Recaps

Zhou Heng and Black Bear Ba traced the Deepwater Flood Dragon King experiments to Little Bird Town Mayor Tate, while Zhou Heng strengthened himself by killing Deepwater Snakes. He discovered a level 10 unique secret realm called the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Nest and entered it to continue grinding.

• Zhou Heng showed the Experiment Log to Black Bear Ba, who identified Mayor Tate as the likely culprit and asked for time to find a solution.
• Black Bear Ba gave Zhou Heng a walkie-talkie and left, while Zhou Heng put it away and returned to hunting level 10 monsters.
• Zhou Heng killed hundreds of Deepwater Snakes, maxed out the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), and raised his attack and health substantially.
• Zhou Heng searched deeper into the Deepwater Cave and found a purple rift labeled Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Nest, a level 10 unique secret realm.
• Zhou Heng entered the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Nest, hoping it held enough monsters to improve his damage reduction against all elements.

Zhou Heng entered the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm nest to grind experience and damage reduction, while Su Ming learned that Zhou Heng had killed his sister Su Ling and ordered Black Bear Ba to keep Zhou Heng in Little Bird Town. After Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that the Su Family was coming and pointed him toward the secret realm’s depths, he chose to press onward and received the requirements for his first turn.

• Zhou Heng appraised a level 10 Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm and charged into the nest’s massive swarm.
• Black Bear Ba told Su Ming that Su Ling was dead and that Zhou Heng had killed her.
• Su Ming ordered Black Bear Ba to keep Zhou Heng in Little Bird Town until the Su Family could arrive, promising him a higher position in the Black Bear Guild.
• Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that Black Bear Ba had exposed him to the Su Family and urged him to flee or reach the secret realm’s depths.
• Zhou Heng reflected on his mistaken trust in Black Bear Ba, resolved to slaughter the worms and find the secret realm’s solution, then crushed a First-Turn Certificate.
• The first-turn achievements required Zhou Heng to kill level 10 monsters or defeat a higher-level player.

Zhou Heng chose the difficult “Will of Transcendence” achievement and finished grinding the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worms, then discovered that the Elegant Ancient Flute resonated with a mysterious statue. Meanwhile, Wang Lu arrived to hunt him, sealed Black Bear Ba, and activated a banner to search Deepwater Cave.

• Zhou Heng selected “Will of Transcendence,” which required him to kill a level 40 player for his first class advancement.
• Black Bear Ba searched Deepwater Cave for Zhou Heng and learned that the longevity Su Family had sent the level 70 Sealer Wang Lu to deal with him.
• Zhou Heng killed all 15,000 Deepwater Flood Dragon Worms, earned advancement certificates and coins, and gained 50 points of damage reduction against every element.
• Zhou Heng followed the Fate Hint to the end of the secret realm, where the Elegant Ancient Flute floated to a statue and began playing a melody that absorbed his attention.
• Wang Lu sealed Black Bear Ba inside a box of light, put him in his backpack, and activated a banner to search Deepwater Cave for Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng discovered that the Elegant Ancient Flute could force a duel that lowered both fighters to level 1 and prevented resurrection. When level 70 sealer Wang Lu tracked him down, Zhou Heng began playing and trapped them both in the Noble and Elegant Duel Arena, where their fight was about to begin.

• The Elegant Ancient Flute transformed, gaining the power to force a deadly duel and reduce both combatants' levels and attributes according to its quality.
• Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that a level 70 sealer had found him, so he played the flute before the enemy arrived.
• Wang Lu entered the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Secret Realm and found Zhou Heng playing the March of Xia Kingdom.
• The duel arena activated, lowering Wang Lu to level 1 and disabling his Revival Coin, while allowing him to keep his level-20 wooden club.
• Zhou Heng drew his sword and told Wang Lu he had been waiting for him.

Zhou Heng killed the level 70 Sealer Wang Lu in one strike and claimed his resources, including mysterious White Paper and a powerful robe. Completing his advancement quest raised his class to four stars and his level to 11, and he prepared to leave Little Bird Town for Frost City.

• Zhou Heng activated Burning Rage and killed Wang Lu with a single strike.
• Zhou Heng collected Wang Lu's drops, including the Vast Golden Body skill book, three mysterious sheets of White Paper, a Crimson Robe, and a backpack filled with Moon Deer Grass.
• Zhou Heng completed the Will of Transcendence achievement, gained a permanent 10% increase to monster drops, advanced Extreme Long-Range Shooter to four stars, and reached level 11.
• Zhou Heng reviewed his improved class abilities and attributes, including increased range, tracking attacks, and the ability to use anything as an arrow.
• Zhou Heng decided to leave Little Bird Town and travel to Frost City, though he was unsure whether the journey would be safe.

