Recaps

Lin Yuan gave Little Black special Dragon Qi, enabling it to finish a level seven hull blueprint and upgrade the Lin Yuan. The upgrade succeeded without Lao Jiu or the Deputy City Lord appearing, leaving Lin Yuan stronger and still wary of their silence.

• Lin Yuan chose Little Black as the recipient of special Dragon Qi, and Little Gold used its Dragon Ancestor authority to infuse it.
• The Dragon Qi inspired Little Black to complete the level seven hull blueprint, while Lin Yuan wondered why Lao Jiu and the Deputy City Lord had not appeared.
• Lin Yuan ordered Little Black to upgrade the Lin Yuan using the prepared materials, and the work finished in less than a day.
• Lin Yuan examined the level seven vessel's improved durability, energy capacity, and special abilities, while remaining concerned that Lao Jiu might still cause trouble.

Lin Yuan gained True Dragon Armor and the Level 7 hull ability River of Blazing Flames, greatly increasing his ability to withstand attacks and fight for extended periods. He searched the Dragon Ancestral Land for its core and discovered that a lake in the illusory City Lord’s Mansion gardens was real.

• Lin Yuan gained True Dragon Armor, which ignored attacks below Authority Holder level and reduced stronger attacks by 90%.
• Lin Yuan examined River of Blazing Flames and realized its unlimited-energy effect could empower his equipment for an hour.
• Lin Yuan decided to find the History Secret Realm’s core and investigate Lao Jiu and the Deputy City Lord.
• Lin Yuan searched the Dragon Ancestral Land, suspected the City Lord’s Mansion held a clue, and returned to inspect its gardens.
• Lin Yuan compared the illusory gardens with those in Minglong City and found that one lake matched exactly.
• Lin Yuan touched the matching lake in the Dragon Ancestral Land and found that its water was real.

Lin Yuan found the History Secret Realm Core inside chaos sea water at the bottom of the lake and fought the Deputy City Lord to reach it. When the Deputy City Lord’s power changed and their fists collided, they formed an energy black hole, which Lin Yuan intended to use to his advantage.

• Lin Yuan descended through the lake’s increasingly contaminated waters and discovered the History Secret Realm Core inside a mass of chaos sea water.
• Lin Yuan confronted the Deputy City Lord, who guarded the chaos sea water, and Little Gold joined him in battle.
• Lin Yuan activated River of Blazing Flames and overpowered the Deputy City Lord enough to charge toward the core while Little Gold kept the guard occupied.
• The chaos sea water sent a ray of light into the Deputy City Lord, empowering him to knock Little Gold aside and catch up with Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan and the Deputy City Lord’s colliding fists created an energy black hole, and Lin Yuan resolved to use his abundant energy to control it.

Lin Yuan's energy black hole severely injured the Deputy City Lord and briefly restored Minglong's consciousness. Minglong revealed that he was a Lord of the Crown trapped under Chaos's control, and Lin Yuan asked what had led to his corruption.

• The Deputy City Lord withdrew his power, but the forming energy black hole tore a large, lingering wound through his authority body.
• The Deputy City Lord regained his senses, recognized Lin Yuan as a fellow disciple of the Second Lord, and confirmed that he was Minglong.
• Minglong praised Lin Yuan's authority and explained that Lin Yuan's power, the History Secret Realm's isolation, and his familiarity with his master's cultivation method had briefly cleared his mind.
• Minglong revealed that he was a Lord of the Crown whose true body remained under Chaos's control, and said he had advanced while being polluted but still failed to escape.
• Lin Yuan asked Minglong what had happened when he tried to turn slaughter power into the Destruction Crown.

Minglong explained why he pursued the Crown of Destruction despite the risks: he refused to accept that the world’s only option against Chaos was to flee. He acknowledged that his attempt had failed, while Lin Yuan understood and sympathized with his choice.

• Minglong explained that crowns had dim, bright, and supreme ranks, with supreme crowns able to influence the world's underlying workings.
• Minglong said he had sought the supreme Crown of Destruction because he wanted to help resist Chaos, despite his master's warning and refusal to reveal how to revive the Dragon Clan.
• Minglong revealed that his deeper motive was refusing to accept his master's plan for the Three Saints to die buying time for others to escape Chaos.
• Minglong said he had hoped to claim Chaos's ownerless crown and weaken or destroy Chaos before its full revival, but admitted that he had lost miserably.
• Lin Yuan told Minglong he did not blame him and that his failed attempt had still provided valuable experience.

