Recaps

Ed led the Soul Returners and villagers to defeat Bishop Yiden and reclaim White Wax Town, then exposed the Church’s crimes to the townspeople. The town became the first reclaimed parish of Ed’s Second Holy See, while the Holy City’s investigation threatened what would come next.

• Ed gathered players and villagers for the expedition, declared the Second Holy See, and sent the force toward White Wax Town.
• The players rescued Tiya’s father and the other prisoners through a tunnel beneath the church, while Xilǐ'er lured clerics away from the main attack.
• Ed led the assault on the church, where Yiden unleashed his ivy and trapped the attackers inside a shifting stone sanctuary.
• Ed transformed into a Psionic Warlock and used his territory powers to free the players and let them fight in midair.
• Yiden became a giant, but Ed transformed into a Dragonblood Berserker and empowered the Soul Returners to tear apart his body.
• Yiden fled beneath the church and was defeated when he struck the buried brass bell, after which he warned Ed that the Holy City would investigate within ten days.
• Ed took Yiden’s Territory Secret Pact, imprisoned him and the surviving clerics, restored the church, and helped the freed test subjects reunite with their families.
• Ed addressed White Wax Town, exposed the clergymen’s crimes, and named the town the first reclaimed parish of the Second Holy See.

After reclaiming White Wax Town, Ed established a dungeon and began planning economic changes for the Dragonborn, while players explored the new content and Zhongde brought his roommates into the game. The arc leaves [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] approaching Dragonborn Village with a package from Seraphina as its guards alert the village chief.

• Ed settled White Wax Town, recruited eight young warriors into Gungnir, and discovered a cavern full of discarded flesh beneath the church.
• Ed absorbed the flesh, upgraded the players’ bodies, and turned the church into the Gloomy Sanctuary, where players repeatedly challenged its dangerous clerics.
• Ed proposed reorganizing Dragonborn Village into a paid company, while Seraphina reconsidered how to keep her people alive and accepted his plan.
• Ed studied the church records and Yiden’s diary, while Gray Gris delivered his report and learned that grain trade could earn him merit and a chance at a medium fortress.
• [Howling Pothos] led a team to clear the dungeon on easy mode, but later players were wiped when Yiden ordered the clerics to break their formation.
• Zhongde brought Brain Bling, Enemy from the Sky, and Add Ice Fiercely into the game, toured the castle with them, and persuaded them to try beginner quests and construction work.
• Seraphina named her new company Seraphina Unlimited Prominence and hired [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] to carry a package to Dragonborn Village.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] transformed into a Dragonborn and rushed toward the village, where guards spotted him and alerted the village chief.

Ed reorganized Dragonborn Village, expanded White Wax Town’s farming and church influence, and developed new player systems as activation codes drew real-world attention. Duolin’s reports reached senior Church officials, while Willow faced her final exam as the cave came under attack.

• Xisuo welcomed [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] and announced that Dragonborn Village would become the Dragonborn Labor Company under Seraphina’s decree.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] explained the new terms to the villagers, who celebrated their freedom to travel despite owing Seraphina half their earnings.
• Pond Fish and Old Abyss helped Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop hunt a mutated deer, then bought Howling Pothos’s plant farm and named it the Greenhouse.
• Ed discussed new crops and White Wax Town’s growth, arranged for Duolin to learn the Church’s cipher from Yiden, and guided him in sending reports to three targets.
• Professor Li Yinhua and his students discovered that agitated writing could emit an unknown effect linked to World of Disorder, while investigators pursued the game’s activation codes and players.
• Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop shared her access with her brother, while Liu Yi recruited Aibo as the pair began trading game resources for codes and hunting materials.
• Ed tested Root Network teleportation and considered rebuilding players from stored body information, while activation-code rules prompted Good Times Don't Last and Shit Appraisal Master to hire a Dragonborn hunter.
• Aoda met Archbishop Antiya Lisi, and Duolin’s reports led Cardinal Luxiusi and Samuer to uncover falsified parish accounts and identify Antiya as the provincial authority.
• Willow’s teacher sent her away with the final model and staff, then faced the monsters as Wens arrived demanding Willow be brought out for a vampire’s first embrace.

Gray survived a Corpse Tide at the cost of severe injuries, then reached Ed’s castle and warned him that Blood Corpses were returning. Ed organized the settlement and its players for defense while Gray helped develop equipment and training, and Dark Archmage left to investigate the damaged seal.

• Yiwenni sacrificed herself to destroy Wens’s thralls, and Willow survived her fall before fleeing a sea of flowers and setting out west.
• Yu Yun accepted his father’s investment and founded Great Prospects Game Studio, while [Good Times Don't Last] hired a dragonkin woman before leaving for the jungle.
• Gray found a settlement full of Blood Corpses, fled their Corpse Tide, and fought the horde at a river until he escaped badly infected and injured.
• [Second-Class Biscuit] and [Xiexie Huigu] found Gray and brought him to Ed, who stabilized him in a hollow tree.
• Gray warned Ed that Blood Corpses were approaching, mapped their origins, and explained their connection to the Demon Realm and the vampire lineages.
• Ed announced a defense mobilization and organized players and residents, while Xilǐ'er offered to lead the vanguard and explained what he knew about the Blood Corpses.
• Gray shared equipment designs with Ed and [Traditional Eccentric Wheel], and Ed built wooden parts that restored Gray’s left hand.
• Ed and Xilǐ'er considered mechanized cavalry, while Dark Archmage warned Tiya and her father about the damaged seal and left on a long reconnaissance trip.