Recaps

Qin Ze and the others watched a recording left by Yuan, the eighty-ninth Great Sage of the Blue Flame Race, who explained how his world and its Hunters developed. Yuan's account ended with the sudden appearance of a giant beast, which threatened the Blue Flame Race's golden age.

• Dharma King offered Qin Ze, Brother Devour, and Giant Overlord unpurified Soul Orbs, but Qin Ze declined and focused on activating the Image Recording Stone.
• Qin Ze and the others watched Yuan's recording, in which he introduced himself as the Blue Flame Race's Great Sage and Chosen One.
• Yuan explained that Chosen Ones could communicate with the World Will and described how the Blue Flame Realm grew strong enough to produce Source of the World.
• Yuan said Source of the World led to Otherworlds and Hunters, and showed that his key took the form of a tree despite the World Will appearing as a flame.
• Yuan recounted how five Hunters helped usher in a golden age for the Blue Flame Race, until a giant beast appeared.

The Great Sage explained that the giant beasts came from the Abyss and that he had arranged a formation to use the earth's core fire to keep them at bay. Qin Ze agreed to repair the formation in exchange for the remaining Source of the World, and the Great Sage began explaining how to reach and fix it.

• The Great Sage recounted how a rift appeared in the North Ridge and brought giant beasts from beyond the Blue Flame Realm.
• The Great Sage theorized that the beasts sought the Source of the World and explained his plan to sever their region and burn them with the earth's core fire.
• The Great Sage revealed that a formation released the fire at set times to conserve it, but the formation would fail within two hundred and fifty years.
• The Great Sage offered Qin Ze the remaining Source of the World if he repaired the formation, and Qin Ze accepted.
• The Great Sage bowed to Qin Ze and began explaining how to enter and repair the formation.

Qin Ze learned how to reach and repair the Blue Flame Race’s formation beneath the Flame Temple, then agreed to help the Great Sage’s people. After the Black Cross Pirates were caught, Qin Ze returned to the dorm, where Wen Jing invited him to visit the Mystic Dream Otherworld.

• The Great Sage explained that the earthfire formation lay beneath the Flame Temple and could be repaired with a token on the sixth day of each month, when the earthfire was weakest.
• Qin Ze read the Blue Flame Race’s calendar and found it was July 7, so he would have to wait a month before repairing the formation; he agreed to help the Great Sage’s race.
• Qin Ze told Brother Devour and Dharma King that Brother Yuanzi did not need repayment for the Source of the World, then allowed Giant Overlord to return.
• The Sea Capital Law Enforcement Department announced that the Black Cross Pirates’ leader had been apprehended, and Xia Huai'an told Qin Ze that the pirate denied robbing her ship.
• Qin Ze returned to the dorm and teased Huai Xu about his drunken story of a failed relationship before telling him to eat breakfast.
• Wen Jing invited Qin Ze to visit the Mystic Dream Otherworld, and Qin Ze agreed to go after breakfast.

Qin Ze entered the Mystic Dream Otherworld and raced through its simulated combat lessons, defeating the increasingly difficult puppets with ease. He completed all the training in two and a half hours, breaking the Mystic Dream Stele record, before an unexpected voice greeted him.

• Qin Ze, Huai Xu, and Wen Jing bypassed the long line by showing their campus cards and entered the Mystic Dream Otherworld.
• Qin Ze shattered the first two combat puppets before their lessons could finish explaining the scenarios.
• Qin Ze defeated fifteen puppets with a White Tiger Fire Movement Fist and discovered that combining the Fire Movement Technique with the Four Symbols Technique greatly increased its power.
• Qin Ze defeated the final Level Three puppet and completed all simulated combat lessons in two and a half hours.
• Huai Xu, Wen Jing, and the people in the plaza saw Qin Ze take first place on the Mystic Dream Stele, breaking its record.
• A surprised voice greeted Qin Ze inside the arena.

Qin Ze spoke with the World Will, learned that the world faced an urgent threat, and saw his record-breaking simulated combat time make him a campus sensation. After his friends trained for half a month, Qin Ze agreed to take a mission and invited Lu Tongtong to join them.

• Qin Ze met the World Will in the Otherworld, where it urged him to grow stronger quickly because exotic beasts and other races threatened the world.
• Qin Ze returned to the plaza and discovered he had set a new Heaven-Reaching Tower record, drawing the attention of students around him.
• Qin Ze told Huai Xu and Wen Jing they would take a mission once they finished simulated combat training, while Fatty worked to raise his mental power for a class change.
• Qin Ze followed the chat group and, over the next half month, Fatty neared four stones of mental power as Huai Xu and Wen Jing completed nearly two-thirds of the training course.
• Huai Xu and Wen Jing asked Qin Ze to take a mission, and Qin Ze invited Lu Tongtong to join their group before arranging to meet her at the mission hall.

