Recaps

Lionheart Knight Reinhardt escaped through a crack in the Gate of Glory and flew off after confirming something. On Steam Island, Cui Xiya tested the newly upgraded Twisted New Super Great Blasphemer against Yang Yi in a livestreamed spar, and the chapter ended as she struck at him with a powerful sword attack.

• The Gate of Glory briefly opened under assault, allowing Reinhardt to escape before it repaired itself.
• Reinhardt examined the Blind Believers, confirmed something, and flew away in a chosen direction.
• Cui Xiya advanced to Legendary and received the Fool Title, then prepared to spar with Yang Yi using the Master-quality New Super Great Blasphemer.
• Hong Yanyan hosted a livestream of the spar, while Qin Ming predicted it would last several minutes.
• Cui Xiya enlarged the Mech and swung its Greatsword at Yang Yi with her Supreme Holy Slash.

Yang Yi defeated Cui Xiya’s new Super Great Blasphemer Mech by breaking into its cockpit, then praised its strength and urged her to improve as its pilot. Back aboard the Nightmare Star, he learned that sea monsters were disappearing and sea levels were falling, then continued experimenting with the red cocoon.

• Cui Xiya used Supreme Holy Slash against Yang Yi, but he caught the mech’s enormous Greatsword with his bare hands and pushed the mech off balance.
• Yang Yi endured the mech’s Death Storm, broke through its cockpit with the Vibration Dagger, and knocked Cui Xiya on the head until she surrendered.
• Yang Yi praised the mech’s combat strength, pointed out its vulnerability to infiltration, and promised Cui Xiya the position of First Mate if she could defeat the Old Captain.
• After the sparring match, Yang Yi checked the World Sea Chart and heard that sea monsters were decreasing around Steam Island while sea levels had fallen several meters.
• Yang Yi visited the Nightmare Star’s Sub-Laboratory, picked up the red cocoon, and continued trying to discover how to activate it.

Yang Yi failed to activate the Abyssal One and discovered that Old Balie’s account had been deleted. On Moon Island, Bufon tricked Balie into handing over the repaired Infinite Flintlock, then shot him.

• Yang Yi tried commands, blood, and threats to activate the Abyssal One, but nothing worked.
• Yang Yi messaged Old Balie and saw that his account had been deleted, then sensed something happening near Steam Island.
• Bufon disguised himself as Yang and visited Balie, who mistook him for the customer collecting the repaired Infinite Flintlock.
• Balie handed Bufon the gun, and Bufon revealed his skeletal face and aimed it at him.
• Bufon shot Balie inside the Observatory.

Bufon attacked the Lost Ones Fleet on Moon Island, escaped through a portal, and then raided the Great Newspaper ship to reclaim it from Song Yingwen. He threatened Song Yingwen with Hong Yanyan’s life as he demanded the ship back.

• Bufon shot Balie with a weapon that unleashed a werewolf, while Shi Lei pursued him and lost his right hand in the attack.
• Lada and Molly restored Balie’s body, and Molly prepared to gather his soul and resurrect him as the Twin Observation Station shook from the attack.
• Bufon escaped through a Player Island Portal, leaving a crater behind, while the Eagle Knight searched for him without seeing the portal.
• Bufon boarded the Great Newspaper ship, disabled its security, and ate Wisdom Fruit from the Wisdom Tree.
• Song Yingwen confronted Bufon, who threatened him with the controlled Hong Yanyan and demanded a Ship Separation Card to reclaim his ship.

Yang Yi and the Newspaper's crew tried to stop Abu Singh's dream-entry spell as it caused Steam Island and its sleeping players to dissolve. The chapter left Song Yingwen transformed into a towering Bloodthirst Beast and lunging at Abu Singh while Yang Yi's Nightmare Domain spread over the island.

