Recaps

Lin Yu explored Heka World's entertainment facilities and found its high-tech amusements fun but expensive. After merchants mistook him for a wealthy outsider and crowded around him, he slipped away and headed to an upscale restaurant to eat.

• Lin Yu toured Heka World and tried immersive games and other entertainment facilities.
• The Hongmeng System explained how Lin Yu could use shared cars, including by connecting to the network with his spiritual power.
• Heka World merchants crowded around Lin Yu to sell him more entertainment after seeing how much he had spent.
• Lin Yu refused the merchants and left when he said it was time to eat.
• Lin Yu reflected on spending nearly ten thousand points and entered an upscale restaurant.

Lin Yu rested in a retro luxury hotel in the Heka World and learned that intelligent life had emerged on the Star of Vastness. After speeding up the world's time to watch its development, he returned it to normal speed.

• Lin Yu checked into a luxury hotel, refused an offer to become a supreme customer, and explored its retro furnishings and housekeeping robot.
• Lin Yu connected the Hongmeng System to the room and discovered that the missing "octopus tentacle" could still appear whenever he called it.
• The Hongmeng System told Lin Yu that intelligent life had formed communities on the Star of Vastness and developed rudimentary languages.
• Lin Yu entered the Star of Vastness through his wristwatch and accelerated time to observe the intelligent beings' development.
• After more than an hour of watching, Lin Yu stopped accelerating time and restored the Star of Vastness to normal speed.

After a large tribe destroyed his home and slaughtered his people, the sole survivor prayed for strength to the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power. A towering figure appeared before him, but its displeasure at his hesitant response left his fate uncertain.

• A surviving tribesman watched a large tribe destroy his home and kill his people, then grieved over being too afraid to fight.
• The man wondered where he could go and prayed to the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power for strength as his tribe's last remaining believer.
• The ground trembled, the sunset disappeared beneath white light, and a towering figure carrying a golden shield and silvery-white sword appeared.
• The figure asked whether the man had summoned it, and the man realized that the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power truly existed.
• The figure warned the man that there was a price for making sport of it.

After his tribe was slaughtered, Hu Lun'er begged the embodiment of nature and might for the strength to avenge them. The embodiment granted him a powerful, nearly indestructible body in exchange for a promise to be watched over throughout his life.

• Hu Lun'er introduced himself and explained that raiders from large tribes had killed his family, friends, and fellow tribespeople.
• Hu Lun'er begged the embodiment of nature and might to help him take revenge, offering his life in return.
• The embodiment told Hu Lun'er to carry out the revenge himself and offered him power in exchange for a condition: he would be watched over, and his power would be taken back if he broke his promise.
• Hu Lun'er asked for the strongest physique and greatest strength in the world.
• The embodiment touched Hu Lun'er's forehead with his silver sword and transformed his body, causing him immense pain as his bones broke and reformed.
• Hu Lun'er awoke with bulging muscles, resilient skin, and great speed and strength, then thanked the embodiment.

Hu Lun'er became the apostle of the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power, who was actually Lin Yu, and vowed to spread his faith. Lin Yu planned to use Hu Lun'er to establish his influence, while the Beacon Smoke Tribe's great shaman had lost prestige after the tribe won battles without his blessings.

• The Embodiment of Nature and Great Power named Hu Lun'er his apostle and demanded that he spread his name among mortals.
• Hu Lun'er pledged to spread the god's glory and wondered why he had been chosen.
• Lin Yu revealed that he had selected Hu Lun'er to demonstrate his power and help spread his influence across the land.
• The Beacon Smoke Tribe's chief was more revered than its elderly great shaman, whose authority had declined.
• The tribe's people began doubting the great shaman after they won battles without receiving his blessing.

The tribal grand shaman witnessed the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power appear in smoke and asked him to protect the Beacon Smoke Tribe. The deity offered to grant one ability in exchange for eternal allegiance, and the tribal grand shaman requested the power to communicate with animals.