Zhou Heng logged out of the sealed Deepwater Cave and returned to the Warmth Orphanage, where he decided to wait seven days before going back. On the sixth day, Wang Heng arrived at the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Secret Realm and began investigating his brother Wang Lu’s death.

• Zhou Heng used a Fate Hint to log out of the Boundless Endless World and told Yu Tong he needed a few days to rest.
• Zhou Heng returned to Warmth Orphanage, spoke with Qi Sinian, and chose to handle his troubles without asking for her help.
• Wang Heng freed Black Bear Ba from a sealed light box and demanded to know where Wang Lu was.
• Wang Heng sensed that Wang Lu was likely dead, killed Black Bear Ba, and asked Yang Kai how a new player had managed to kill his level 70 brother.

Wang Heng learned that Zhou Heng might have killed his brother and that Tate suspected Zhou Heng had uncovered the Ancient Hero System. Seven days later, Zhou Heng logged back in and used a Fate Hint to kill himself and return to Little Bird Town, where Tate and Wang Heng raced to intercept him.

• After finding no trace of Su Ling, Wang Heng killed Yang Kai and continued searching Deepwater Cave.
• Tate discovered that his Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm breeding grounds were gone and confronted Wang Heng, who blamed a new player named Zhou Heng for his brother’s possible death.
• Tate realized Zhou Heng might have unlocked the Ancient Hero System and decided to capture him.
• After seven days, Zhou Heng logged in and followed a Fate Hint’s instruction to kill himself and revive in town to escape Tate’s detection.
• Zhou Heng followed a glowing arrow toward Little Bird Town’s Teleportation Array while Tate and Wang Heng rushed to intercept him.

Zhou Heng escaped Tate by teleporting to Frost City, where he hid in a massive protest march to evade Wang Heng. Tate reached level 100 and destroyed Little Bird Town, while Zhou Heng remained concealed as the march continued into the night.

• Zhou Heng activated Burning Rage and raced toward the teleportation array as Tate attacked with a massive dark tentacle.
• Wang Heng sealed Tate’s attack long enough for Zhou Heng to teleport with him to Frost City, and Tate’s rage drove him to level 100 and engulf Little Bird Town in darkness.
• Zhou Heng followed a Fate Hint to move right after teleporting and disappeared into a huge march protesting Frost City’s currency exchange rates.
• Wang Heng searched the march for Zhou Heng and left after several unsuccessful visits, while Zhou Heng stayed hidden among the protesters.
• The march continued into the evening without a response from the city, and the protesters’ anger grew.

Zhou Heng watched Frost City residents react to a quest to apprehend Tate, then learned that a desperate woman had traded her lifespan for the chance to advance. A foreign player explained the Lifespan Contract and gave Zhou Heng a pass to a secret realm.

• The Frost Codex issued a citywide quest to capture Tate, the mayor of Little Bird Town, within one hundred days, and residents set off to find him.
• Zhou Heng questioned whether the wounded Tate was truly vulnerable and suspected his interest in Zhou Heng was connected to the statue in the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Secret Realm.
• A woman begged Brother Wu to help her advance, but he accused her of using a Lifespan Contract and learned she had only one year left to live.
• Zhou Heng asked a foreign player about Lifespan Contracts, and the man explained that they exchanged lifespan for resources and might be tied to the Longevity Families.
• The foreign player gave Zhou Heng a business card that would let him enter a secret realm in Frost City's outer district once.

Zhou Heng accepted an entry card from Foreign Friend and discovered that players in Frost City could scarcely level up because powerful groups had monopolized wild monsters. He entered the Interstellar Wreckage Secret Realm, where Fate Hint pointed him toward valuable secrets and a woman whose fate could influence history, and he chose to intervene.

• Foreign Friend gave Zhou Heng an Inferior entry card for the Interstellar Wreckage Secret Realm and told him to see how cold Frost City was.
• Zhou Heng explored Frost City's outer district and confirmed that wild monsters were monopolized, leaving paid secret realms or dangerous journeys as alternatives to working for powerful groups.
• Zhou Heng used the card to enter the Interstellar Wreckage Secret Realm and found himself among the remains of mechas and starships.
• Fate Hint told Zhou Heng to head right for a secret and revealed that a woman to his left faced mortal danger and could influence history.
• Zhou Heng used Extreme Long-Range Vision to find the white-haired woman surrounded by four people, then decided to act from a distance.