• Yang Yi recognized Abu Singh on the Eden, realized he had taken Yang Yi's gun, and raced toward Steam Island as the sea and island began dissolving.
• Steam Island activated its evacuation plan and began detaching modules while Su Na warned Yang Yi that the dream spell would dissolve sleeping players.
• Yang Yi activated Nightmare Domain, spreading a dark-purple field over part of Steam Island to counter Abu Singh's beautiful-dream spell.
• Song Yingwen and the Newspaper attacked the Eden while Song Yingwen protected the unconscious Hong Yanyan and ordered his crew to evacuate players into the ship.
• Song Yingwen transformed into a Bloodthirst Beast over thirty meters tall and lunged at Abu Singh.

Abu Singh used Dream Descent to dissolve the battlefield and fought off Song Yingwen and the arriving defenders, but the fusion of dark purple dream energy with the existing power strengthened him further. He ended the chapter as a towering giant reaching to seize Shi Lei.

• Abu Singh activated Dream Descent, causing the surroundings and many controlled players to dissolve while he regenerated through the effect.
• Transformed Song Yingwen shattered Abu Singh's barrier and attacked him, but Abu Singh's dream power dissolved Song Yingwen's limbs and allowed Abu Singh to recover from his injuries.
• Song Yingwen messaged Yang Yi as Steam Island sent in Black Special Operations Squads, whose weapons and capture devices pushed Abu Singh back.
• Yu Dawei, Zhang Zhi, Balot, Wang Chong, Qin Ming, Shi Lei, and the Lost Ones Fleet joined the fight, but Abu Singh summoned a werewolf that wounded Qin Ming.
• Dark purple dream energy merged with the pink energy, empowering Abu Singh until he caught a bullet and Shi Lei's Air Blade Slash, grew into a giant, and reached for Shi Lei.

Yang Yi realized the system had tricked him into summoning a dissolving Dream Island and tried to evacuate Steam Island’s players before it arrived. After the giant Dream Island fell into the sea, Yang Yi sensed that the Cocoon on his back was reacting to it.

• Yang Yi recognized that the system had impersonated Su Na to make him cast Nightmare Domain, summoning a dissolving Dream Island.
• Yang Yi told Su Na to evacuate players through Portals, then took control of the Iron Giant God and led the players to safety.
• Yang Yi used Whaletooth and Shatter Slash to suppress Abu Singh, then moved survivors and island modules away from the breach.
• A vast red mass resembling the former Dream Island fell into the sea, dissolving nearby debris and spreading the New Sea.
• Yang Yi felt the Cocoon on his back tremble in response to Dream Island.

Yang Yi headed for Dream Island to subdue it and stop its dissolution, while Su Na organized the survivors and warned him that his protective armor might not withstand the island’s final formula. Yang Yi reached Abu Singh aboard the Eden and pierced him with the Spear That Pierces Everything, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Steam Island’s crew cleared invading Insoluble Remains, while Su Na and Dara helped save unconscious players from dissolving.
• Su Na led an emergency meeting aboard the Shelter and coordinated with Yang Yi, who set out alone for Dream Island in armor made from dark red bones.
• Abu Singh, aboard the Eden near Dream Island, planned to capture other Player Islands and dismissively considered using the ship’s Beautiful Dream Domain against Steam Island.
• Yang Yi arrived at the Eden, tore Abu Singh apart, and demanded the return of his gun.
• Abu Singh raised his strength and refused to surrender the gun, but Yang Yi threw him into the air and pierced his heart with the Spear That Pierces Everything.

Yang Yi killed Abu Singh and recovered his Spatial Storage Item before discovering the Infinite Flintlock’s full power. He activated the Abyssal One Armor on Dream Island and began tearing through the giant’s defenses.