Qin Ze led Huai Xu, Wen Jing, the fatty, and Lu Tongtong to accept a mission to capture fugitive Fan Mingjie in Pearl City. As they traveled, the team discussed the fugitive’s likely motives and shared their abilities, with Qin Ze revealing a small blue flame in his palm.

• Lu Tongtong arrived as Qin Ze’s outside help, surprising Huai Xu, the fatty, and Wen Jing with her combat outfit and hidden B-grade strength.
• Qin Ze chose a low-reward mission to capture level two martial artist Fan Mingjie and led the team to Pearl City.
• On the bus, the team reviewed Fan Mingjie’s theft and murder, and Lu Tongtong suggested he had exposed himself to pressure his buyer into raising an offer.
• Qin Ze warned the team not to underestimate their target, then asked everyone to explain their abilities.
• Huai Xu described Eagle Eye, the fatty described Teleportation, Wen Jing described Blood Burning, and Lu Tongtong described Deduction.
• Qin Ze showed the team the small blue flame that represented his ability.

Qin Ze and his team investigated the theft of a prototype battery at Fan Mingjie's former workplace and found evidence that it had vanished through a Shelter Space-like ability. After checking into a hotel to wait for his clones to search Pearl City, Qin Ze recognized an old acquaintance among law enforcement officers arriving to search the hotel.

• Qin Ze and his team visited Fan Mingjie's company, where the deputy manager explained that a confidential prototype battery had disappeared despite heavy security.
• Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong watched footage showing the battery vanish without triggering alarms, and they suspected the Shelter Space.
• The deputy manager said Fan Mingjie had been on duty when the battery disappeared and that his partner had been found murdered in the restroom.
• Qin Ze declined to search the area that law enforcement had already swept and took the team to a hotel to rest while his clones searched Pearl City.
• Law enforcement officers arrived at the hotel with a search warrant, and Qin Ze recognized the leading officer as an old acquaintance.

Qin Ze and his companions investigated a theft in Pearl City while his clones searched for Brother Jie, but the day mostly turned into sightseeing and food. Number Three joined Qin Ze for dinner, heard the mission details, and advised him to abandon it.

• Number Three led an enforcement team through the hotel but found no suspicious people, while Qin Ze discussed the theft and a possible Shelter Space in the group chat.
• Qin Ze ordered his clones to keep looking for Brother Jie, though they spent much of their time enjoying the city instead.
• Qin Ze took Lu Tongtong, Huai Xu, the fatty, and Wen Jing sightseeing and sampling local food before bringing them to a barbecue stall.
• Number Three sat with Qin Ze, congratulated him, and explained that he had returned to Pearl City because headquarters was short-staffed and career advancement was difficult.
• Qin Ze described his mission to Number Three, who frowned and advised him to give it up.

Qin Ze's team learned that their mission to catch Fan Mingjie could involve Virgo of the Twelve Zodiac Signs, but decided to pursue Fan Mingjie anyway. After they returned to the hotel, Qin Ze watched Pearl City through his clones, and late that night they received word that Brother Jie had appeared.

• Number Three warned Qin Ze's team that Fan Mingjie's trading partner was Virgo and urged them to abandon the mission, explaining Fan Mingjie's suspected strength and concealment ability.
• Qin Ze argued that the team only needed to catch Fan Mingjie, not fight Virgo, and the group voted to continue the mission.
• Number Three left after paying only for the grilled kidneys, leaving Qin Ze to cover the rest of the bill.
• Qin Ze told the team to rest while they waited for his contact to report any news of Brother Jie.
• After returning to the hotel, Qin Ze monitored the city through his clones, and a late-night message announced that Brother Jie had appeared.

Virgo prepared for a mission with Fishes while Ram visited with Ma Yan and warned that the Saber King was hunting Virgo. Virgo brushed off the threat and set out with them to make his return to the martial world.

• Virgo tortured a man, drained two burly servants, and teased Fishes, who pressed him to move ahead with their mission.
• Virgo told Fishes that everything was going according to big sister's plan and promised he might help Fishes become a middle-seat constellation.
• Ram arrived with Ma Yan, introduced her as his assistant, and agreed to help Virgo because he was short on hands.
• Ram warned Virgo that Gu Hongchang, the Saber King, had come to Sea Capital and destroyed fourteen of their strongholds.
• Virgo dismissed the Saber King's threat and led the others out to exercise and announce his return to the martial world.