Lin Yuan learned from Minglong that the Power of War drew out a united species’ potential but could fail if overused, and he realized Minglong’s surviving will had helped keep Chaos from fully controlling the Crown of Destruction. As Minglong vanished, Lao Jiu slipped into the Chaos Sea Water to claim Minglong’s power, declaring himself the victor.

• Lin Yuan told Minglong that his surviving will showed Chaos had not completely devoured him, and Minglong said he could hold on a little longer.
• Lin Yuan asked about the Power of War, and Minglong explained its relation to evolution, its effects on an entire species, its need for unity, and the danger of exhausting its resources.
• Minglong bid Lin Yuan farewell and disappeared, while Lin Yuan prepared to retrieve the History Core and return to the Endless Sea.
• Lin Yuan spotted Lao Jiu sneaking toward the Chaos Sea Water and realized Lao Jiu had entered the Dragon Ancestral Land to claim the polluted power Minglong left behind.
• Lao Jiu transformed into Blood Wine, slipped into the Chaos Sea Water, and proclaimed himself the ultimate victor.

Lao Jiu seized the power Minglong had left in the Chaos Sea Water, but Lin Yuan used his A-rank energy to create an energy black hole and trap him in a contest of strength. Sustained by River of Blazing Flames, Lin Yuan overcame Lao Jiu and the black hole consumed him.

• Lao Jiu took control of the power Minglong had left in the Chaos Sea Water while Lin Yuan prepared to attack.
• Lin Yuan poured A-rank energy into the Chaos Sea Water, creating an energy black hole that locked both men in place.
• Lao Jiu tried to push the black hole toward Lin Yuan with Minglong's power, but Lin Yuan's energy remained endless under River of Blazing Flames.
• As Minglong's power dwindled, the black hole moved toward Lao Jiu, who abandoned the contest and tried to flee as Blood Wine.
• The black hole sucked Lao Jiu into itself, silencing him.

After defeating Lao Jiu, Lin Yuan discovered the Energy Black Hole had left behind a compressed Authority Body and used the Historical Hourglass to consume the History Secret Realm’s core. The realm vanished, returning Lin Yuan to the Endless Sea, while the hourglass remained only partly charged.

• The Energy Black Hole devoured Lao Jiu and disappeared, and Lin Yuan considered learning to recreate its deadly power.
• Lin Yuan found Lao Jiu’s compressed Authority Body and placed it in the Conversion Line to be converted slowly.
• Lin Yuan used the Historical Hourglass near the Secret Realm’s core, which shattered into Historical Sand that the hourglass absorbed.
• The Historical Sand lost its power, but less than half of the hourglass’s patterns lit up, leading Lin Yuan to conclude he needed more historical cores.
• The History Secret Realm and Panlong Island faded away, leaving Lin Yuan in the boundless ocean, where he announced his return to the Endless Sea.

After returning from Minglong City, Lin Yuan assessed his crew’s potential and grew concerned when Lilia and the others failed to answer his messages. Lilia eventually sent a garbled reply suggesting she was far away and busy, but before Lin Yuan could investigate further, the Lord of Storms appeared beside him.

• Lin Yuan reflected on his new strength and Little Gold’s War Authority, which he believed could help the Human Federation’s larger plans.
• Lin Yuan considered how Bai Ling, Little Black, and Never Skunked might grow stronger, while noting that Lilia was already beyond categorization.
• When Lilia and the others did not respond to his telepathic messages, Lin Yuan summoned Phantom Lin Yuan and headed toward East Pole Island to investigate.
• Lilia finally contacted Lin Yuan in a broken transmission, saying she and the others were far away and busy, and that she would contact him later.
• Lin Yuan concluded that Lilia, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked were probably safe, but then sensed the Lord of Storms appearing in a thundercloud nearby.

Lin Yuan faced the Lord of Storms, a top-fifty Authority Holder, while waiting for the East Pole Island Lord to arrive. He endured the Lord of Storms’ lightning attack with little harm, and the Lord of Storms prepared two more moves to test him.

• Lin Yuan realized the Lord of Storms had arrived, and the East Pole Island Lord told him to hold on until help came.
• The Lord of Storms trapped Lin Yuan in a lightning net, but Lin Yuan calmly waited for him to finish.
• The Lord of Storms struck Lin Yuan with Extreme Speed Lightning, which barely damaged him.
• The Lord of Storms acknowledged Lin Yuan’s strength and promised to make two more moves before leaving if Lin Yuan survived them.
• The Lord of Storms gathered boundless storms around himself.

