Recaps

After killing Su Liuyue, Zhou Heng received a huge empire-wide reward and learned that the slaying had made him a target of the Longevity Family. As Frost City crumbled under Eternal Krossa’s battle with two elders, Zhou Heng headed west in search of danger and opportunity, carrying Su Liuyue’s powerful Dragon Bow.

• Zhou Heng collected Su Liuyue’s drops and received stat bonuses, a skill exemption scroll, and one million Vast Star Nation contribution points after the Sakas Empire announced her death nine times.
• Players and NPCs reacted to the news, while Eternal Krossa attacked the two golden-robed Longevity Family elders above Frost City.
• As the battle shook the city, Zhou Heng followed a Fate Hint west instead of escaping east and gathered Su Liuyue’s equipment and supplies.
• Zhou Heng appraised the Dragon Bow and recognized that its charging damage and reduced level requirement suited his Extreme Long-Range Shooter skill.

After killing Su Liuyue, Zhou Heng learned that the Longevity Family was secretly exchanging silver for copper and gained a fragment of data from the Sakaste Empire's database. He then spotted Su Changhuan about to kill Su Lanlan and raced to intervene, but Su Changhuan fled when he saw him approaching.

• Zhou Heng examined Su Liuyue's drops and found a Longevity quest to exchange silver coins for copper, along with an Unyielding Arena item.
• Zhou Heng's Empire Fortune increased after Su Liuyue's death, and the system gave him a Sakaste database fragment and advanced The True Years progress by 2%.
• Zhou Heng saw Su Lanlan wounded and kneeling before a handsome young man, and sprinted toward her with the Sakast Imperial Sword equipped.
• Su Changhuan pulled his lance from Su Lanlan's chest and taunted her, revealing that she was his younger sister.
• Su Changhuan noticed Zhou Heng approaching and fled, leaving Su Lanlan behind.

Su Lanlan died after giving Zhou Heng the damaged Frost Lord talent, a Second-Turn Credential, and the Taboo skill A Glimmer of Hope, asking him to avenge her and her mother. Zhou Heng chose the special Radiance of Frost achievement to kill Su Changhuan and used the Frost Throne to find him, appearing beside him in an inn.

• Su Lanlan gave Zhou Heng her remaining power and items, then died from the dark element poison.
• Zhou Heng accepted Su Lanlan's gifts, gained the temporary Frost Lord talent, and studied A Glimmer of Hope.
• Zhou Heng activated the Second-Turn Credential and chose the special achievement to kill Su Changhuan.
• Zhou Heng buried Su Lanlan, summoned the Frost Throne, and used it to locate Su Changhuan across Frost City.
• Su Changhuan hid in an inn, but Zhou Heng appeared beside him on the Frost Throne.

Zhou Heng relentlessly pursued Su Changhuan through Frost City, using his teleportation and charged Dragon Bow to kill him despite his powerful poison abilities. Su Changhuan revived among the city-wall casualties, but Zhou Heng appeared again and continued the hunt, leaving the surrounding players to recognize him as the Zhou Heng from the Imperial Announcement.

• Su Changhuan activated Burning Rage and fled, but Zhou Heng used Frost Lord to teleport after him and fired the Dragon Bow.
• Su Changhuan checked his attributes, released Abyss Poison Flow, and cast Toxic Armor as Zhou Heng charged a shot.
• Zhou Heng's 1000%-increased Dragon Bow arrow pursued Su Changhuan through the alleys and killed him with a 6.14 million critical hit.
• Su Changhuan revived on the Revival Platform and rushed into the crowd, offering Zhou Heng a chance to join the Longevity Su Family.
• Zhou Heng pursued Su Changhuan while charging another shot, and the surrounding players recognized him as the Zhou Heng from the Imperial Announcement.

Zhou Heng killed Su Changhuan, earning rewards that advanced the Ancient Years expansion and awakened more of Eternal Krossa’s power. After Eternal Krossa slew two Longevity Family elders, Frost City began a three-week construction shutdown, and Zhou Heng logged out with Su Changhuan’s drops.

