Recaps

Ed recruited Duolin and his guards into the Second Holy See, settled them at the castle, and laid out a more inclusive doctrine. As players rebuilt the village and explored the world, Ed's allies questioned his plans and discovered more about the Church’s corruption and the elite warriors.

• Ed exposed Yiden’s group as corrupt and persuaded Duolin to join the Second Holy See with his guards.
• Ed healed the guards’ severed limbs, settled the villagers near the castle, and arranged for Duolin to return to White Wax Town under a cover story.
• Ed connected his leaf network to Seraphina’s contract ability, learned the world’s power tiers, and found twenty bodies hidden in the castle.
• Ed opened the Soul Webway to new players and gave Zhongde a quest to rebuild Upperstream Village.
• Duolin returned to White Wax Town, deceived Yiden about the guards’ injuries, and later took his team back to the castle with new church uniforms.
• Ed questioned Duolin and his guards about their faith, then argued that the Second Holy See should welcome anyone who acknowledged the Tree God and committed no blasphemy.
• Ed freed the guards and paid them, while Seraphina refused to intervene in her dispute with the priests she had killed.
• Howling Pothos asked Duolin to teach him Directed Alienation, and Duolin realized the elite warriors did not know a basic Church ability.

Ed expanded his settlement by bringing Midstream Village’s people into Riverside Village while the Soul Returners learned new abilities and more players entered the world. After meeting the traveling merchant Gray and uncovering signs of bloodshed at the White Wax Town church, Ed began planning an attack to capture its clerics alive.

• Duolin taught [Howling Pothos] Directed Alienation, and the player alienated his hand before collapsing from an overflow of accumulated experience.
• Ed revealed the Soul Returners’ origins to Duolin and instructed him to keep Ed’s identity secret, while investigators questioned Cui Yuan about the game and Fasi set out to check on Upperstream Village.
• Fasi discovered that Upperstream Village had been reduced to ruins and was captured near the castle by Duolin and Aoda, then learned that they served Ed.
• Ed appointed Fasi as his liaison to Midstream Village, while [Howling Pothos] woke with new abilities and reached level 1 after his body was maintained.
• Fasi secured approval from Midstream Village’s chief and Upperstream villagers to join Ed’s settlement, and Ed named the combined community Riverside Village.
• The players caught a river monster, but a giant Claw Fish later bit [Epic-Level Giant] and severed his lower leg, prompting [Howling Pothos] to test how long plant people could stay underwater.
• New players joined the beta, and [Dawn Ah], [Evergreen Tree], and [Backstabbing Expert] encountered the merchant Gray after he tried to claim a wounded Vine Sheep.
• Ed met Gray, bought some of his wares, and suspected that the merchant was not human, while [Howling Pothos] sensed blood inside Gray’s mobile fortress.
• Aoda discovered signs of bloodshed at the White Wax Town church, and Ed ordered Duolin to prepare an attack plan for capturing its clerics alive before the end of August.
• Seraphina advised Ed to draw the church’s defenders away before striking, recalling that a dragon who used the tactic was ultimately beheaded by a human hero.

Ed’s players encounter Xilǐ'er, an ancient knight whose armor and horse revive after destruction, and help him recover his lost memories. Xilǐ'er agrees to stay with Ed’s forces while Ed prepares for the coming attack on White Wax Town and learns more about distant powers.

• Gray left the Tree Worship Church’s territory, but an Eternal Domain knight attacked his mobile fortress and was killed by its concealed crossbow before reviving as an empty suit of armor.
• Ed released a combat video of Gray’s fight, welcomed thirty new players, and sent them to train for the planned attack on White Wax Town.
• Dawn Ah and Backstabbing Expert brought the silver-armored knight, Xilǐ'er, to Ed, where he attacked Seraphina and was repeatedly killed and revived.
• Ed used a mirror to help Xilǐ'er recognize that he was armor, prompting him to recover memories of his death more than two hundred years earlier and of the Amber Dragon that had frozen him.
• Ed persuaded Xilǐ'er to stay temporarily, and Zhong Lele negotiated his contract, including iron balls for repairing Xilǐ'er and Radish.
• Seraphina explained that Xilǐ'er's resurrection consumed iron, while Ed checked the players’ preparations and continued waiting for Little Green to analyze the Territory Secret Pact.
• The official website and Zhong Lele’s recording introduced Xilǐ'er to players, who debated his abilities and watched his conflict with Gray.
• Ed and Duolin reviewed the White Wax Town attack plan, and Ed assigned Xilǐ'er a role while revealing that he had already sent someone to scout the town.

Ed prepared an assault on White Wax Town while [Dark Archmage] uncovered the church’s underground prison and rallied players to rescue its captives. The players began digging toward the dungeon as Ed announced the second phase of the operation was about to start.

• Dark Archmage investigated White Wax Town, while Ed and Duolin prepared troops, boats, and a route for an attack on the town.
• Lion Hidden in the Eyes completed Dragonborn initiation and received shed scales, while Ed asked Seraphina to guard the castle during the coming expedition.
• Dark Archmage discovered a couple whose tunnel led beneath the church and learned from them that the church had imprisoned children, including Ed Adrian.
• Dark Archmage reached the dungeon through the tunnel, found thirty-nine prisoners, and promised to rescue them.
• Dark Archmage called for help on the forums, and Zhongde gathered players to travel by river toward White Wax Town.
• Ed entrusted the rescue to Dark Archmage and Zhongde, who led players to the tunnel and began widening it with the couple’s help.
• As Yiden ordered searches across town, the players reinforced and cut through the tunnel, and Ed announced that the first phase’s player requirement had been met.