Lin Yuan endured the Lord of Storms’ increasingly powerful attacks while waiting for the East Pole Island Lord to arrive. After Little Gold’s power was absorbed and strengthened the enemy’s Storm Tornado, Lin Yuan noticed a faint sign of energy black-hole formation, and the Lord of Storms began to flee.

• Lin Yuan withstood the Lord of Storms’ sustained torrent attack, losing health but surviving through his A-rank energy and True Dragon Armor.
• The Lord of Storms unleashed Storm Tornado, striking Lin Yuan with lightning, wind blades, and floodwaters, then repeated the attack despite their supposed three-move agreement.
• Little Gold roared and sent phantom dragon shadows against the Storm Tornado, but the Lord of Storms absorbed their power and made his next attack even stronger.
• Lin Yuan sensed that the combined attack was beginning to show signs of energy black-hole formation, though the Lord of Storms seemed unaware of it.
• After Lin Yuan survived the attack, the drained Lord of Storms transformed into dark clouds to escape before the East Pole Island Lord arrived.

Lin Yuan drove off the Lord of Storms and returned to East Pole Island with the East Pole Island Lord, where he recounted his experiences in Minglong City. As he reflected on his gains and the unresolved situation at the Nether River, he grew concerned about the silence of the Second Lord and wondered whether the Third Lord and Old Three were the same person.

• The Lord of Storms fled before the East Pole Island Lord could arrive, while Lin Yuan warned that their next meeting would be the day the Lord of Storms died.
• The East Pole Island Lord found Lin Yuan with more than 80% of his Health remaining and praised his ability to withstand the Lord of Storms.
• The East Pole Island Lord took Lin Yuan back to East Pole Island and proposed a celebratory feast.
• Several days later, Lin Yuan told Senior Moge and the East Pole Island Lord about Minglong City's history and Minglong's tragic attempt to become the Lord of the Crown.
• Lin Yuan wondered why the Second Lord and Lord Yi had not answered his attempts to contact them and suspected the Nether River situation might involve Research Institute 3154 or the Third Lord.

Elder Ma visited Lin Yuan and explained that Research Institute 3154 was a reincarnated version of the Third Lord, stripped of his memories and power to gather intelligence. Elder Ma then revealed the Mysterious Little Box, leaving Lin Yuan stunned.

• Elder Ma arrived with the East Pole Island Lord after the Historical Hourglass sensor judged Lin Yuan strong enough to meet him.
• Elder Ma explained that Research Institute 3154 was a reincarnation of the Third Lord, who had erased his memories and power to infiltrate the Crawlers and gather intelligence.
• Elder Ma said the Third Lord's objectives included obtaining the Historical Hourglass and pursuing another, more important goal.
• Elder Ma took out the Mysterious Little Box, and Lin Yuan was shocked to see it.

Elder Ma gave Lin Yuan a battered little box that Research Institute 3154 had extracted from inside the Great Being before ending his own life. Lin Yuan found that it settled beside his own Mysterious Little Box at the center of the Treasure Collection Room, leaving him to suspect the box itself mattered more than its power.

• Elder Ma handed Lin Yuan a worn, empty box that looked almost identical to his Mysterious Little Box.
• Elder Ma explained that Research Institute 3154 had retrieved the box using the Truth Crown, then ended his own life to sever the Great Being's connection to it and reunite with his original self.
• Lin Yuan examined the box and told Elder Ma he had no idea how to use it; Elder Ma then left.
• Lin Yuan placed the battered box in the Treasure Collection Room, where it drifted to the center and settled beside his own box.
• Lin Yuan wondered whether the little box itself, rather than the power inside it, was what mattered.

Lin Yuan followed Lilia’s call through the Nirvana Crown and flew into Starry Sky to reach her, leaving the East Pole Island Lord and Moge wondering whether he had found the sealed beings. The Lord of Storms watched Lin Yuan depart and decided to contact Zhao.

• Lin Yuan concluded that Elder Ma’s damaged Little Box held no special power of its own and decided to study it before asking the Third Lord about it.
• The East Pole Island Lord offered to introduce Lin Yuan to the Federation Speaker and warned that the Lord of Storms had been lurking nearby; Lin Yuan chose to wait for his crew and then received Lilia’s urgent call.
• Lilia told Lin Yuan that she and the others were with a big bird, a big cat, and a big turtle, and that he could reach them through her Nirvana Crown before their window closed.
• Lin Yuan used the Withered-and-Verdant Little Tree to travel toward Lilia, then informed the East Pole Island Lord that he was going to retrieve his crew.
• The East Pole Island Lord and Moge speculated that Lin Yuan was heading toward the place where sealed beings had been kept, while the Lord of Storms watched him fly away and said he would contact Zhao.