• Su Changhuan drank a Starlight Vision Potion, gaining 360-degree Godlike Perspective at the cost of permanently reduced Attack and Health.
• Zhou Heng switched to the Sakast Imperial Sword and killed Su Changhuan with a strike that severed his head.
• The Sakas Empire announced Zhou Heng’s victory and granted him stat boosts, a Complex-Level Skill Learning Exemption Scroll, and Vast Star Nation contribution points.
• Eternal Krossa’s power grew as Chapter Nine progress reached 0.1%, and it killed the two gold-robed elders who fled toward the Sakas Empire capital.
• Golden blood fell over Frost City, boosting its players and NPCs, before Eternal Krossa announced a three-week construction shutdown and Zhou Heng logged out with Su Changhuan’s drops.

Zhou Heng faced Su Ming, who came to Warmth Orphanage seeking revenge for his sister but proposed that Zhou Heng marry into the Su Family instead. After Su Ming declared their conflict had only begun, Zhou Heng comforted Yaya and later logged back into Boundless Endless.

• Yaya warned Zhou Heng that people from the Longevity Families had arrived at Warmth Orphanage.
• Su Ming introduced himself as Su Ling's older brother and offered to forgive Zhou Heng if he married into the Su Family.
• Zhou Heng rejected Su Ming's offer and dismissed his threat to bury him in cement, explaining that Boundless Endless's rules prevented anyone from killing him on Blue Star.
• Su Ming left in his wheelchair, warning Zhou Heng that their game had only just begun.
• Zhou Heng comforted Yaya, cared for the orphanage children, and returned to Boundless Endless a month later.

Zhou Heng completed his second class advancement and met Eternal Krossa at the Vast Star Hall, where he received fragments of the Sakast Imperial Sword and a quest concerning Lifespan Contracts. He accepted the quest to investigate the Land of the Howling Gale, and Eternal Krossa opened the Vast Star Nation contribution shop for him.

• Zhou Heng reached level 21 and advanced Extreme Long-Range Shooter to five stars, gaining improved attributes and abilities.
• Zhou Heng arrived at Frost Mechanical City and followed the Central Main Road to the Vast Star Hall.
• Eternal Krossa told Zhou Heng to spend his 1.8 million contribution points and asked him to investigate where the lifespans from the Land of the Howling Gale's contracts were going.
• Eternal Krossa gave Zhou Heng two fragments of the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).
• Zhou Heng accepted the quest to investigate the Lifespan Contracts, and Eternal Krossa opened the Vast Star Nation contribution shop for him.

Zhou Heng acquired the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack on credit and departed for the Land of the Howling Gale on a Fusion Warhorse. After his departure, an old woman revealed her plan to forge another Sakas Emperor Sword (Holy Sword) before Blue Star faced a looming threat.

• Eternal Krossa gave Zhou Heng the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack on credit, setting his debt at 8.2 million Contribution Points and offering to reduce it to 3.2 million if he completed Land of the Howling Gale.
• Zhou Heng inventoried Su Changhuan's drops, including 500,000 Silver Coins, a Brilliant-tier backpack, Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, and a strange worn statue of a woman.
• Zhou Heng fed three Brilliant-tier backpacks to the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack, raising its expansion rate to 30%.
• An Iron Guard delivered a Fusion Warhorse powered by Zhou Heng's Fusion Core and Health, and Zhou Heng rode toward the Land of the Howling Gale.
• An old woman told Eternal Krossa that she had added Karenna's genes to Kailina's clone to forge another Sakas Emperor Sword (Holy Sword), warning that their survival depended on Blue Star with only a thousand years remaining.

During his journey to Frost Mechanical City, Zhou Heng encountered the gravely wounded Tate, who tried to trap him in an arena. Zhou Heng’s flute reduced Tate to his level 21 attributes, leaving their battle poised to begin.

• Over ten days, Zhou Heng gained attributes from the Fusion Core and Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, while his Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) grew stronger.
• Zhou Heng found a wounded old man on the forest road and learned from the Fate Hint that he was Tate, who sought the Ancient Hero System.
• Zhou Heng pretended to help Tate and offered him Blue Potions while preparing to play the Elegant Ancient Flute.
• Tate secretly activated the Unyielding Arena, trapping them in a fight that would continue until death.
• As Tate lunged at him, Zhou Heng finished playing “Eagle Catches Chickens,” and Noble and Merciful Gentleness reduced Tate’s level to 21 while retaining his level 21 attributes.