• The tribal grand shaman prayed for the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power to protect the Beacon Smoke Tribe.
• Smoke rose from the brazier and formed the figure of a mighty warrior, who spoke to the tribal grand shaman.
• The tribal grand shaman rejoiced at the deity’s appearance and pleaded for the Beacon Smoke Tribe’s protection.
• The deity said devout prayers would bring protection and offered to grant one wish in exchange for eternal allegiance.
• The tribal grand shaman accepted and asked for the power to communicate with animals.

The Embodiment of Nature and Great Power granted the tribe's great shaman the ability to communicate with intelligent animals and ordered him to spread the faith. Lin Yu then turned his attention to a famed wise man whose birth was marked by lightning striking a tree and setting it ablaze.

• The tribe's great shaman asked for the ability to communicate with animals, and the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power granted it while explaining that he could communicate only with creatures capable of thought.
• The great shaman experienced animal voices, including cows, deer, a bird, a wildcat-like creature, and a mouse, and realized he could understand them.
• The Embodiment of Nature and Great Power ordered the great shaman to become his loyal believer and spread his faith, and the shaman eagerly agreed.
• After the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power vanished, the great shaman resumed praying and anticipated that the Beacon Smoke Tribe would soon change.
• Lin Yu shifted his attention to his third chosen lucky one, a renowned wise man who had reportedly spoken from birth and whose arrival coincided with lightning setting a towering tree ablaze.

The sage became renowned among several tribes for bringing them fire, teaching them to grow plants from seeds, and recording which plants were edible or poisonous. As he wondered aloud about the truth of the world, Lin Yu intervened, and a crowned goddess descended from the sky before him.

• The sage taught his tribe and others to preserve fire, grow plants from seeds, and classify plants by whether they were edible or poisonous.
• Several tribes respected the sage, and even powerful neighboring leaders honored his tribe and sent him gifts.
• The sage spoke to the stars about his loneliness and his desire to understand the truth hidden beneath the world.
• Lin Yu observed that the sage's ideas surpassed his era and prepared to intervene in his life.
• A thunderbolt struck without bringing rain, and a crowned goddess descended from the sky and approached the sage.

The wise man encountered the breathtaking goddess, the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power, and asked her to explain the world and its rules. She told him that deeper truths required an exchange and offered to teach him if he praised her power and spread her name throughout the world.

• The wise man recognized the goddess as an existence above himself and knelt before her, eager to speak with her.
• The goddess described herself as the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power, and the wise man asked what the world and its rules were.
• The goddess explained that the world extended beyond what he could see and that its rules governed how all things operated.
• The wise man guessed that the stars might be distant worlds, and the goddess said his guess was close to the truth but beyond his full understanding.
• The wise man begged to learn the world's complete truth, but the goddess demanded something of equal value in exchange.
• The goddess told the wise man to praise her power and spread her name throughout the world in return for what he desired.

The sage refused to ask for power and instead demanded answers about the world, the stars, and his race, offering his loyalty in return. Lin Yu was caught off guard, but the goddess promised to answer once the sage made the whole world remember her name.

• The sage pledged lifelong loyalty to the goddess and asked her to answer three questions instead of granting him power.
• The sage asked how the world was made, what beings lived among the stars, and why his race existed.
• Lin Yu worried that the sage's questions would not help spread his teachings and marveled at how unusual his creation had become.
• The goddess warned that the sage needed supernatural power to spread her name and refused his request for two wishes.
• The sage admitted he desperately wanted the answers and was willing to die to learn them.
• The goddess said each person could receive only one wish for an ability, but promised to answer the sage's questions after he made the whole world remember her name.

Lin Yu granted the wise man a form of knowledge after he struggled to explain what ability he wanted. The knowledge entered his mind all at once, leaving him convulsing on the ground.

• The wise man hesitated to name an ability and privately wished he could become a god to uncover the world's ultimate answers.
• Lin Yu read the wise man's thoughts and grew angry at his audacious wish.
• Under the goddess's pressure, the wise man asked for the ability to use objects, giving the example of making a torch to drive away beasts and provide light.
• Lin Yu had the Hongmeng System create an introductory book containing knowledge suited to the wise man's limited understanding.
• The goddess sent the parchment into the wise man's mind, and he fell to the ground, convulsing as the knowledge overwhelmed him.