Lin Yuan followed the Pillar of Light through a Window Period into a shielded planet filled with statues of Ancient Era Mutant Beasts. He met Lilia, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked at a vast northern plaza, where he noticed unexplained shadows beside them.

• Lin Yuan left the Endless Sea Planet and was carried through a Spatial Distortion to a dark region of the Starry Sky.
• He entered a planet through a temporary opening in its golden shield and found no animals, only enormous statues of Ancient Era Mutant Beasts.
• Lin Yuan considered why the mutant beast races had left no trace in the Endless Sea World and wondered whether the planet held the answer.
• Lilia contacted Lin Yuan and guided him to the planet’s northern pole, where she stood with Bai Ling and Never Skunked beside a black hole.
• Lin Yuan noticed other shadows standing beside Lilia, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked.

Lin Yuan met the three shadow-like beings with Lilia and learned that they were the Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor. They asked him to break the seal trapping the beasts, but their explanation ended with a troubling admission about why they could not undo it themselves.

• Lin Yuan arrived and met Lilia, Bai Ling, Never Skunked, and three shadowy beings whom Lilia called Big Bird, Big Cat, and Big Tortoise.
• Little Gold communicated with the shadows, allowing Lin Yuan to understand that they were the Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor.
• The Phoenix Ancestor recognized Lilia as the former queen of all beasts, the owner of the Nirvana Crown, and Lord Yi's younger sister, though it said she seemed very different now.
• The Phoenix Ancestor asked Lin Yuan to break the planet's seal so the beasts could return to the Endless Sea and help the lords carry out the Finale.
• The Phoenix Ancestor explained that the seal had protected the beasts from Pollution, then admitted that a small problem had prevented them from undoing it themselves.

Lin Yuan learned that polluted exotic beasts trapped beneath the Abyss of Sealing were damaging the seals that bound the Ancestors, and he volunteered to eliminate them. At the bottom, he found a mountain of petrified beasts and eagerly counted dozens of Authority Holder-level targets.

• Phoenix Ancestor explained that corrupted exotic beasts suppressed in the abyss were eroding their seals, so the beasts had to be killed before the Ancestors could safely break free.
• Lin Yuan agreed to descend and eliminate the beasts, hoping to gain Authority Bodies, and Little Gold followed him into the abyss.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor worried that Lin Yuan might act recklessly and activated a projection to monitor him.
• Lilia told the Ancestors that Lin Yuan's strength was dependable and his wisdom matched her own, making them more uneasy.
• Lin Yuan reached the abyss's bottom and found a stone mountain containing dozens of powerful Authority Holder-level exotic beasts.

Lin Yuan released the S-rank Ancient Beasts from Sealing Mountain and destroyed them with one swing, impressing the Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor. He then fought an Authority Holder-level Pollution Beast defensively, using the battle to test how energy black holes could be created.

• Lin Yuan recognized the beasts sealed in Sealing Mountain as corrupted ancestors of the Endless Sea’s Sea Beasts and decided to release the weaker ones first.
• Lin Yuan shattered the surface rocks, freeing the S-rank Ancient Beasts, and killed them all with a single swing of the Holy Hall Light Blade.
• The Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor praised Lin Yuan’s strength and careful choice to release one Authority Holder-level Pollution Beast at a time.
• Lin Yuan prolonged his fight with the weakest Authority Holder-level Pollution Beast while studying the conditions needed to create an energy black hole.

Lin Yuan tested what conditions could create an Energy Black Hole and concluded that the opposing power needed to reach a similar rank to his A-rank Energy. He used Little Gold’s Power of War to strengthen Twisted Beasts, but after killing several weaker ones, he continued searching for a stronger test subject.

• Lin Yuan reasoned that power rank, rather than quantity, was the key to forming an Energy Black Hole.
• Lin Yuan had Little Gold use Dragon Qi and the Power of War to strengthen a Twisted Beast.
• Lin Yuan found that the beast’s power remained far below his own rank and killed it with a punch.
• Lin Yuan decided to keep testing on stronger Twisted Beasts and killed seven or eight lower-ranked ones in rapid succession.
• Phoenix Ancestor and the other two watched in confusion as Lin Yuan shifted from cautious attacks to killing the beasts recklessly.

Lin Yuan unearthed and released the first Twisted Beast, a creature deeply transformed by pollution and sealed beneath Sealing Mountain. It proved far more intelligent than the other twisted beasts, spoke to Lin Yuan, and tried to escape, leaving him facing a dangerous opponent.