Zhou Heng repeatedly killed Tate inside the Unyielding Arena until Tate ran out of Revival Coins, then collected three death drops and discovered a Radiant Lifespan Container. A Darkness Curse had marked Zhou Heng’s location for the Darkness Association, and a Fate Hint appeared as he examined the container.

• Zhou Heng killed Tate repeatedly whenever he revived, preventing him from using the Unyielding Exemption Arena.
• Tate exhausted his Revival Coins, died, and afflicted Zhou Heng with the Darkness Curse, which revealed Zhou Heng’s coordinates to the Darkness Association.
• Zhou Heng picked up Tate’s three death drops: Darkness Aid Me, a Legendary Shroud, and the Radiant Lifespan Container.
• Zhou Heng read the container’s appraisal showing it held 1,200 of 9,999 lifespan, and a Fate Hint appeared.

After consuming the Lifespan Essence, Zhou Heng unlocked his lifespan attribute and received the Lord of Lifespan’s trial: kill 10,000 Corrupted Longevity Family Players in the Land of the Howling Gale for 1,200 years of lifespan. He arrived at the canyon and learned that the Longevity Family had expanded the area’s level range, leading him to suspect that its supposed support concealed a trap.

• Zhou Heng drank the Lifespan Essence, gained 10 years of lifespan, and attracted the Lord of Lifespan’s attention.
• The Lord of Lifespan marked Zhou Heng with the Longevity Trial, requiring him to kill 10,000 Corrupted Longevity Family Players for 1,200 years of lifespan.
• Zhou Heng rode to the Land of the Howling Gale and found players and NPCs gathering at a vast canyon to trade and recruit party members.
• A Bright Association player mistook Zhou Heng for an emissary of the Longevity Family after seeing his Heavenly Horse Cigarettes and Fusion Warhorse, then led him to the association’s base.
• The Bright Association player explained that the Longevity Family had expanded the area’s level range from 11–31 to 11–51.
• After drinking Elf Wine and receiving hints about stronger versions, Zhou Heng suspected that the Longevity Family’s expanded support was baiting players with rewards that remained out of reach.

Zhou Heng investigated the Bright Association’s use of Lifespan Contracts and learned that its members deliberately manipulated people like Yu Tong into sacrificing their lifespans. After discovering a Fate Hint on a Wind-Calming Pearl taken from a Bright Association player he killed, Zhou Heng prepared to pursue the Bright Ruins.

• Zhou Heng questioned a Bright Association player about the stronger monsters and learned Lifespan Contract use had risen from an average of ten times a year to thirty.
• Zhou Heng pretended to be an ally from above and warned the man that Zhou Heng was approaching the Land of the Howling Gale.
• Zhou Heng recognized his homeroom teacher Yu Tong, who traded ten years of lifespan for Soul-Returning Juice to help his unconscious partner.
• The Bright Association player revealed that the association arranged Yu Tong’s partner and her unconsciousness to make him trade lifespan for attributes.
• Zhou Heng asked about the best place to level, learned that the association fabricated legends about the Bright Ruins, and killed the man after taking his 120 Revival Coins.
• Zhou Heng obtained a Wind-Calming Pearl and noticed a Fate Hint beneath its appraisal.

Zhou Heng entered the Bright Ruins to hunt monsters and collect Wind-Calming Pearls, then clashed with a party from the Bright Association. After he killed their scarred leader, she recognized him as Zhou Heng and called for the others to gather.

