Recaps

Lu Yingheng staged his death to draw out his enemies, then was discovered in Crete Hollow and taken in by Phaethon while pretending to have amnesia. As Vivian, Hoshimi Miyabi, Alice, and other factions moved to find him, he remained hidden at the video store as his strength and memories began to recover.

• Lu Yingheng revealed his fatal wound to the mayor, arranged to fake his death, and entrusted Vivian’s safety to him before preparing to hide until his enemies acted.
• Lu Yingheng rescued a mother and daughter from a Hollow, killed the transmigrator who had endangered them, and let his system devour the man’s Plot System.
• Lu Yingheng staged his death with Long Yi, and the Dragon Emperor Guard announced that he had died protecting New Eridu while Vivian and her allies mourned him and began seeking revenge.
• The Cunning Hares found Lu Yingheng pinned to a cross in Crete Hollow, removed the spear, and watched him destroy the surrounding Ethereals before he pretended to have amnesia.
• Belle and Wise brought Lu Yingheng to the video store after FAIRY opened an escape route, while Vivian learned of a possible sighting and ordered the Guard to investigate.
• Belle’s photograph of Lu Yingheng reached Vivian and Hoshimi Miyabi, who clashed over whether to find him as the Dragon Emperor Guard, the Hoshimi Family, and unknown followers pursued their own plans.
• Mayor Mayflower told Wise and Belle that Lu Yingheng’s death had been staged to expose hostile forces, warned them that powerful groups were watching him, and offered support for sheltering him.
• Lu Yingheng used the system to send players 1,600 Polychromes, while Hoshimi Miyabi decided to clear dangers around him and admitted to Kiyohime that she liked him.

Lu Yingheng helped Belobog Heavy Industries uncover the truth behind its missing machines and fought a mutated Ethereal, publicly revealing his Dragon Emperor power. As his allies and old enemies searched for him, his novel Dragon Raja spread through New Eridu and stirred anger toward TOPS.

• Hoshimi Kiyohime helped Hoshimi Miyabi recognize her love for the Dragon Emperor, and Hoshimi Miyabi decided to teach Vivian about healthy love.
• Lu Yingheng traded his phone for an Animal Affinity Buff, which drew Nekomiya Mana close to him when she visited the video store.
• Belle and Lu Yingheng helped Belobog Heavy Industries recover its missing construction machines, and Koleda learned that Khors had paid for the prototype before someone killed him.
• Koleda and her crew uncovered a mutated Mechanical Sacrifice beneath the monument, and Lu Yingheng arrived to fight it.
• Lu Yingheng summoned Fury and defeated the Mechanical Sacrifice, revealing himself to Belle and the Belobog crew as the First-Generation Void Hunter and Dragon Emperor.
• Long Yi told Koleda that a god would descend in the future, while Vivian began searching for the Proxy who had helped Belobog Heavy Industries.
• Lu Yingheng crushed a car that had rushed toward him and Belle, then Zhu Yuan let him go after speaking with the mayor.
• Yijiang decided to search for the Dragon Emperor after hearing he might be alive, while Ye Shunguang heard rumors connecting TOPS to his disappearance.
• Lu Yingheng revealed to Wise that he had written Dragon Raja under the pen name Huanglong, and Wise vowed to avenge Erii.