with the Immortal Puppet and Earth Demonic Beast.
• Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu flew through the clouds and attacked the demon, with Xiao Mengyu's Luoshen Sword killing it and freeing the familiars from its control.
• Shen Ye gained the Peppa trait, then became a Swordsman after Xiao Mengyu guided his body through Flowing Cloud Pursuit Slash.
• Shen Ye used a Songstress Art while wielding the Luoshen Sword, creating a spectacular sword display that gave Xiao Mengyu a great deal of inspiration.

Shen Ye learned that the Insect Mother’s forces were seeking the Earth Golden Seal, which could reshape reality and dreams, and raced to secure it while the Insect Mother attacked him. After the seal helped Xiatelai defeat the Demon of Fear, the real Xiatelai arrived and healed Shen Ye, leaving her confronting the Insect Mother.

• Shen Ye and Big Skeleton disguised themselves as an Emperor Species and used Dark Whisper to learn that the Insect Mother’s forces sought the Earth Golden Seal in the Imperial Palace.
• The juvenile Emperor Species revealed that the Earth Golden Seal controlled the Huntian Art, then died when its mother’s curse punished it for divulging the secret.
• The Insect Mother appeared in the Magic Cottage and immobilized Shen Ye, while he kept control of Annie and tried to buy time.
• Annie found the Earth Golden Seal hidden in Epoch Prediction, and Shen Ye used it to turn the Demon of Fear’s world into a dream and Xiatelai’s world into reality.
• Xiatelai appeared, confirmed that she had won against the Demon of Fear, healed Shen Ye, and challenged the Insect Mother.

Shen Ye gave up his Lifeless Lord class to unlock Xiatelai’s power, and she defeated the Insect Mother’s advantage before finding him in Purgatory. After trusting him and sharing an intimate farewell, Xiatelai left to face the Insect Mother and go to a higher universe, telling Shen Ye to grow strong enough to find her.

• Xiatelai confronted the Insect Mother over her demand to kill Shen Ye, and the two vanished to fight in the universe.
• Annie witnessed the Insect Mother unleash her Saint Corpse Insect Demon Dharma Form and overwhelm Xiatelai.
• Shen Ye fused his Two-World Link Gate with the Hanged Man’s Gate, losing I Exist in the Mirror and the Lifeless Lord class.
• Xiatelai disappeared from the battle and found Shen Ye in Purgatory, where she erased the pursuing monsters and explained that she had tested his loyalty.
• Xiatelai kissed Shen Ye, told him about the Unfixed Layer and the Black King, and said she would leave for a higher universe after dealing with the Insect Mother.
• Xiatelai called Shen Ye Baxter, promised to bring him to the higher universe once she had established herself, and disappeared.

Shen Ye confirmed that his memories of Xiatelai and the battle against Nine Forms were real, though Xiatelai had concealed the events from the world. He gained the Vampire Kiddo trait and the Dimensional Gate skill, then entered the Nightmare World, where the Shadow Brotherhood welcomed him back as Brother Peppa.

• Shen Ye read the messages Xiatelai, Peaso, Lanci, and Annie had left in Guanghan Palace, and Big Skeleton told him how Xiatelai had used his bones to write them.
• Shen Ye gained the Vampire Kiddo trait, which could fuse items, skills, classes, and traits, and discovered that his fused gates had evolved into the Dimensional Gate.
• Shen Ye learned that the school would send only approved students into the Nightmare World, and Xu Xingke warned him about dangerous visitors from higher worlds while lending him a Battle Guidance Master Tarot Card.
• Guo Yunye demonstrated that he could borrow Nangong Sirui’s Yaksha Power, but borrowing Shen Ye’s Night Roamer class turned him into a stray dog.
• Shen Ye and the approved students teleported to the Nightmare World, where his companions headed to the New Recruit Training Camp and the Shadow Brotherhood welcomed him as Brother Peppa.

Shen Ye received the Immortal Kingdom’s unique title, Deeply Hidden Selection Officer, and learned he could hold trials to choose Professionals for its missions. After a failed trial killed a squad of outsiders, he inspected their supplies and discovered their orders concerned the Huntian Art; he then decided to recruit Xiao San, Xiao Mengyu, and the others for his trip to the Imperial Capital.