Zhou Heng saved Kailina from four attackers in the Interstellar Wreckage, then killed six members of the Bright Association who tried to rob him. He found an unusual item among their drops and appraised it.

• Zhou Heng used forty tracking arrows to kill the four people threatening Kailina, and she continued deeper into the wreckage after thanking her unknown rescuer.
• A six-person Bright Association gang ambushed Zhou Heng and demanded the resources he had collected, claiming a Longevity Family backed their right to seize them.
• Zhou Heng beheaded the gang's leader and killed the other five before they could use their skills.
• Zhou Heng found an unusual item among the gang members' drops and cast Appraisal on it.

Zhou Heng swallowed the Fusion Core, accepting its constant HP drain in exchange for powerful permanent gains to his speed and attack rate. After battling hordes of Mechanical Hounds and reaching level 16, he charged the Krosa Mecha Wreckage boss.

• Zhou Heng swallowed the Fusion Core, which merged into his heart and boosted his attack and movement speeds.
• Mechanical Hounds surrounded Zhou Heng, who fought them with the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).
• Zhou Heng killed Mechanical Hounds, gained five levels, and received 1,500 additional HP from level-ups.
• Krosa Mecha Wreckage emerged from the Interstellar Wreckage and confronted Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng charged at Krosa Mecha Wreckage while ignoring the remaining Mechanical Hounds.

After defeating the Krosa Mecha Wreckage, Zhou Heng received a Fate Hint urging him to hold out for five minutes to help the white-haired woman, Karenna. As countless Krosa Mecha Wreckages awakened and converged on him, Zhou Heng welcomed the bosses as a chance to gain experience and began fighting them.

• Zhou Heng killed the Krosa Mecha Wreckage, gained 500 experience, and received a Fate Hint describing an 80% chance to change history if he held out for five minutes.
• Zhou Heng chose to stay and help the white-haired woman, while a screen showed Karenna retrieving a ball of light and the Ancient machine god "Eternal Krossa" beginning a 300-second startup countdown.
• Countless Krosa Mecha Wreckages formed throughout the Interstellar Wreckage Secret Realm and rushed toward Zhou Heng, demanding his Fusion Core.
• The Krosa Mecha Wreckages attacked players, and many players fled the secret realm.
• Zhou Heng saw the approaching bosses as a chance to gain experience and swung his sword at the three nearest Krosa Mecha Wreckages.

Zhou Heng fought through waves of Krosa Mecha Wreckage bosses, buying Kailina time while he gained levels and reached level 20 max. After the light orb finally merged with Kailina's heart, the mechanical wall began absorbing matter and drew her inside.

• Zhou Heng killed Krosa Mecha Wreckage bosses and practiced fighting several opponents at once while gaining experience.
• Kailina remained unconscious as the orb of light failed to merge with her heart, and Fate Hint urged Zhou Heng to keep the bosses away from her.
• Zhou Heng endured repeated five-minute rounds of combat, reached level 18, and continued grinding the bosses.
• Zhou Heng reached level 20 max and guessed that Kailina had entered the wreckage to find the Krosa Mech's main body.
• The orb of light successfully analyzed Kailina and merged into her heart, causing the mechanical wall to tremble and pull her inside.

Eternal Krossa revived, destroyed the Interstellar Wreckage Secret Realm, and emerged over Frost City. After killing the Longevity Family elder guarding the city, it announced the old dynasty’s fall and changed the Sakas Empire’s expansion chapter.

• Eternal Krossa absorbed the Krosa Mecha Wreckage bosses, revived, and raised Zhou Heng’s HP by 100,000.
• Eternal Krossa tore apart the Interstellar Wreckage Secret Realm, forcing Zhou Heng back to Frost City.
• Eternal Krossa scanned Frost City, identified Zhou Heng as the human who saved its pilot, and recognized the Sakast Imperial Sword.
• The level 999 elder of the Longevity Family left the city lord’s residence to confront Eternal Krossa, which crushed his head above Frost City.
• Eternal Krossa declared the old dynasty dead, and the Sakas Empire announcement replaced Chapter Nine of “The Ancient Years” with “Longevity, Go to Your Death.”

Frost City received the emergency quest Frost Watch as Eternal Krossa’s Vast Star Nation attacked and forced everyone to choose a faction. Zhou Heng kept his Sakas Empire citizenship, then was sent with other low-advancement players to deliver supplies while weighing whether to kill an abusive Longevity Family player.