Lin Yu gave the wise man extensive knowledge and gained three faint wisps of Power of Faith from the people he had chosen. He reflected on how little faith his primitive world provided and considered replacing Hu Lun'er if he remained an unreliable believer.

• The goddess placed knowledge in the wise man's Sea of Consciousness and warned him to absorb it gradually.
• The wise man asked Lin Yu to answer his three questions when he died, and Lin Yu promised to watch his words and deeds.
• Lin Yu sensed three wisps of Power of Faith and a faint connection to the land.
• Lin Yu determined that the tribal grand shaman gained the most faith because his apparent divine power had strengthened his standing among the Beacon Smoke Tribe.
• Lin Yu saw that Hu Lun'er felt awe more than faith and considered finding a better candidate if Hu Lun'er did not improve.

Lin Yu accelerated time on Desolate Star after preaching, then learned that his power had mutated part of the Fantasy Weapon and locked it into the Divine Power Conversion Device. He asked the Hongmeng System to calculate how much of the weapon was affected.

• Lin Yu set the Universe Sandbox to run at one year on Desolate Star per day in the normal world.
• The Hongmeng System told Lin Yu that a mutation had cost it operational permissions over part of the Fantasy Weapon.
• Lin Yu tested the Fantasy Weapon and found that he could still create objects, but could no longer draw on the energy fixed in the Divine Power Conversion Device.
• The Hongmeng System explained that Lin Yu's immense power had altered part of the Fantasy Weapon, preventing that energy from changing form.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to calculate the extent of the damage and what proportion of the Fantasy Weapon it affected.

Lin Yu learned that most of the Fantasy Attributes were locked into the Divine Power Conversion Device and the Universe Sandbox, leaving only limited power available to protect him in the Xuanhuan Universe. After arranging for the Hongmeng System to monitor threats, he slept and then returned to the Star of Vastness, where a year had passed and major changes had taken place.

• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System how much of the Fantasy Attributes remained usable and learned that forcing the remaining power could damage the Origin Artifact Universe.
• The Hongmeng System explained that it could draw on peripheral power to protect Lin Yu from danger, though doing so would affect the Origin Artifact World.
• Lin Yu ordered the Hongmeng System to stay active, monitor nearby dangers, and intervene if threats became severe.
• Lin Yu slept to recover his mental strength, then woke and asked the Hongmeng System about the Universe Sandbox.
• Lin Yu entered the Star of Vastness and found that a year had passed there, bringing earth-shaking changes.

Hu Lun'er used the physique Lin Yu gave him to avenge his tribe and unite dozens of tribes, but the Beacon Smoke Tribe's vicious beasts routed his forces. Lin Yu watched the wise man abandon his promise to the goddess of wisdom and rename himself Smart, deciding that he was even more good-for-nothing than Hu Lun'er.

• Hu Lun'er killed the beast that had threatened his tribe, then slaughtered the tribe that had killed his people and recovered from his wounds overnight.
• Hu Lun'er conquered dozens of tribes and spread word of a god, bringing Lin Yu more believers as he expanded his territory.
• The Beacon Smoke Tribe opened its gates and unleashed vicious beasts that defeated Hu Lun'er and injured his warriors.
• The wise man joined Hu Lun'er's united tribe without mentioning the goddess of wisdom, accepted the God of War, and renamed himself Smart.
• Lin Yu observed the events and concluded that the wise man was more good-for-nothing than Hu Lun'er.

After the Beacon Smoke Tribe’s defeat, Hu Lun’er sought Smart the Wise’s counsel about its shaman claiming to be a god’s messenger. Smart soothed Hu Lun’er’s grief and agreed with his claims, while Lin Yu watched and questioned Smart’s shifting loyalties.