• Yang Yi froze Abu Singh with Su Na’s spear, searched him, and found his Spatial Storage Item in a collar.
• Yang Yi swallowed Abu Singh and the spear, stored the collar and its contents in his Molten Giant Worm Ring, and retrieved the True Infinite Flintlock.
• Yang Yi read the gun’s description and learned that its Infinite mode could fire a shot without any power limit, at the risk of consuming the wielder and destroying the gun.
• Yang Yi charged onto Dream Island and activated the Abyssal One Armor, which merged with him and filled his mind with an urge to destroy the giant.
• Yang Yi sprinted across Dream Island on all fours, severing its tentacles with a massive scythe-shaped blade and cutting away its surface and submerged weapons.

Yang Yi tested the Abyssal One Armor’s adaptive strength and destroyed Dream Island with a fiery greatsword attack. But contact with unusual dark-red bones triggered a powerful dissolution curse that spread through his armor and body as Dream Island began to regenerate.

• Yang Yi discovered that the Abyssal One Armor enhanced his strength and speed, resisted dissolution, and adapted to its surroundings, though it consumed his stamina rapidly.
• Yang Yi attacked Dream Island with the Infinite Flintlock and Reinhardt, then charged into a huge rift and unleashed Burning Great Whirling Slash.
• Yang Yi pulverized Dream Island, but his greatsword dissolved after touching dark-red bone fragments, and the dissolution began spreading through his armor and body.
• Yang Yi used the Spear That Pierces Everything to cool himself, slowing the dissolution without stopping it, while the bone fragments regrew flesh and began forming a new Dream Island.

Yang Yi used Three Eyes to locate the special Insoluble Bone fragments sustaining Dream Island’s Dissolution Formula. After firing the Spear That Pierces Everything at them in the order Su Na recommended, he began trying to weaken the formula.

• Yang Yi searched Dream Island for its hidden bone fragments while its dissolving force began melting his weapons and Abu Singh.
• Su Na advised Yang Yi to destroy the rune-marked fragments in sequence to weaken and dispel the formula.
• The Abyssal One warned Yang Yi that it would detonate a Zero-Degree Annihilation Bomb if his life became critical, but he declined to activate the release.
• Yang Yi took Abu Singh’s Phantasmagoric Eyes and Three Eyes absorbed them, gaining farsight and Dream Vision.
• After Refuse Death+ restored his body, Yang Yi used Dream Vision to find the moving fragments and fired seventeen spears at them in sequence.

Yang Yi destroyed the insoluble bone fragments in Dream Island, triggering the system to announce that the island had been occupied and would be formatted. Before the system could finish, he swallowed Dream Island, interrupting the formatting process.

• Yang Yi guided seventeen shots of the Spear That Pierces Everything to find and shatter every insoluble bone fragment inside Dream Island.
• On Steam Island, players repaired or replaced their damaged equipment while Hamof worked through repair orders and worried about Balie's condition.
• The system announced that Dream Island had been explored and occupied, stunning players who had believed Bufon remained in control.
• Yang Yi shattered the final bone fragment, causing the frozen island to collapse as the Sea of Dreams returned around him.
• The system began formatting Dream Island, but Yang Yi swallowed it with his Abyssal One armor, abruptly interrupting the process.

Yang Yi interrupted the Formatting Process and forced the system to explain its plan to gather power and lead humanity to transcend the world. He kept Dream Island as leverage and secured the system's agreement to two demands, while the truth about the world's crisis remained hidden.

• Yang Yi removed the Abyssal One Armor and discovered that he could still sense the armor and its surroundings after taking it off.
• The system told Yang Yi it was collecting power so it could lead humanity in ascension when the appointed moment arrived.
• Yang Yi refused to give up Dream Island and demanded that the system stop impersonating or influencing people and explain the world's crises.
• The system agreed to stop deceiving Yang Yi and steering other players, but refused to explain the Seaquakes, the collapse of Reason, or the mass in the Abyss.
• Yang Yi accepted the system's refusal to explain, keeping Dream Island in his custody for the time being.