• Lilia noticed that Lin Yuan had dug up something strange, and Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor recognized it as the first beast to break free of petrification and become twisted.
• Phoenix Ancestor and the others told Lilia that they had buried the heavily polluted beast beneath the planet-wide seal, but it had survived and merged further with the pollution.
• Lin Yuan observed the creature's humanlike form and decided its powerful, unusual aura could help him test his idea.
• Lin Yuan shattered the sealing rock, awakening the first Twisted Beast, which immediately tried to spring upward and escape.
• Lin Yuan blocked its path, and the beast spoke the word "Human" through mouths across its body.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor marveled that the beast was more lucid than when they had sealed it.

Lin Yuan fought the Primordial Distorted Beast while studying how energy black holes formed, and concluded that equal-standing powers also needed to annihilate instantaneously. When murky light appeared beneath Sealing Mountain and shattered the projection, Lin Yuan recognized the Crawlers’ Apostles and told Lilia to stay back.

• Lin Yuan exchanged blows with the Primordial Distorted Beast and sensed that their powers were close in standing, though the creature’s regeneration kept it from being defeated.
• Lin Yuan deduced that an energy black hole required instantaneous annihilation between powers, not merely their gradual cancellation.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor watched Lin Yuan suppress the beast and marveled at his endurance.
• Murky light flashed beneath Sealing Mountain, shattering the projection and alarming Phoenix Ancestor.
• Lilia offered to jump into the Abyss of Sealing, but Lin Yuan told her to stay back and identified the newcomers as the Crawlers’ Apostles.

Lin Yuan confronted Elder Zhao and the Apostles of the Crawlers, who had broken into the Abyss of Sealing to capture the Primordial Distorted Beast. After stalling them and revealing his role in repelling Elder Zhao’s earlier system intrusions, Lin Yuan asked why Elder Zhao had betrayed the Human Federation.

• Lin Yuan recognized Elder Zhao and several high-ranking Apostles of the Crawlers as they entered the Abyss of Sealing.
• Elder Zhao revealed that the Crawlers had found the Primordial Distorted Beast, and he ordered some Apostles to capture it while others attacked Lin Yuan.
• The Apostles overwhelmed the Primordial Distorted Beast, while Lin Yuan endured their attacks with his immense Health and True Dragon Armor.
• Lin Yuan questioned the Apostles about their plans for the beast and provoked disagreement when one corrected him about the Crawlers’ Evolution.
• Lin Yuan taunted Elder Zhao about the unstable passage and revealed that he had repelled Elder Zhao’s previous attempts to hack into the system.
• Elder Zhao stopped the Apostles attacking Lin Yuan and demanded to know how he had controlled the system’s counterattacks, but Lin Yuan asked why Elder Zhao had betrayed the Human Federation.

Lin Yuan provoked Elder Zhao into attacking so he could trigger an Energy Black Hole and turn the fight around. The black hole formed between them, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Elder Zhao said the Crawlers offered a better chance of survival because of secret knowledge about the Primordial Distorted Beast, but he demanded that Lin Yuan explain his understanding of the system.
• Lin Yuan concealed his reason for influencing the system and decided that Elder Zhao's attack could provide the missing condition to form an Energy Black Hole.
• Lin Yuan mocked Elder Zhao by claiming his system influence came from natural talent, provoking Elder Zhao to strike.
• Lin Yuan activated River of Blazing Flames and attacked with Little Gold's Dragon Qi as Elder Zhao dismissed their strength.
• Little Gold split its Dragon Qi between Lin Yuan and Elder Zhao, causing their energies to collide and form a warped black hole between them.

Lin Yuan used Little Gold’s Dragon Qi and the power of war to create an Energy Black Hole that trapped him and Elder Zhao in a forced duel. Elder Zhao initially pushed it toward Lin Yuan with his greater power, but Lin Yuan’s sustained energy supply turned the black hole back toward Elder Zhao, leaving him isolated from the other Apostles.

• Lin Yuan formed an Energy Black Hole by using the power of war to bridge his Authority with Elder Zhao’s.
• Elder Zhao tried to flee, but his reduced energy supply pulled the black hole toward him, and Lin Yuan drove it closer with a torrent of A-rank Energy.
• Elder Zhao realized that energy input controlled the black hole’s direction and blasted it toward Lin Yuan with his superior power.
• Lin Yuan’s River of Blazing Flames kept replenishing his energy as Elder Zhao tired, slowing the black hole and eventually sending it back toward Elder Zhao.
• Elder Zhao called for help, but the black hole twisted the Apostles’ attacks into itself and kept them from intervening.