• Zhou Heng learned that collecting one million Wind-Calming Pearls might earn an unexpected reward and set out for the Bright Ruins.
• Zhou Heng entered the unguarded ruins despite a notice barring unauthorized visitors from the joint operation by the Bright Association, Caesar Divine Court, and Tide-Listening Pavilion.
• Zhou Heng killed a level 31 Bright Hungry Wolf and collected twenty Wind-Calming Pearls, suspecting the ruins were sealed because of the unusually high drops.
• Zhou Heng encountered six white-robed players, and their scarred leader demanded to know his guild before he drew his sword.
• The scarred woman stabbed Zhou Heng for only 892 damage, and he killed her with one strike.
• The scarred woman used a Revival Coin, recognized Zhou Heng, and urged her allies to gather others as Zhou Heng turned his blade toward the remaining five.

Zhou Heng rode the Fusion Warhorse through the Bright Ruins’ narrow Path of Light, slaughtering players and Bright Direwolves while collecting Wind-Calming Pearls. He mastered looting from horseback and stopped to check the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) after sweeping through the rival guilds.

• Zhou Heng found a Path of Light where players from the three major factions were farming Bright Direwolves and decided to use the narrow route to farm pearls and attributes.
• Zhou Heng charged into a Caesar Divine Court group, killed its players and the Bright Direwolves, and collected more than ten thousand Wind-Calming Pearls.
• Zhou Heng continued down the Path of Light, practicing how to collect drops from horseback as he killed players from the three major guilds.
• Zhou Heng encountered the Bright Association and Tide-Listening Pavilion farming together and cut through their players.
• Zhou Heng reined in the Fusion Warhorse and examined the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).

Zhou Heng pressed deeper along the Path of Light and encountered a Giant Wolf of Light that could not be killed without its recognition. He chose to fight it while the three major factions and Moerdan pursued him, and the wolf’s mention of the Longevity Curse advanced his expansion progress.

• Zhou Heng reached level 30, gathered 500,000 Wind-Calming Pearls, and continued farther along the Path of Light.
• Zhou Heng encountered the level 41 Giant Wolf of Light, whose skills made it immune to physical damage and impossible to kill without its recognition.
• Zhou Heng chose to challenge the Giant Wolf of Light while preparing to face the armies of the Bright Association, Caesar Divine Court, Tide-Listening Pavilion, and Moerdan behind him.
• Zhou Heng struck the Giant Wolf of Light with an ice-laced arrow, dealing 25,180 damage and earning its interest.
• The Giant Wolf of Light mentioned the Longevity Curse, raising The True Years progress to 38%, then challenged Zhou Heng to show his true attributes.
• Zhou Heng dismounted, stored the Fusion Warhorse in his inventory, and stood ready to fight the Giant Wolf of Light.

Zhou Heng battled the Giant Wolf of Light in the central arena, using his speed and tracking arrows to keep it at bay while enduring its Radiance Rain. As the Three Great Factions arrived with Kashi Moerdan, the Giant Wolf of Light moved to corner Zhou Heng, and Kashi Moerdan recognized it as the being that should have been suppressed in the Land of Longevity.

• The Giant Wolf of Light counted down before charging, and Zhou Heng fired seven arrows and retreated at high speed.
• The Giant Wolf of Light became an elemental body, but Zhou Heng's tracking arrows curved back toward it as he widened the gap and fired again.
• The Giant Wolf of Light attacked with Radiance Rain, dealing 14,850 damage, but Zhou Heng retained most of his health.
• The Giant Wolf of Light spotted approaching players and advanced to hem Zhou Heng into the central arena.
• Kashi Moerdan followed his pale silver Mechanical Hound to the arena with the Three Great Factions and was shocked to find the Giant Wolf of Light there.

Kash Moerdan sent the Caesar Divine Court players to test Zhou Heng while a Statistical Diviner estimated his attack power, and the giant wolf of light turned against the attackers. As the army charged Zhou Heng and Klawer began constructing a Revival Platform, Zhou prepared to use a skill-learning scroll, but a Fate Hint appeared.

• Kash Moerdan ordered the players to attack Zhou Heng and reveal his abilities while the giant wolf of light continued fighting.
• An assassin named Lunte attacked Zhou Heng from behind, but Zhou killed him with one strike of the Sakast Imperial Sword.
• A Statistical Diviner calculated that Zhou Heng's minimum attack was around 7,500, alarming the gathered players.
• The giant wolf of light redirected its attacks toward the Caesar Divine Court players as they charged Zhou Heng.
• Klawer began constructing a Revival Platform while Zhou prepared to use a Complex-Level Skill Learning Exemption Scroll, but a Fate Hint appeared.