• Shen Ye completed the Shadow Ritual, gained the Immortal Kingdom’s recognition, and received the title Deeply Hidden Selection Officer along with a mission to conduct trials and recommend candidates.
• Shen Ye received Norton’s letter urging him to study at the Imperial Military Academy and got a transfer order allowing him to select a squad of up to six for the journey.
• Shen Ye rejected a squad of powerful outsiders after they threatened him, and the Grand Knights killed them when the officer ordered their arrest.
• Shen Ye activated the Immortal Kingdom Trial, but every participant failed; the Immortal Kingdom collected their possessions and sent some supplies into his Dharma Form.
• Shen Ye and Big Skeleton opened a crate of Magic Bombs and found a token ordering the outsiders to investigate entry to the Great Tomb Immortal Kingdom and locate the Huntian Art.
• Shen Ye warned Fei Lun that the Nightmare World’s soldiers had grown stronger, then spotted recruits fighting on the Drill Ground and decided to choose Xiao San, Xiao Mengyu, and the others as companions.

While escorting Shen Ye toward the Imperial Capital, Eudria’s party was ambushed by Joseph and his forces, and Shen Ye used his traits and newly fused Ghost Scout profession to turn the pursuit into a battle. The fight was still underway as Shen Ye began building up his Dharma Form with the energy he had gathered.

• Shen Ye fused Night Roamer and Blade Adept into the Ghost Scout profession, gaining ghost-summoning, temporary invulnerability, and increasingly powerful Netherworld ghosts.
• Shen Ye recognized Joseph as an enemy through the Peppa trait, refused to let him join the party, and changed their route toward Rothenburg after the Immortal Kingdom offered to test Xiao Mengyu, Nangong Sirui, and Guo Yunye.
• Joseph’s army pursued the party, but Shen Ye used Bane to unleash a flood on the soldiers before Eudria struck the remaining pursuers with a fiery spell and revealed herself as Court Archmage Eudria.
• Joseph ambushed Shen Ye from underground while another dangerous enemy engaged Eudria, and the two Grand Knights, Nangong Sirui, Xiao Mengyu, and Shen Ye acted together to stop Joseph.
• Xiao Mengyu wounded Joseph with her sword techniques, while Shen Ye trapped him in his Dharma Form and Guo Yunye, transformed into a Dark Night Demon Wolf, struck him with wind blades.
• Shen Ye removed Guo Yunye from his Dharma Form and prepared to build up his own using 3,050 energy points.

Shen Ye used his traits and upgraded traps to survive Joseph’s assault, while Eudria struck down another Dharma Realm Eighth Layer enemy with a fused magic bomb. Joseph transformed into a Ninth Level presence and demanded Shen Ye serve him, but the Four Kings returned with a mysterious crystal stolen from Joseph’s Dharma Form, disrupting the force that had descended into him.

• Shen Ye activated Lava Purgatory to destroy his Dharma Form and escape Joseph, then upgraded his traps to summon a World-Burning Angel.
• Shen Ye fused 300 magic bombs into Big Firework and gave the launcher to Eudria, who blasted her opponent into the sky with three hundred explosions.
• Nangong Sirui transformed into a Yaksha and fought Joseph alongside the Grand Knights while Shen Ye’s Good Brother doll interfered with Joseph’s weapon.
• Joseph reached the Ninth Level of the Dharma Realm and revealed that he had entered the Unfixed-Level Universe after sensing the Huntian Art, then demanded Shen Ye serve him.
• Joseph’s transformation abruptly ended, and Shen Ye discovered the Four Kings returning in a boat with a huge crystal they had stolen from Joseph’s Dharma Form.

Shen Ye defeated the World Destruction Experiencer Avatar’s attempt to take over his Dharma Form, earned an upgraded Immortal Kingdom class, and split from his companions to investigate the threat. He used Joseph’s golden spear to open a gate into the weapon’s past and prepared to travel back in time.