Yang Yi returned to Steam Island after capturing Dream Island, which he had swallowed and was now gradually digesting to keep it under control. He brought a piece of the island to Su Na for study, while the damaged Spear That Pierces Everything still needed repairs and Lord Abu remained hanging from it.

• Yang Yi told Su Na that he had swallowed Dream Island, and she concluded the Radiant Goddess had been imprisoned because no one could control her will.
• Players on Steam Island celebrated Dream Island’s capture and gathered to see it approach, but Yang Yi arrived alone at its coordinates and left them wondering where the island was.
• Yang Yi went aboard the Nightmare Star and met Su Na, Istil, and Little Dara in the Witch Laboratory.
• Yang Yi gave Su Na a piece of Dream Island and explained that he had been digesting it to restrain its growth, gaining Spirit and Constitution experience in the process.
• Yang Yi noted that the Spear That Pierces Everything needed repairs and that Lord Abu was still hanging from it.

Yang Yi claimed Dream Island and Bufon's spoils, then arranged for Istil to upgrade a ship using the Eden blueprint. On Moon Island, Lada and Dara discussed Yang Yi’s growing power before Lionheart Knight Reinhardt’s presence seemed to threaten the island.

• Yang Yi confirmed that Abu Singh, identified by the item information as Bufon, was dead and kept him as a trophy with dream-sailing and soul-stealing cannon effects.
• Yang Yi claimed Dream Island, took Black Iron and Azure Star for Cui Xiya, and decided to use the Eden blueprint himself.
• Yang Yi sent Istil player points and arranged for Zhang Zhi to supply robots and materials for her ship upgrade.
• On Moon Island, Lada watched the revived Balie work at a forge while Dara discussed Yang Yi and the need to negotiate for Dream Island.
• Lada saw Moon Island seemingly split apart as Lionheart Knight Reinhardt appeared nearby with his sword drawn.

Zhou Dai and Reinhardt approached Lada with the Radiant Goddess’s offer of cooperation, warning that the sea would become scorched earth in about twenty-five days. Lada accepted the deal, which promised Divine Authority and help against the Fire Worship Cult in exchange for handing over lost souls.

• Zhou Dai introduced herself to Lada, using Saintess Istil’s body, and explained that she had come to discuss cooperation.
• Reinhardt killed and devoured the former Eagle Knight to prevent him from overhearing their conversation.
• Zhou Dai offered Lada a Radiant Goddess Fragment and promised that she and Reinhardt would help conquer the remaining Player Islands.
• Zhou Dai warned that the sea would become scorched earth in less than a month and showed Lada a particle containing scenes of the prophecy.
• Zhou Dai demanded that Lada hand over the lost souls among her people in exchange for the Radiant Goddess’s power and help.
• Lada accepted the deal, prioritizing the fight against the Fire Worship Cult and its attempts to bring The Charred Tree into the world.

Yang Yi learned that the system had restored his Portal permissions and brought new Players to Moon Island after the Lost Ones Fleet suffered heavy losses. He encountered several strange newcomers at the Twin Observation Station, including a towering beastfolk woman, a Painter, and an imposing knight accompanied by a girl.

• Yang Yi discovered that his Portal access had been rejected, then received a message from the system and successfully connected to Moon Island.
• The system told Yang Yi it had brought new Players from the Mirror of Infinite Possibilities to replace lost combat strength, and Yang Yi urged it to recruit stronger fighters.
• Yang Yi reached the Twin Observation Station and found Augustus competing in strength with the five-meter-tall beastfolk Player Hu Hu.
• Yang Yi went upstairs, spotted a sickly young man painting outside Balie's room, and then saw Lada emerge with an armored knight and a girl sitting on the knight's shoulder.

Yang Yi visited Balie and learned that his soul was too damaged to heal, though he found him contentedly smithing in his current state. He met the painter Ma Hou, whose strange artwork affected his Sanity, and ended the chapter surprised by Ma Hou’s name and fondness for drinking.