• Smart the Wise brought Hu Lun’er medicinal soup and urged him to rest as he mourned the tribesmen killed in battle.
• Hu Lun’er praised Smart’s importance to the tribe, and Smart flattered Hu Lun’er as the chosen leader destined to unite the tribes.
• Hu Lun’er complained that the Beacon Smoke Tribe’s great shaman claimed divine status because he could control beasts.
• Smart agreed that only Hu Lun’er served a real god and dismissed the Beacon Smoke Tribe’s abilities as ordinary skills.
• Lin Yu watched Smart echo Hu Lun’er despite knowing Smart had seen the Goddess of Wisdom and recognized that Smart would say whatever suited the moment.

Smart the Wise advised Hu Lun'er to transform his tribal alliance into an Eagle Kingdom and consolidate control before confronting the Beacon Smoke Tribe. Hu Lun'er listened mainly to the praise and was left with a plan to strengthen his rule and later attack the edges of the rival alliance.

• Hu Lun'er complained that the Beacon Smoke Tribe had copied his alliance strategy and won over tribes in his alliance.
• Hu Lun'er asked Smart the Wise for advice, and Smart proposed establishing an Eagle Kingdom with Hu Lun'er as its ruler.
• Smart the Wise advised Hu Lun'er to appoint tribal chiefs, punish those who defied him, and reward those who submitted.
• Smart the Wise urged Hu Lun'er to secure his rule first, then attack tribes on the outer edges of the Beacon Smoke Tribe's alliance.

Wise Man Smart explained how Hu Lun'er could consolidate his power by eliminating fence-sitting chiefs and appointing trusted replacements. Hu Lun'er agreed to establish the Eagle Kingdom, while Smart suggested placing members of his own tribe in the newly controlled tribes.

• Wise Man Smart assured Hu Lun'er that the Beacon Smoke Tribe would not dare attack and explained how Hu Lun'er could raid its territory if it did.
• Hu Lun'er accepted Smart's plan and said he would establish the Eagle Kingdom.
• Wise Man Smart warned that they would need trusted people to take over the fence-sitting tribes after their chiefs were eliminated.
• Smart proposed sending members of his tribe, claiming they would be accepted and would remain loyal to Hu Lun'er.
• Hu Lun'er decided that Wise Man Smart's reasoning made sense, while Smart worried that Hu Lun'er might see through his intentions.

Wise Man Smart persuaded Hu Lun'er to establish the Eagle Kingdom and appoint him its first imperial preceptor, then used honorary chiefs to spread knowledge through the tribes. The tribes accepted the new chiefs and began to recognize Wise Man Smart despite their continued faith in the God of War.

• Wise Man Smart convinced Hu Lun'er that the chiefs would not rebel and advised him to establish the Eagle Kingdom while presenting the Beacon Smoke Tribe as heretics.
• Hu Lun'er pledged to make Wise Man Smart the kingdom's grand shaman and agreed to carry out the plan himself.
• Hu Lun'er swiftly established the Eagle Kingdom, becoming emperor while Wise Man Smart became its first imperial preceptor.
• Wise Man Smart placed honorary chiefs from his own tribe in the other tribes after Hu Lun'er failed to replace their chiefs with his own people.
• The honorary chiefs taught the tribes how to use the Eagle Tribe's mysterious tools, and the tribesmen came to acknowledge Wise Man Smart.

As Smart the Wise’s influence grew, his knowledge helped create a three-way balance between the Eagle Kingdom, the Beacon Smoke Nation, and his own people. Lin Yu accelerated time on the Star of Vastness and left the system to monitor its future, then went out in the Heka World and discovered that his hotel’s new appearance came from a material simulation device.

• Tribe members embraced the honorary chiefs after their forging knowledge and Smart the Wise’s use of poisonous fruits helped them make tools and fight beasts.
• Smart the Wise became revered across both the Eagle Kingdom and the Beacon Smoke Nation, while the two nations fought for decades without either gaining the upper hand.
• Lin Yu watched Hu Lun’er, the Beacon Smoke Tribe’s great shaman, and Smart the Wise shape a three-way balance of power on the Star of Vastness.
• Lin Yu accelerated time and told the Hongmeng System to notify him if the star reached a critical turning point.
• Lin Yu left his hotel and used his spiritual power to investigate the building’s new silver-gray appearance and patterns.
• The Hongmeng System identified the hovering devices and spacecraft as a material simulation device that projected preset shapes and materials.