Zhou Heng ignored fate’s advice to save his rare skill exemption scroll and continued attacking the approaching players, while Kashi Moerdan learned that Zhou’s sword might bypass the Longevity Family’s resurrection mechanism. Kashi sent a warning to his family, ordered the Land of the Howling Gale sealed, and entered the battlefield in an exoskeleton mecha to hunt Zhou Heng.

• Zhou Heng put away the Complex-Level Skill Learning Exemption Scroll and fired arrows at the advancing players with his Dragon Bow.
• The Statistical Diviner identified Zhou Heng’s likely class and estimated his magic attack, but failed to calculate the stats of his sword.
• Kashi Moerdan suspected Zhou’s sword could erase Longevity players and sent a message to his family using a mechanical dog.
• Kashi killed the Statistical Diviner and ordered the Land of the Howling Gale locked down, barring players and NPCs from the canyon.
• Kashi donned his exoskeleton mecha, entered the battlefield, and set out to kill Zhou Heng and take the Sakast Imperial Sword.

Zhou Heng chose to confront Kashi Moerdan, a level-41 Longevity Family player with level-80 attributes, after Fate Hint promised he could defeat him while riding the Fusion Warhorse. He fled at high speed with Kashi pursuing, as the Three Great Factions prepared to slow him down.

• Kashi Moerdan bypassed the Giant Wolf of Light and approached Zhou Heng, while the wolf warned Zhou Heng to leave.
• Zhou Heng used Fate Hint and chose to fight Kashi Moerdan rather than escape into the Bright Ruins.
• Kashi Moerdan demanded the Sakast Imperial Sword and offered to seek the Longevity Su Family's forgiveness; Zhou Heng refused and named Su Liuyue and Su Changhuan as examples.
• Zhou Heng mounted the Fusion Warhorse and outran Kashi Moerdan, who realized it would take nearly an hour to catch him.
• Kashi Moerdan signaled the Caesar Divine Court, the Bright Association, and the Tide-Listening Pavilion to use slowing skills, while Zhou Heng watched their preparations.

Zhou Heng used the Elegant Ancient Flute to escape Kashi Moerdan’s pursuit by triggering a hidden passage in the Path of Light. He followed Kashi into the Remnant of Light and entered its first trial, where he had to defeat his enemy with only one life and no potions.

• Zhou Heng fired arrows at the Caesar Divine Court, the Bright Association, and the Tide-Listening Pavilion before riding deeper along the Path of Light with Kashi Moerdan following.
• Kashi Moerdan taunted Zhou Heng and explained the strength of the Longevity Family, while Zhou Heng calculated that defeating him with the Dragon Bow would be difficult.
• Zhou Heng played the March of Xia Kingdom on the Elegant Ancient Flute, frightening Kashi Moerdan into fleeing back along the Path of Light.
• The ground opened beneath Kashi Moerdan, and he fell into a hidden passage; Zhou Heng urged his horse after him.
• Zhou Heng discovered the Unyielding Zone of the Remnant of Light and entered its first trial, which barred potions and Revival Coin adjudication and allowed only one life.

Zhou Heng defeated Kashi Moerdan in the first trial by using the Elegant Ancient Flute to reduce his level, but Kashi Moerdan killed himself before Zhou Heng could finish him. Zhou Heng claimed the trial’s reward, learned Light Holy Sword, and entered the passage to the second trial.

• Zhou Heng used his faster Fusion Warhorse to evade Kashi Moerdan and played Xia Kingdom Symphony on the Elegant Ancient Flute.
• The flute reduced Kashi Moerdan’s level by 10, leaving him too weak to keep up with Zhou Heng.
• Kashi Moerdan accepted defeat, then used his weapon to kill himself before Zhou Heng could attack.
• A voice opened a passage to the second trial, and Zhou Heng found a golden chest containing the Light Holy Sword skill book.
• Zhou Heng used the Complex-Level Skill Learning Exemption Scroll to learn Light Holy Sword, then entered the passage toward the second trial.