• Bell introduced herself and her heavily armored knight, Galahad, to Yang Yi, who challenged Galahad to spar.
• Lada told Yang Yi that Balie’s soul was severely damaged and that she and Molly had only managed to preserve his dying obsession in a new body.
• Yang Yi examined Balie’s shattered soul and realized he had no way to restore it, then promised to forge him a smithing hammer.
• Balie reacted to Yang Yi by blocking his path to the furnace, and the painter Ma Hou explained that Balie had cursed Yang Yi for making him move.
• Yang Yi looked at Ma Hou’s unsettling painting, lost Sanity, and introduced himself before Ma Hou asked him to pose as a life model.
• Yang Yi questioned Ma Hou about his name and drinking, and Ma Hou eagerly asked whether Yang Yi enjoyed drinking too.

Yang Yi questioned the drunken painter Ma Hou about a blacksmith, but Ma Hou began experiencing a fiery vision and painted a scene of a black tree, burning figures, and a rift beneath the sea. Yang Yi stopped him before he died and found a figure resembling Heitanba in the painting; Lada and the Lost Ones Fleet arrived after the room was damaged.

• Yang Yi learned from Ma Hou that old Ba had understood some of his comments about a smithing hammer, though Ma Hou could not explain the blacksmith's needs.
• Ma Hou began to feel intense heat as burn marks appeared on him and his clothes, so Yang Yi switched to White Demon form and calmed him.
• Ma Hou used Yang Yi's paintbrush to depict a black tree, burning figures, scorched land, boiling seawater, and an enormous underwater rift.
• When Ma Hou's charred arm began to move again, Yang Yi seized it and knocked him unconscious, then photographed the painting and spotted a figure who might have been Heitanba.
• Lada and members of the Lost Ones Fleet arrived after the system reported damage to their base, and Lada prepared to clean the blackened room before Yang Yi stopped her.

Yang Yi discovered Ma Hou’s painting of a ritual on Burning Island and warned Player Island’s leaders that The Charred Tree might be about to enter the world. At the meeting, he learned more about the newly arrived players and began to suspect Bell might be the Crimson Witch.

• Yang Yi stopped Miss Hu from entering Ma Hou’s room, preserved the painting, and concluded it showed a ritual to summon The Charred Tree on Burning Island.
• Yang Yi asked Lada to notify her captain and bring the painting to a meeting, while Lada and Bell exchanged a tacit glance after he left.
• Galahad told Yang Yi that he was too weak, and Yang Yi later returned through the Portal to the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi convened Player Island’s leaders and top players, explained the danger shown in the painting, and warned that The Charred Tree’s arrival could destroy them.
• Ma Hou identified himself as the painter, and Shi Lei introduced him, Miss Hu Hu, Bell, and Galahad as members of his Fleet.
• Yang Yi noticed that Bell shared the Crimson Witch’s name and suspected her red hair and gender might indicate she was the Witch, despite her eyes not being red.

With the Collapse Clock worsening, Yang Yi and the other players planned a possible surprise assault on Burning Island using Moon Island as a mobile base, while preparing equipment and support for the battle. Yang Yi also considered Bell’s uncertain identity and sought to forge Old Man Ba’s Smithing Hammer before the fight.

• Yang Yi argued that the players might need to capture Burning Island before Miracle Island, and Shi Lei proposed using Moon Island’s teleportation to provide a secure rear base for a surprise attack.
• Daishi explained that Moon Island had enough Mad Laughter Points for only three teleports, so the group tentatively planned to attack on Saturday night after the islands rendezvoused and to finish within a day.
• The players assigned Yu Dawei and Zhang Zhi to develop a new Combat Robot called Terminator and prepare heat-resistant supplies, weapons, and potions for the operation.
• On the way to the Nightmare Star, Su Na, Istil, and Little Dara questioned whether Bell was the Crimson Witch, while Yang Yi said her combat strength would matter most.
• Yang Yi learned that Zhang Zhi would reveal Burning Island intelligence and exhibit a painting at a press conference, then went fishing and caught more than the Old Captain.
• Yang Yi recalled the Pure White Gate as a possible aid against Burning Island and messaged Banks to begin forging Old Man Ba’s Smithing Hammer.