• Eudria killed Joseph with Starsurge, while Shen Ye learned that the crystal contained a World Destruction Experiencer Avatar and surrendered it to the Immortal Kingdom.
• The Avatar tried to deceive Shen Ye and corrupt his Dharma Form, but Shen Ye hurled its flesh-and-blood cocoon into the Abyss Zone on Terminus Star, and the Immortal Kingdom claimed the crystal.
• The Immortal Kingdom upgraded Shen Ye’s class to Netherworld Spirit Envoy and identified the entity as a World Destruction Experiencer Avatar.
• Shen Ye’s attempt to question Joseph’s corpse triggered a curse that made it explode, so he decided to investigate the threat himself while Eudria and the others continued toward Rothenburg or returned home.
• Shen Ye used Joseph’s golden spear as a spacetime token, opened a Dimensional Gate to a moment the spear had experienced, and prepared to travel into the past despite Big Skeleton’s warning.

Shen Ye infiltrated Viscount Weiss's manor, where Lady Daisy recognized him as Baxter and revealed that Underworld Lord Micteticashiva had named him the Undead Empire's Regent. Shen Ye used the Divine Revelation to travel one month into the past and rescue Micteticashiva and Big Skeleton from a Parasitic Monster, redirecting the creature through a gate to Dusk Star.

• Shen Ye used Joseph's Emblem and a false password to evade the manor guards, then returned to the armory through his Dimensional Gate.
• Shen Ye approached Lady Daisy's undead carriage, and she recognized him as Baxter and invited him inside.
• Lady Daisy told Shen Ye and Big Skeleton that Micteticashiva had named Baxter Regent and left him to choose the Empire's next King.
• Shen Ye opened a gate to the Dark Soul Empire one month earlier and found Micteticashiva preparing Divine Revelation bone fragments in Evernight City.
• Micteticashiva explained that a terrifying Parasitic Monster was approaching, so Shen Ye had Big Skeleton take her through a gate to safety.
• Shen Ye used Big Skeleton's finger bone to open a gate to Dusk Star, then escaped through a second gate as the Parasitic Monster chased him and the gate vanished behind it.

Shen Ye and Underworld Lord Micteticashiva fled Viscount Weiss through spacetime and escaped into the Immortal Kingdom, where its destructive torrents annihilated him. Stranded there, Shen Ye connected his Guanghan Palace Dharma Form to the Immortal Kingdom, hoping to make it powerful enough to survive.

• Underworld Lord Micteticashiva sent Big Skeleton into the Saint Skeleton Clan's advancement trial after discovering his accumulated favor from the law of death.
• Viscount Weiss appeared in the armory, and Shen Ye and Underworld Lord Micteticashiva fought him before fleeing to Evernight City.
• When Viscount Weiss pursued them to the Imperial Palace, Shen Ye used his Good buddy trait to create a Negative Name and then escaped with Micteticashiva through spacetime.
• Shen Ye and Micteticashiva reached the Immortal Kingdom, where its black destructive torrents destroyed Viscount Weiss when he followed them.
• Shen Ye learned he could connect his Guanghan Palace Dharma Form to the Immortal Kingdom and summoned it there.

Shen Ye merged the Immortal Kingdom into his Dharma Form, survived its first restoration battle, and returned to Xirang High School, where he received a huge reward and learned that higher universes were seeking the Huntian Art. The chapter ended with Song Yinchen and Xiao Mengyu confronting each other over who was closer to Shen Ye.

• Shen Ye merged with the Immortal Kingdom, received its holy baptism, and learned that it was a damaged grain of a destroyed supreme-level universe.
• The Supreme Immortal Kingdom destroyed the Black King's invitation, explaining that it had been overdrawing Shen Ye's Gate ability and warning him against traveling to the upper-level universe it connected to.
• Shen Ye defeated a giant during the Immortal Kingdom's first restoration battle and received one square meter of safe ground as a reward.
• The Supreme Immortal Kingdom sent Shen Ye back to Xirang High School, where Song Yinchen questioned him about the Great Tomb and secretly awarded him 100,000,000 yuan.
• Song Yinchen warned Shen Ye that higher universes were seeking the Huntian Art and asked him to tell her before joining any of them.
• Xiao Mengyu confronted Song Yinchen about her dinner plans with Shen Ye, and the two women argued over who had protected him better.