Fan Mingjie was ambushed by Qin Ze’s team at Pearl Bridge after shrugging off the clones’ attempts to capture him in the slums. As Qin Ze and Wen Jing fought him with support from Lu Tongtong, the fatty, and Huai Xu, Fan Mingjie prepared to escape into the river just as an arrow whistled through the night.

• Hyena challenged Fan Mingjie in the slums but was slammed into a wall, and Fan Mingjie kicked Crocodile into the river when he tried to lead him away.
• Qin Ze led Wen Jing, Lu Tongtong, the fatty, and Huai Xu to Pearl Bridge after the clones confirmed Fan Mingjie’s strength was at the peak of level three.
• Qin Ze and Wen Jing attacked Fan Mingjie while Lu Tongtong predicted his moves, the fatty prepared an array, and Huai Xu waited with his bow.
• Fan Mingjie blocked Qin Ze’s attack with his Martial Artifact shield and fired its hidden spike, but Qin Ze dodged it and Wen Jing struck him.
• Alarmed by the pair’s strength and ability to anticipate him, Fan Mingjie widened the distance and prepared to jump into the river when an arrow whistled through the night.

Qin Ze and his teammates fought Fan Mingjie on the bridge, with Qin Ze surviving Fan Mingjie's ultimate attack and defeating him with blue flames. As Fan Mingjie hinted that he had not come alone, a seductive woman appeared beside Qin Ze.

• Huai Xu shot arrows at Fan Mingjie while Qin Ze and Wen Jing pressed their attack, and Lu Tongtong used Deduction to warn them about Fan Mingjie's area attack before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Fan Mingjie struck Wen Jing after Lu Tongtong's ability ended, then Huai Xu fired a powerful arrow that collided with Fan Mingjie's shield.
• Fan Mingjie hit Qin Ze with the Bone-Shaking Technique, but Qin Ze emerged unharmed inside a Black Tortoise phantom.
• Qin Ze unleashed Blue Flame Release while Fatty's vines restrained Fan Mingjie, leaving Fan Mingjie scorched and drained.
• Fan Mingjie claimed he had not come to the bridge alone, and a seductive woman's voice greeted Qin Ze from beside him.

Qin Ze stalled Virgo while Lu Tongtong and the others prepared Plan B, then escaped by teleportation as the executor arrived. Virgo lost the deal with Fan Mingjie and fought the executor, while Fan Mingjie escaped.

• Qin Ze flattered Virgo and kept him occupied while Lu Tongtong relayed the signal for Plan B and the fatty prepared a teleportation formation.
• Virgo revealed a drop containing twenty units of Source of the World, but Fan Mingjie demanded that Virgo cripple Qin Ze and hand him over as a condition of the deal.
• Qin Ze stalled Virgo with a declaration of love and a poem until he pointed out the executor arriving in the sky.
• Virgo tried to strike Qin Ze, but a teleportation ring carried him away as the fatty teleported Lu Tongtong and the others to safety.
• Virgo called off the deal, Fan Mingjie escaped with a crystal ball, and the executor attacked Virgo.

After Virgo escaped the executive officer, Qin Ze decided to keep pursuing the Source of the World and summoned the Circus to Pearl City. As reports placed Saber King and a level-eight executive officer on Virgo’s trail, Qin Ze slept, and news that shocked Sea Capital martial artists broke the next morning.

• Qin Ze returned to the hotel with his team, planned to stay in Pearl City, and reflected on the crystal ball containing the Source of the World that Fan Mingjie had taken away.
• Number Three told Qin Ze that Virgo had escaped after badly injuring the level-seven executive officer, and urged the team to return to school.
• Qin Ze called Dharma King, Brother Devour, and Giant Overlord to bring the Circus to Pearl City.
• Giant Overlord reported that Saber King had arrived in Sea Capital and was hunting Virgo, while the chat group discussed the Source of the World and the danger of staying in Pearl City.
• Qin Ze went to sleep, and news shocked the Sea Capital martial artists' forum early the next morning.

Qin Ze learned that the Saber King had been arrested and questioned the motives behind his campaign, while his clones searched Sea Capital for Fan Mingjie. In the Law Enforcement Department, the Saber King revealed that he intended to replace the young Chosen One—and hinted that the Chosen One might die.

• Qin Ze read forum posts about the Grand Archon arresting the Saber King and told his companions that the Saber King's actions might have served a larger purpose.
• Qin Ze decided the group would wait two days before continuing their mission, while his clones reported their arrival in Sea Capital.
• Qin Ze sent his clones to search the surveillance-free south-bank old district for Fan Mingjie.
• The Grand Archon urged the Saber King to return to the Abyss, but the Saber King refused until the dust settled.
• The Saber King said he planned to gain the world's recognition and replace the Level One Chosen One, then asked what would happen if the Chosen One died.