Lin Yu spent another day enjoying Heka World's entertainment before Treichel contacted him with an urgent matter. After he reproached her for using special means to locate his hotel, Treichel apologized and said she had acted for his safety.

• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to plan a lively sightseeing route and spent the day enjoying Heka World's entertainment.
• Lin Yu won a drinking contest at a bar, where his spiritual power let him drink without getting drunk.
• After returning to the hotel, Lin Yu learned that Treichel had left him dozens of messages and then answered her call.
• Lin Yu confronted Treichel for finding his hotel and room without his permission.
• Treichel apologized, explaining that she had used extraordinary means because the matter was urgent and Lin Yu's safety was at stake.

Lin Yu learned that Heka World would be locked down because of an impending wartime emergency, though the available information revealed no details. He agreed to stay indoors and told the Hongmeng System to monitor updates as he waited to learn what was coming.

• Treichel warned Lin Yu that his personal safety could be at risk because all of Heka World would be locked down starting the next day.
• Treichel said troops stationed in Heka World had been mobilized, but she did not know what the encrypted information meant.
• Lin Yu agreed to avoid going out unless necessary and told Treichel to keep him informed.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to investigate and learned that Heka World had received an incomplete danger signal from a world one level above it.
• Lin Yu ordered the Hongmeng System to monitor information from Heka World's upper ranks and notify him of any updates.

Lin Yu prepared to strengthen his physique with a serum and consulted the Hongmeng System about the Fantasy Weapon’s energy reserves. He chose to begin the second stage of energy replenishment and left the story with his priorities set for allocating its power.

• Lin Yu decided to use the Fantasy Weapon to inject himself with a serum and asked the Hongmeng System to calculate its energy reserves.
• The Hongmeng System said the Fantasy Weapon could support the second replenishment stage, but the third would depend on the Star of Vastness’s chosen of the gods.
• Lin Yu corrected the system that he had only two chosen of the gods, excluding Smart the Wise.
• The Hongmeng System explained that Lin Yu had to choose which attributes to strengthen during the second replenishment stage.
• Lin Yu prioritized speed, healing ability, defense, mental power, and physical strength, in that order.

Lin Yu chose to prioritize speed, healing, and defense over attack as he replenished his energy, despite the Hongmeng System questioning his plan. Meanwhile, the Eagle Kingdom grew powerful under Smart the Wise, and Hu Lun'er prepared to fight the Beacon Smoke Nation.

• Lin Yu insisted that cautious energy allocation was necessary, and the Hongmeng System began replenishing his energy according to his plan.
• The Hongmeng System's metal cover enveloped Lin Yu and injected nutrient solution through silver needles.
• Several years passed, and Lin Yu's intervention accelerated civilization on the Star of Vastness as tribes gave way to city-states.
• Smart the Wise introduced inventions, including explosives and cannons, strengthening the Eagle Kingdom against the Beacon Smoke Nation.
• Hu Lun'er declared that the Eagle Kingdom should teach the Beacon Smoke Nation a lesson, bringing the two nations closer to war.

After completing his second energy replenishment, Lin Yu discovered that his body and mental power had grown stronger. He learned that the Star of Vastness was nearing stability while the Hunter World had invaded the Heka World, leaving the invaders’ intentions unknown.

• Lin Yu woke in a hotel and found that his enhanced strength let him use the Fantasy Weapon easily and made his surroundings seem clearer.
• Lin Yu tested his power by leaping from the sixteenth floor to the top of the hotel, and the Hongmeng System confirmed that he could now survive in xuanhuan worlds without the Fantasy Weapon.
• The Hongmeng System told Lin Yu that the Power of Faith on the Star of Vastness was almost stable and that the Eagle Kingdom and the Beacon Smoke Nation had begun a full-scale battle.
• Lin Yu asked about the Heka World and learned that a spaceship from the Hunter World had launched two pods that caused widespread deaths and injuries.
• The Hongmeng System told Lin Yu that the Heka World had tried to contact the Hunter World, but the invaders had not responded.