Yang Yi forged the Inspiration Hammer using the skulls of himself and Banks, while Banks temporarily wore a fish head. After finishing the hammer, Yang Yi restored Banks with an improved face, and prepared to send the weapon to Balie.

• Banks returned from Garbage Island, and Yang Yi seized his head as material for a smithing hammer.
• Yang Yi threw his own skull into the furnace and forged the hammer while Banks went fishing with a fish head.
• Several women followed Banks to the port, saw his fish head, and secretly photographed him.
• Two days later, Yang Yi finished the Hero-level Inspiration Hammer, which could spark smithing ideas when it struck its wielder's head.
• Yang Yi made Banks a more attractive replacement head, and Banks celebrated his improved looks.

Yang Yi delivered a strange smithing hammer to Balie, then challenged Galahad to a brutal barehanded spar that ended with Galahad leaving before Yang Yi could use his full strength. Yang Yi accepted that he had lost and resolved to train until he could defeat Galahad.

• Yang Yi gave Balie the finished hammer, and Balie used its Pulse Impact to smash worms and speed up his smithing as he forged a giant shield.
• Yang Yi found Galahad sparring with Augustus and Miss Hu Hu, then joined the fight and was punched through the Observatory wall.
• Yang Yi and Galahad continued their fight on the Surface of Moon Island, trading powerful blows that carved craters into the terrain.
• Galahad told Yang Yi he was still nowhere near strong enough and left before Yang Yi could bring out his full strength.
• Yang Yi concluded that he had lost the spar and planned to train before challenging Galahad again.

Yang Yi and Su Na investigated Terminator robots whose designs had warped amid the collapse of reason, while preparations continued for the attack on Burning Island. Yang Yi then departed alone for the Warm Winter Sea, leaving Steam Island’s forces to coordinate with Moon Island and opening a route to the Boiling Sea in progress.

• Su Na inspected and dismantled the oddly altered Terminator robots, found that their performance remained consistent, and ordered production to continue despite the collapse of reason.
• Su Na urged Yang Yi to visit Miskatonic University soon because the Fragment of Truth and increasingly unreliable potions threatened their plans for the deep sea.
• Yang Yi planned to attack Burning Island after preparations were complete and commissioned Su Na, Istil, and Little Dara to build a long-range Portal beneath the Twin Observation Station.
• Yang Yi told Mars to cooperate with Steam Island and Moon Island in the campaign against Burning Island.
• Yang Yi activated the Falling Star Skill, and five hours later the Nightmare Star began flying toward the distant ice field.

Yang Yi and his companions reached the Great Ice Field’s buried Pure White Gate and found Little The Charred Tree growing out of control amid rising temperatures. Yang Yi killed the Fire Worship Cult followers and chopped down the tree, leaving it wilted as the surrounding area rapidly froze again.

• Yang Yi and his companions raced across the Great Ice Field in the Nightmare Star’s mechanical Long-Legged Sardine form, correcting their course toward the abandoned settlement.
• Yang Yi burrowed through the ice to the underground passage, where melting walls and rising heat signaled that Little The Charred Tree had escaped its ice prison.
• Yang Yi reached No. 0 Excavation Site and found Little The Charred Tree rooted into the Pure White Gate, with Fire Worship Cult lunatics feeding it fuel.
• Yang Yi used the Abyssal One-enhanced Flintlock to kill more than three hundred Fire Worship Cult lunatics, then attacked Little The Charred Tree in White Demon form.
• Yang Yi chopped off the tree’s branches and dug out its roots, causing it to wilt as the temperature plunged and the Pure White Gate absorbed the heat.