Saber King planned to hunt the Twelve Zodiac Signs and the president to gain recognition from the World Will, while Virgo prepared to force Fan Mingjie into another deal. Qin Ze learned that Brother Jie planned to auction the battery in Pearl City and escape with the proceeds.

• Saber King revealed that he wanted to kill powerful targets to build his reputation, then used a bronze compass to locate the Chosen One near Pearl City.
• Virgo ordered his subordinates to arrange another trade with Fan Mingjie and said he had a Martial Artifact that could counter the Shelter Space.
• Ma Yan worried about Qin Ze after seeing him at the bridge battle and planned to find a chance to contact him.
• A curfew sent Qin Ze and his companions back to their hotel in Pearl City.
• Brother Devour told Qin Ze that Brother Jie had escaped a meeting with Virgo's people using the Shelter Space and announced an auction for the battery at a stadium the next night.
• Qin Ze learned the auction would accept crystal stones, a currency used among the myriad races, and suspected Brother Jie planned to sell the battery and flee.

Qin Ze prepared to ambush Fan Mingjie at an auction, secured a Hunting Beast to counter Fan Mingjie's Shelter Space, and accepted a newly upgraded level-five mission. Ma Yan warned him that Virgo, Pisces, and Aries would attend the auction, leaving Qin Ze to weigh the danger as the event approached.

• Qin Ze arranged for Yao Yuan to send him a Hunting Beast through the chat group so he could stop Fan Mingjie from escaping through Shelter Space.
• Qin Ze's mission was raised to level five, but he told the school staff member that he and his team would continue and received a promise of extra compensation.
• Qin Ze told Lu Tongtong, Huai Xu, Wen Jing, and the fatty that Fan Mingjie would auction the battery that night and instructed them to adapt to the situation.
• Ma Yan called Qin Ze and warned him that Virgo planned to move against Fan Mingjie at the auction, where Pisces and Aries would also be present.
• Qin Ze reassured Ma Yan that he valued his life, but he reflected on the three Zodiac members attending and the battery's importance.

Qin Ze and the Circus captured an E-rank Hunting Beast, which Giant Overlord named Big Black and took responsibility for. Qin Ze then brought his team to the secret auction, where Fan Mingjie appeared and welcomed the attendees.

• Yao Yuan sent Qin Ze a live, uninjured E-rank Hunting Beast, and Qin Ze claimed it at the warehouse.
• Giant Overlord intimidated the Hunting Beast into submission, named it Big Black, and put a chain around its neck.
• Qin Ze left Big Black with Giant Overlord and rallied the Circus clones to attend the auction.
• Qin Ze and his professional team arrived at the abandoned stadium, where masked bidders and likely Law Enforcement Department and company representatives had gathered.
• Fan Mingjie appeared in the center of the stadium and opened the auction.

Fan Mingjie auctioned an A-1 nuclear fusion battery sample for nine hundred crystal stones and vanished into the Shelter Space after completing the sale. As the auction ended, a black flag crashed into the stadium, and an unknown woman declared that the game of cat and mouse was over.

• Fan Mingjie demonstrated his ability to disappear into the Shelter Space and opened the auction with a starting bid of one hundred crystal stones.
• Bidding climbed until the bald man offered nine hundred crystal stones, and Fan Mingjie exchanged the man's cloth bag of stones for the battery.
• Fan Mingjie announced the auction's end and disappeared, while Wen Jing and Lu Tongtong believed the mission had failed.
• Qin Ze told the group the real show was about to begin as a fiery meteor struck the stadium and left a black flagpole planted in the ground.
• A strange power spread from the flag, and an unknown woman called out to Fan Mingjie that the game of cat and mouse was over.

Virgo trapped Fan Mingjie with a Martial Artifact, took the battery after killing the bald man, and fought Sea Capital Law Enforcement Department executive officer Kun Peng. As the fight escalated, undercover officers moved to arrest the auction’s attendees, and Qin Ze ran into three of them.

• Virgo used the flagpole to seal the stadium and prevent Fan Mingjie from escaping in his Shelter Space.
• Virgo’s ability enthralled the audience, but Qin Ze resisted it and Lu Tongtong restrained Fatty, Huai Xu, and Wen Jing.
• The bald man surrendered the battery to Virgo, who killed him and challenged the audience to send the next opponent.
• Executive Officer Kun Peng introduced himself and rang an antique bronze bell, waking the enthralled audience.
• Kun Peng and Virgo began fighting as undercover law enforcement officers attacked the attendees, and Qin Ze ran into three officers while retreating.