Zhou Heng followed the Fate Hint through the shifting paths and encountered Henala, who tried to control him and draw him close. The Shroud freed him, defeated Henala, and left Zhou Heng with a Light Certificate that could let him gain a second class.

• Zhou Heng followed the Fate Hint's directions through the branching cloud-white path and reached a luminous hemisphere.
• Zhou Heng discovered that the beautiful woman inside, who called herself Henala, had no lower body and was flanked by two female statues.
• Henala used an unknown force to control Zhou Heng and make him walk toward her, but the Shroud restored his control.
• The Shroud became a female afterimage that confronted Henala, who claimed to be the God of Light, and made her dissipate.
• The afterimage returned to the Shroud, which draped over one statue and produced a Light Certificate for Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng killed Kashi Moerdan, gathered enough Wind-Calming Pearls to create the Breath of the Gale, and learned more about the Giant Wolf of Light and the Land of Longevity. Fate Hints revealed that the Sword of Light was scheming against the wolf and that Zhou Heng could enter the Land of Longevity if he possessed the Longevity Trial, leaving him considering his own plans.

• Zhou Heng received rewards after killing Kashi Moerdan, and the Sakas Empire announcement renewed doubts about the Longevity Family's strength.
• Zhou Heng advanced along the Path of Light and hunted Bright Direwolves to collect Wind-Calming Pearls, with the Giant Wolf of Light joining him.
• After a day and a half, Zhou Heng combined one million Wind-Calming Pearls into a Breath of the Gale.
• The Giant Wolf of Light explained that it was imprisoned in the Land of Longevity and described the Sword of Light's role in helping it escape some of its power.
• Fate Hints warned Zhou Heng that the Sword of Light was scheming against the Giant Wolf of Light and said the Longevity Trial could let him enter the Land of Longevity free from the Lord of Lifespan's suppression.
• Zhou Heng considered making his own plans for the Land of Longevity.

Zhou Heng entered Gale Free City and investigated the Lifespan Contracts after seeing Yu Tong exchange resources for an Awakening Elixir. He learned that the contracts traded years of life for combat power, then asked a shopkeeper to explain Yu Tong’s situation.

• Zhou Heng sent the Giant Wolf of Light ahead to mislead the Sword of Light while he continued down the Path of Light toward the Land of Longevity.
• Zhou Heng reached the end of the path and jumped into the green opening leading to Gale Free City.
• Zhou Heng watched Yu Tong exchange resources for an Awakening Elixir, then approached the shopkeeper for information.
• The shopkeeper offered Zhou Heng a ten-year Lifespan Contract, and Zhou Heng appraised its attributes and recognized the cost of gaining power through sacrificed lifespan.
• Zhou Heng offered the shopkeeper a Heavenly Horse Cigarette and asked about Yu Tong, prompting the shopkeeper to say that Yu Tong was pitiable and his circumstances were complicated.

Zhou Heng tracked down his homeroom teacher Yu Tong and discovered that Yu Tong was sacrificing his lifespan to keep his wife awake, despite knowing she was controlled by the Longevity Family. Yu Tong gave Zhou Heng a Lone Wolf credential and asked him to help restore his wife's memories, while Zhou Heng saw that Yu Tong had less than two and a half hours to live.

• A little old man told Zhou Heng about Yu Tong's situation and directed him to Gentleman's Haven, Building 7, Apartment 302.
• Zhou Heng overheard Yu Tong and his wife discuss her short-lived Awakening Elixir and his dwindling lifespan, then waited until they finished before knocking.
• Yu Tong confronted Zhou Heng about using a Lifespan Contract and pleaded with him not to ruin his future.
• Zhou Heng revealed that he was the Zhou Heng named in the Imperial Announcement, and Yu Tong reacted in disbelief before giving him a Lone Wolf credential.
• Yu Tong explained how his wife had lost her memories and how he had used Lifespan Contracts to obtain Awakening Elixir, then asked Zhou Heng to help her recover her memories.
• Zhou Heng saw Yu Tong's status panel and discovered that he had less than two and a half hours left to live.