Shen Ye shared dinner with Song Yinchen, who reassured him they would not become enemies as higher-universe experts sought influence in their world. When Xiao Mingming abducted Song Yinchen into a separate space and interrogated Shen Ye, Song Yinchen defeated her clones and drove her back to her own universe, then resumed dinner with Shen Ye.

• Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye watched Song Yinchen catch up with Shen Ye and leave school with him, while Guo Yunye later agreed to attend evening study with a girl who had previously rejected him.
• Shen Ye and Song Yinchen went to a restaurant, where she showed him her new Chaotic Spiritual Light and asked whether he would follow the Human Martial Arts Group if it came into conflict with his friends.
• Xiao Mingming appeared and questioned Shen Ye about his ties to the Immortal Kingdom, while she transported Song Yinchen to an empty version of the city and threatened her.
• Song Yinchen fought Xiao Mingming's clones, used her Dharma Eyes and Chaotic Spiritual Light to defeat them, and overwhelmed the last clone when it tried to draw power from its universe.
• Song Yinchen returned to the restaurant, finished dinner with Shen Ye, and planned to visit the Nightmare World with him; Xiao Mingming's final clone was expelled back to the Practical Refinement Layer universe.

Zhang Xiaoyi was coerced by a powerful outsider seeking the students who passed the Immortal Kingdom Trial, but Xiao Mengyu intervened and Qiu Wanshu drove the attacker into the Dharma Realm. In an underground shelter, Xiao Mengyu met Gu Nianxue, who left behind a jade that released a sword lesson into her mind.

• Zhang Xiaoyi met a girl who threatened him and forced him to lead her to Guo Yunye, so he tried to reach Xiao Mengyu for help.
• Xiao Mengyu attacked the girl, triggered the school alarm, and shielded Zhang Xiaoyi until Qiu Wanshu arrived and took the attacker into the Dharma Realm.
• Xu Xingke ordered Professionals to defend Xirang High School and opened the underground shelters, where Zhang Xiaoyi and Xiao Mengyu teleported to safety.
• Xiao Mengyu met Gu Nianxue, an eight-year-old from another universe who praised her swordsmanship and left her a piece of white jade before vanishing.
• The jade released sword light into Xiao Mengyu's brow, shattered, and a voice began teaching her how to use a sword.

After the Descenders withdrew from Xirang, Shen Ye discussed the Immortal Kingdom trial with Cang Nanyan and received a Baopu Elixir, which he gave to Xiao Mengyu. The Descenders then began strengthening the Nightmare World, inadvertently powering up Shen Ye; after breaking through to the Dharma Realm Sixth Layer, he struggled to contain the surge while heading to breakfast.

• Song Yinchen left to report her battle, and Qian Rushan brought Shen Ye to meet Cang Nanyan, who discussed how native professionals might have an advantage in the Immortal Kingdom trial.
• Cang Nanyan gave Shen Ye a Baopu Elixir, and Shen Ye later gave it to Xiao Mengyu after learning the Descenders had tried and failed to kidnap the trial survivors.
• A group of Descenders decided to strengthen the Nightmare World so they could face a life-and-death trial, and their efforts replenished the Supreme Immortal Kingdom and raised Shen Ye to the Dharma Realm Sixth Layer while he slept.
• Shen Ye realized the Nightmare World's growing power could benefit the Descenders, so he ordered the power extracted; when the opposing side intensified its effort, the surge became uncontrollable.
• At breakfast, Shen Ye urgently challenged Nangong Sirui to spar and led him out of the cafeteria, while Xiao Mengyu blushed after noticing something about Shen Ye's reaction.

Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu traveled to the Nightmare World, where they found Norton wounded after outsiders overthrew his rule and took control of the Human Empire. When an enemy with the Wooden Puppet Trait attacked, Shen Ye used Fun-Maker to break its paralysis effect, leaving him free to act.