Qin Ze and his companions were trapped inside the stadium as the Sea Capital Law Enforcement Department battled Virgo and the other auction attendees. As the Circus sprang its ambush, Kun Peng recovered and confronted Virgo again.

• Number Three stopped three officers from attacking Qin Ze and his companions, but they discovered a barrier sealed the stadium and prevented their escape.
• Fatty failed to open a teleportation array, and Qin Ze told the group to wait while the battle at the stadium continued.
• Kun Peng fought Virgo, but Virgo used the blood from his wounds to impale him and seal his meridians.
• Virgo drained two law enforcement officers to regenerate his body while Qin Ze and his companions prepared to seize Brother Jie and flee.
• More than a hundred masked Circus members burst from beneath the arena and charged toward the flagpole.
• Kun Peng rose and pulled a spike from his stomach, then faced Virgo as the Circus attacked.

Qin Ze and the Circus attacked Virgo’s forces to break the barrier, while Kun Peng fought Virgo and Dharma King battled a Level Three guard. After Qin Ze and his allies killed the guard and shattered the defenses, a clone pulled down the flag.

• Virgo summoned blood-bean soldiers around the flagpole, and the clones opened an assault with a wave of self-destructing fighters.
• The clones broke through the outer defenses, but a Level Three man in black rallied the guards and attacked them.
• Dharma King transformed and fought the Level Three man while Qin Ze, Wen Jing, and Huai Xu joined the battle.
• Huai Xu’s arrow distracted the guard, Dharma King paralyzed him with lightning, and Qin Ze killed him with White Tiger Fire Movement Fist.
• Qin Ze, Dharma King, and Wen Jing overwhelmed the remaining defenders, and a clone pulled the flag from its pole.

Qin Ze and the law enforcement officers fought to escape Virgo, who defeated Kun Peng and trapped them inside the stadium. Outside, Giant Overlord sent Big Black after Fan Mingjie, whose Shelter Space the beast shattered, while a mysterious swordsman arrived at the arena.

• Fan Mingjie escaped the stadium with his Shelter Space as Qin Ze and Wen Jing helped clear a path for the others.
• Giant Overlord released Big Black to track the Source of the World, and Virgo transformed into a muscular man before crippling Kun Peng.
• Virgo stomped the flagpole back into place, causing a blast that killed nearby clones and subordinates, while Qin Ze and Dharma King escaped with Phase Rush.
• Qin Ze prepared to retreat into the Shelter Space with Dharma King, but a burly man carrying two sabers appeared in the arena.
• Giant Overlord and Brother Devour cornered Fan Mingjie, and Big Black tore open his Shelter Space after Fan Mingjie fled inside.
• Fan Mingjie surrendered his bag of crystals and told them to ask Virgo for the battery, while Brother Devour took the crystals.

Brother Devour forced Fan Mingjie to surrender his stolen valuables and reveal that he had spied for the Sea Capital Biotechnology Research Institute. After Fan Mingjie was killed by unknown attackers, they turned on Brother Devour and decapitated him.

• Brother Devour made Fan Mingjie hand over nine hundred crystals, five units of Source of the World, and a hidden USB drive.
• Fan Mingjie revealed that he was an off-the-books employee of the Sea Capital Biotechnology Research Institute, sent to steal data on the A-1 Nuclear Fusion Battery.
• Fan Mingjie explained that he had copied the data, stolen the battery sample, and planned to sell both through the Myriad Races Black Market.
• After Brother Devour let Fan Mingjie leave, an unknown attacker shot a hole through Fan Mingjie's chest and killed him.
• A man and a woman in black combat suits arrived, identified Brother Devour and Giant Overlord as witnesses, and attacked them.
• The pair severed Brother Devour's head and cut his body in half while demanding the data.

Brother Devour survived being cut apart, revealed his monstrous form, and overwhelmed the two robotic fighters sent to eliminate him and Giant Overlord. As the robot commander summoned reinforcements, Giant Overlord called in more than a hundred clones, and the two sides began fighting.

• Brother Devour reassembled after the man and woman cut him into pieces, then fought back and knocked the woman into a wall.
• Brother Devour transformed, swallowed the man, and spat him out after discovering he tasted like engine oil and metal.
• The woman raised the threat level to A-rank and summoned dozens of robots to surround Brother Devour and Giant Overlord.
• Giant Overlord called more than a hundred clones out of an alley, and they immediately attacked the robots.
• The robots unleashed their full firepower, and the battle erupted between the clones and the robotic forces.