• Eternal Krossa’s Vast Imperial Guards emerged from gates around Frost City and demanded that its people abandon the Sakas Empire for the Vast Star Nation.
• Players received a faction choice, and Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that joining the Vast Star Nation would be unwise while remaining with Sakas could bring worthwhile rewards.
• Zhou Heng retained his Sakas Empire citizenship as the Vast Imperial Guards poured out of the gates and attacked Frost City.
• Yu Ming ordered lower-advancement forces to retreat and led stronger fighters to defend the city, while Polok gathered forces and requested Revival Coins.
• A Longevity Family player ordered first-advancement and unadvanced players, including Zhou Heng, to carry resources to the front lines and kicked a female NPC.
• Zhou Heng considered executing the abusive player with the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), but hesitated because he feared strengthening Karenna within the sword.

Zhou Heng entered Frost City's resource warehouse and brazenly consumed potions and Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, ignoring warnings about the Su Family. When a player tried to report him, Zhou Heng killed him and continued smoking.

• The Sakast Imperial Sword trembled as Zhou Heng waited in line, but Su Hai failed to recognize him and waved him into the warehouse.
• Zhou Heng drank Lesser Light, Lesser Dark, and other elemental potions to gain damage reduction.
• A freckled girl warned Zhou Heng that Su Hai and the Su Family controlled the warehouse, but he ignored her and kept taking resources.
• Zhou Heng smoked a Heavenly Horse Cigarette for permanent stat gains, while a nearby player absorbed some secondhand smoke.
• The nearby player tried to report Zhou Heng, who killed him and told anyone else to report him outside.

Zhou Heng advanced Burning Rage and looted Frost City's resource storehouse before confronting Su Hai of the Longevity Su Family. Su Hai recognized him as the player who had killed Su Ling, tried to flee, then attacked after throwing status-inflicting items; the chapter ended with Zhou Heng still standing after taking 1,536 damage.

• Zhou Heng used a Common skill advancement scroll to raise Burning Rage to Complex grade, greatly increasing its bonuses.
• Su Hai entered the storehouse after hearing it was being plundered and recognized Zhou Heng as Su Ling's killer.
• Su Hai activated Burning Rage and fled, but Zhou Heng caught up without using the skill.
• Su Hai threw bottles and jars at Zhou Heng, inflicting water, fire, and physical-attribute erosion.
• Su Hai struck Zhou Heng's neck for 1,536 damage, then froze when Zhou Heng survived.

Zhou Heng forced Su Hai to lead him through Frost City's Resource Vault, where Fate Hint exposed the hidden cost of an Ice Crystal and Su Hai revealed an ancient flute-playing statue behind a silver door. When Zhou Heng lowered his sword, Su Hai tried to signal someone, but Zhou Heng killed him before he could finish.

• Su Hai knelt before Zhou Heng and offered to take him to the Resource Vault's real treasury rather than risk fighting him.
• Su Hai showed Zhou Heng an Ice Crystal that granted ice attribute reduction, but Fate Hint warned it permanently cost Human Race players 10,000 Health.
• Su Hai led Zhou Heng to a silver door and said the treasury held an ancient statue of a man playing a flute.
• Zhou Heng recognized the statue might be connected to the Ancient Heroes and ordered Su Hai to open the door.
• Su Hai began to call out after Zhou Heng lowered his sword, but Zhou Heng killed him with a swift strike.

Zhou Heng entered Frost City's treasury with Su Lanlan, claimed a rare skill book, and watched her take the city documents and token. At the far end, he used the Elegant Ancient Flute on another statue and was unexpectedly sent back to the real world, where a figure of light appeared before him.

• Su Lanlan offered Zhou Heng a sheet of White Paper in exchange for the Frost City Lord Token and Su Ling's City Lord Document, then opened the silver doors using a sequence of knocks that stopped invisible arrows.
• Zhou Heng entered the treasury with Su Lanlan, learned the Empire Fortune skill, and gave her the City Lord Document while she took the City Lord Token.
• Su Lanlan warned Zhou Heng that Su Family reinforcements would arrive within thirty minutes, then left the treasury with the city documents and token.
• Zhou Heng found the thirty-meter flute-playing statue and placed the Elegant Ancient Flute against its stone flute.
• The flute's melody returned Zhou Heng to his real-world room, where he saw a figure of light standing before him.

Zhou Heng heard a mysterious figure warn that players had only a thousand years left to reach a goal and urge him to find statues, protect the flute, and choose the highest difficulty for achievement ascensions. Back in Boundless Endless, his magic and mana surged, while Su Lanlan took control of Frost City and prepared to seek revenge on the Su Family.