• The Immortal Kingdom compressed excess power inside Shen Ye, and he transferred some of it into Nangong Sirui's shield, forming a contract with it.
• Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu received permission to enter the Nightmare World, while Nangong Sirui was forbidden to go.
• After sheltering in a mountain cabin, Shen Ye contacted Norton, who sent Eudria and a party to find him.
• Eudria explained that outsiders had overthrown Norton and installed a new king, and that Norton had been rescued during a public execution.
• An enemy using the Wooden Puppet Trait froze the cabin's occupants and attacked the people outside, but Shen Ye's Fun-Maker Trait overpowered it when the enemy approached.

Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu entered a Dark Gold Dharma Realm duel against the Ocean King, whose trait unleashed deadly waves against their boat. Shen Ye’s Fun-Maker trait let him draw the Dark Death Lord’s warhammer and defeat the Ocean King, winning his trait as the survivors returned to the rainy wilderness and heard Norton call from inside the wooden house.

• Shen Ye killed the Ocean King’s subordinate with the Hongying Blade, while Xiao Mengyu rushed outside to confront the Ocean King.
• Shen Ye and the Ocean King activated their Dark Gold names and were pulled with Xiao Mengyu into a Dharma Realm duel aboard a wooden boat.
• Xiao Mengyu used her swordsmanship to cut apart the Ocean King’s waves as Shen Ye created the Masked Assassin form of Fun-Maker.
• Shen Ye’s first random draws produced a feather and red roses, but the Ocean King’s insults triggered a draw that summoned the Dark Death Lord’s warhammer.
• Shen Ye crushed the Ocean King with the warhammer, ending the duel and earning the Ocean King trait as he and Xiao Mengyu returned to the wilderness.
• Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu heard Norton call from inside the wooden house, and Shen Ye urged him to seek treatment for his wounds.

Shen Ye fled with the wounded Norton after learning that enemies could track people through stolen names, while Xu Xingke and Death Planet’s leaders faced a coercive deal with the Glorious Empire. Song Yinchen’s actions gave Xu Xingke a reason to reject the deal and target its representatives, especially after he revealed they wanted Shen Ye dead.

• Shen Ye, Eudria, and Xiao Mengyu took Norton northwest toward a royal escape site, and Shen Ye fused Peppa with Ocean King to create the Dark Gold Trait Peppa’s Ship.
• The carriage entered the Dharma Realm, and Xiao Mengyu told Shen Ye that Baopu Elixir had raised her from the third to the fourth layer.
• The Glorious Empire demanded a clause allowing it to execute anyone who harmed its citizens, and Xu Xingke secretly contacted the Battle Guidance Master to learn about Shen Ye’s recent battle.
• Song Yinchen shared a cultivation technique for the twelfth Dharma Realm level, giving Death Planet’s leaders an alternative to accepting the Glorious Empire’s offer.
• Xu Xingke revealed that he had prepared a Tarot card to kill the leaders if they betrayed Death Planet, then proposed attacking the Glorious Empire’s representative.
• Xu Xingke told Song Yinchen that the Glorious Empire wanted to kill Shen Ye, and she crushed her phone and asked to strike first.

Shen Ye, Eudria, Xiao Mengyu, and the wounded Norton fled into the Undead Empire, where they discovered that their contact was a traitor and an assassin force was closing in. Shen Ye used the Immortal Kingdom’s life-saving reward to send the others away and stayed behind to deceive the assassins.

• Xiao Mengyu killed an imperial pursuer with her concealed flying sword while Shen Ye drove the carriage into the woods.
• The Immortal Kingdom rewarded Xiao Mengyu for collecting cosmic ice crystals with a chance to escape a fatal disaster, and she asked to accept another mission.
• Eudria led the group through a passage beneath an ancient tree and disguised them as undead before they teleported to a border town.
• Their werewolf contact demanded that Eudria and Xiao Mengyu submit to him, so Xiao Mengyu killed him; Shen Ye used Dark Whisper to uncover that he had alerted assassins loyal to the New King.
• As the assassins arrived, Shen Ye used the Emblem of Sworn Allegiance to pose as a wounded werewolf and claim Norton had escaped, while the Immortal Kingdom transported Norton, Eudria, and Xiao Mengyu away.
• Shen Ye fled the cellar alone, and Xiao Mengyu learned that he had declined teleportation because he had his own way to handle the danger and a life-saving chance of his own.