Recaps

Lin Yuan industrialized East Pole Island, upgraded his ship, and explored the Abyssal Sea, where he uncovered dangerous history and recovered the means to awaken the East Pole Island Lord. After helping secure the island and restore the Artisan Academy, he prepared to return to the Endless Sea.

• Lin Yuan relocated Shattered Island’s residents to East Pole Island and won the old Artisans’ submission through a machine-forging contest.
• Lin Yuan rebuilt East Pole Island’s industry and defenses, upgraded his hull and equipment to Level Five, and evolved the Death Seed.
• Lin Yuan harvested Seabed Lotus Life and Transcendent Cores in the Abyssal Sea, while a new Lookout Platform extended Bai Ling’s detection range.
• Lin Yuan raided the Crawlers’ headquarters, discovered the sleeping body of Sin of the Fallen, and recovered ancient books and polluted tablets that drew a Great Being’s attention.
• Lin Yuan killed Red Anglerfish, received gifts and warnings from the Nether River Monarch, and recovered the half of the White Emperor’s body containing the East Pole Island Lord’s soul.
• Steward Liu used Sacrifice Authority to complete the East Pole Island Lord’s awakening, and the East Pole Island Lord resurrected Steward Liu and dealt with the Crawlers.
• The East Pole Island Lord explained the coming main quest stages and advised Lin Yuan to prepare a vessel for Bai Ling rather than bind her to the East Pole Sea.
• Lin Yuan awakened Moge, left the Academy’s Intelligence Core to rebuild the Artisan Academy, and prepared to leave with the East Pole Island Lord’s warning that the journey would overturn everything he knew.

Lin Yuan returned from the East Pole Sea, reunited with Rose and the Avengers Fleet, and traded his spoils while arranging research into Abyssal Sea fragments. As he prepared for the Instance Tournament, he encountered veteran Players surviving from an earlier game and entered a Life Island Instance.

• The East Pole Island Lord sent Lin Yuan and Lilia through the Star Sea and temporal mist, and Lin Yuan returned to the Endless Sea aboard the Phantom Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan learned about the coming Final Instance Tournament and went to an Artisan Academy Instance, where he rescued Rose and the Avengers Fleet from Three Zero Three and killed Witch Doctor, Shadow King, and Axe Demon.
• Lin Yuan cleared the Academy with Rose and the others, found a Fake Divine Artisan Core, and then set course for the Golden Sea.
• At the Consortium, Lin Yuan traded East Pole Sea spoils for supplies and bought discarded A-rank Transcendent Cores, raising his energy reserves to their maximum.
• Research Institute 3154 connected Lin Yuan with the Abyssal Sea Research Department, where Lin Yuan invested five million Shell Coins in a project to convert Abyssal Sea fragments into A-rank Cores.
• Lin Yuan refused Prince’s butler’s offer to take priority in the research project, bought the department’s deep-diving technology, and learned that the Instance Tournament prize pool might offer a permanent ship modification.
• Lin Yuan encountered Yellow Hair, a veteran Player who had survived from an earlier game, and Research Institute 3154 confirmed that such loopholes might mean the system was close to failing.
• Lin Yuan entered a Life Island Instance with Bai Ling, Lilia, and Skeleton Sailors, killed dangerous creatures, and went to see what Lilia had found.

Lin Yuan explored the battlefield’s polluted zones, strengthened his energy, and led Ship Crew Zero to first place while his crew fortified its base. Fei-ge killed Prince, took control of his fortress, and set course for the Desert Zone to attack Lin Yuan on the twenty-fifth day.

• Lin Yuan identified Never Skunked’s broken fishing rods, learned he had followed the route to the Church of Life, and collected Healing Water from a hidden temple.
• Lin Yuan used Healing Water to grow Life Buds and upgrade Explore the Sea, then prepared for the Instance Tournament as the system opened the Ancient Battlefield Ruins.
• Lin Yuan entered the Desert region with Rose and the others, built a fortified base around a Fire Seed, and began clearing White Mist Zones with Bai Ling.
• Lin Yuan discovered that the mist held Chaos Monsters and memory fragments, cleared the Desert’s White Mist Zones, and gathered equipment and Survival Points.
• Ancient War Souls attacked the base, and Lin Yuan’s crew held them off with turrets while improving their defenses and upgrading their Fire Seed.
• Lin Yuan cleared the Level 2 pollution zone at Minglong City, killed its giant Chaos Monster, and studied Minglong’s memory to strengthen and condense his A-rank Energy.
• Lin Yuan left the base to clear Level 4 pollution zones, killed a boss before Yellow Hair’s group could reach it, and helped Ship Crew Zero rise to first place.
• Fei-ge turned on Prince, killed him with Explore the Sea, and took command of the mobile fortress before ordering it toward the Desert Zone to attack Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan won the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, obtained the True Heavenly Gate Token, and rescued Mei Qian’s research team after confronting Prince. As the Humanity Alliance formed and the Consortium warned him about the Divine Artisan, Lin Yuan learned that an ancient pill could change the next auction’s plans.

• Lin Yuan cleared all ten Memory Gems, raised Ship Crew Zero’s score by one hundred thousand, and learned that the Cataclysm had unleashed Chaos Monsters after the Founders’ battle ended in defeat.
• Lin Yuan defeated the Veteran Players, outlasted the Battle Souls’ assault, and entered the Heavenly Gate with Lilia after the Ancient Battlefield Ruins opened.
• The Mysterious Little Box gave Lin Yuan the True Heavenly Gate Token and showed him the Founders’ failed battle, before rescuing him from the vision and returning him to the Endless Sea as champion.
• Lin Yuan searched for Mei Qian’s missing research vessel, found Prince’s flagship, and entered a spatial doorway that carried him into turbulence near the researchers’ shelter.
• Lin Yuan had Mei Qian convert his Abyssal Sea Fragments into A-rank Cores, then killed Prince when he broke through the shelter’s defenses.
• Mei Qian and Research Institute 3154 told Lin Yuan that Elder Zhao had defected to the Crawlers and that the Humanity Alliance would soon be established, while Lin Yuan set out to seek more fragments.
• The Consortium’s President warned Lin Yuan that the Divine Artisan had targeted him and advised him to avoid Instances and dangerous waters, while the manager offered to arrange fragment trades.
• Lin Yuan tried to sell the Eternal Compass at the Consortium auction, but Master Luo rejected it before recognizing Lilia’s pellet as an ancient Longevity Pill and reconsidering the auction plans.