• A radiant figure appeared to Zhou Heng, warned him that players would be abandoned if they failed to reach a preset goal within the final thousand years, and gave him three instructions before vanishing.
• Zhou Heng questioned what he knew about Blue Star and players’ lifespans, then logged back into Boundless Endless as the flute performance ended and the statue shattered.
• Zhou Heng gained 5,000 magic and 100,000 mana, inspected the Elegant Ancient Flute’s changed abilities, and concluded that he needed to learn a magic skill.
• Zhou Heng calculated that Blood Pump could raise his attack above 21,000 but judged himself still too weak against elite players and the Longevity Family.
• Su Lanlan took control of Frost City, inspected her Frost Lord talent, and vowed to fulfill her mother’s dying wish by taking revenge on the Su Family.
• Su Lanlan expected Su Changhuan, the man who killed her mother, to come with the Su Family’s high-level players as Vast Star Nation attacked.

Zhou Heng looted the Frost Resource Vault, uncovered signs that the Longevity Family was restricting advancement, and received a Fate Hint about an imminent battle in Frost City. He prepared at the city lord’s manor and played the Elegant Ancient Flute, summoning an approaching figure.

• Su Liuyue sensed danger near Frost City, and Su Changhuan hurried toward it after seeing two streaks of colorful light.
• Zhou Heng collected 1,000 intermediate red potions but found no advancement certificates, leading him to suspect the Longevity Family was suppressing ordinary players.
• Fate Hints warned Zhou Heng to flee west or play the Elegant Ancient Flute near the city lord’s manor, where an opportunity would appear.
• Zhou Heng equipped three Vast Sky items that raised his attack speed and movement speed, then headed to the city lord’s manor.
• Zhou Heng smoked a second Heavenly Horse Cigarette, gained permanent attributes, and played the March of Xia Kingdom on the Elegant Ancient Flute as a figure approached.

Su Liuyue confronted Zhou Heng at Frost City's main gate while he played a flute that temporarily reduced her level from 70 to 60. She attacked him, but remained stunned when he survived the full force of her ice arrow.

• Su Liuyue recognized Zhou Heng at Frost City's main gate and suspected he had been waiting for her.
• Su Liuyue drew her greatbow to attack, but Zhou Heng's flute caused her level to temporarily drop by 10 while preserving her level 60 attributes and skills.
• Su Liuyue fired an arrow as Zhou Heng stopped playing, and Zhou Heng countered with his bow, though his arrows dealt no damage to her.
• Su Liuyue hit Zhou Heng with an ice arrow that should have dealt 23,400 damage, but he remained standing, leaving her shocked by his toughness.

Zhou Heng used his superior speed to keep Su Liuyue at a distance, then unleashed Blood Pump and his Extreme Long-Range Shooter arrows against her. Su Liuyue dodged the first volley but was forced to keep retreating as the arrows pursued her, while Zhou Heng remained confident he could kill her.

• Zhou Heng confirmed Su Liuyue's arrows slowed him for three seconds, switched to the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), and fled at high speed.
• Su Liuyue used Entangling Flame to track Zhou Heng, then activated Burning Rage when she could not catch him.
• Zhou Heng matched Su Liuyue's Burning Rage speed, then switched to the Flood Dragon Horn Bow and activated Blood Pump as her boost ended.
• Zhou Heng fired six arrows at Su Liuyue; the first dealt 44,537 damage, and she narrowly dodged the remaining arrows before they turned to pursue her.
• Su Liuyue used a red potion and charged toward Zhou Heng, while he maintained his distance and prepared to continue attacking.

Zhou Heng pursued Su Liuyue through Frost City, using her shared location to keep landing arrows until she activated the forbidden skill Burn Blood, Burn Life and charged at him. He paralyzed her with a Thunder Potion and killed her with a sword, leaving her to realize he had used the same method to bypass resurrection when killing Su Ling.

• Zhou Heng repeatedly struck Su Liuyue with tracking arrows while her health recovery failed to keep pace.
• Su Liuyue fled into Frost City, but Zhou Heng used her shared location to continue targeting her.
• Su Liuyue activated Burn Blood, Burn Life and Burning Rage, reducing her health to 1 as she rushed toward Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng scattered a Thunder Potion, paralyzing Su Liuyue for 59 seconds.
• Su Liuyue tried to bargain with Zhou Heng, but he severed her head with his sword.
• As she died, Su Liuyue realized Zhou Heng had used this method to bypass resurrection and kill Su Ling, and threatened the main branch over the quest.