Recaps

Xiao Yu followed Lady Xiwadelin to a hidden hall and found the real treasure, then divided its eight relics with Qin Shiyue. He obtained the Seed of Elements, the Water of Life, a magic warship, and the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge, and ended by preparing to ask the mirror a question.

• Azathoth recognized that the first vault held decoy treasures and commanded Lady Xiwadelin to lead him to the real treasure.
• Lady Xiwadelin activated the naga sea god statue, revealing eight crystal cabinets containing legendary items.
• Xiao Yu chose the Seed of Elements first, then took the Water of Life, the Magic Ship in a Bottle, and the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge.
• Qin Shiyue chose the trident, crown, conch, and goddess statue.
• Xiao Yu inspected his haul and picked up the mirror to ask it a question.

After seeing a vast naga army surround the Lost Island, Xiao Yu and Qin Shiyue tried to rally the adventurers but found them engrossed in opening treasure chests. They abandoned their outer territories and prepared to defend the Lost City, where Lady Xiwadelin warned that Queen Azshara personally led more than three hundred thousand naga, prompting Xiao Yu to ask if she had a way to stop them.

• Azathoth used the mirror to reveal a massive naga army and sea beasts surrounding the Lost Island.
• Xiao Yu and Qin Shiyue urged the Alliance and Horde adventurers to unite, but the adventurers ignored them to open treasure chests.
• Xiao Yu and Qin Shiyue ruled out retreat and gathered their commanders to pull their troops back into the Lost City.
• Lady Xiwadelin told Xiao Yu that Queen Azshara led the attack with more than three hundred thousand naga.
• Xiao Yu asked Lady Xiwadelin whether she had a way to deal with the invasion.

Xiao Yu learned that the Scourge of the Ocean was sealed in the Bottomless Abyss and led a small force there to claim it. Deep in the abyss, his party encountered the level 60 Deep Sea Titan Tinuors, and Xiao Yu's maelstrom failed to stop it.

• Lady Xiwadelin revealed a hidden passage to the Pool of the Abyss and told Azathoth that the Scourge of the Ocean could help him defeat Queen Azshara's army.
• Xiao Yu recognized the resemblance to Arthas's story but decided to seek the sword, then ordered Wotkud to defend the Lost Temple while he took a hundred elite elementals into the abyss.
• Xiao Yu and the elementals descended through the Pool of the Abyss, passed beyond the Lost Island, and entered a vast fissure in the seabed.
• After reaching the bottom and exploring a deep-sea canyon, Xiao Yu sensed an enormous enemy and ordered his troops to attack.
• The enemy revealed itself as Tinuors, a level 60 Deep Sea Titan, and Xiao Yu's Deep Sea Maelstrom failed to trap it.

Azathoth entered an underwater cavern and encountered the Old God N'Zoth, who urged him to pull the Scourge of the Ocean from its seal. Azathoth freed the Old God, escaped the collapsing cavern, and returned to the surface with the artifact as N'Zoth's tentacle seized the deep-sea titan.

• Azathoth sent his elemental creatures to hold off Tinuors while he reached an artificial cavern and felt the influence of Old God Fear.
• N'Zoth revealed himself and offered Azathoth the Scourge of the Ocean, claiming it could control the sea.
• Azathoth recognized the sword was embedded in a seal and agreed to pull it out, warning N'Zoth not to attack him afterward.
• Purple blood flooded the cavern as Azathoth removed the sword, and he fled while the cavern collapsed.
• N'Zoth's tentacle dragged Tinuors into the abyss, and the purple water dissipated Azathoth's remaining elemental creatures.
• Azathoth escaped to the surface with the Scourge of the Ocean and prepared to examine it.

Xiao Yu returned from the Pool of the Abyss with Scourge of the Ocean as the naga army threatened to overrun the Lost City. He unleashed the artifact’s sea currents and storm against the naga, leaving Azshara’s invasion in chaos.

• Xiao Yu emerged with Scourge of the Ocean and learned from Sairen that the naga had broken through the defenses and were attacking the Lost City.
• Xiao Yu showed the artifact to the assembled defenders and declared that he would crush Azshara’s forces.
• Xiao Yu activated Scourge of the Ocean, stirring up currents and whirlpools that dragged naga into the sea and killed some of them.
• Xiao Yu summoned Ocean Storm, and lightning struck naga squads, shore reefs, and a giant whale as the storm intensified.

Xiao Yu used the storm to destroy the naga invasion and secure Lost Island, earning a major increase in level, reputation, and power. After becoming a three-skull boss again, he returned to the Lost Temple plaza while worrying that his divine artifact and recent actions might draw the game company’s attention.

• A massive storm struck the naga on land and at sea, forcing them to flee as Xiao Yu controlled the tempest from the Lost Temple.
• The Alliance guild leaders realized they had been fortunate not to attack Xiao Yu, while adventurers recorded his display of power.
• Xiao Yu killed tens of thousands of naga, rose to level 53, and advanced his boss template to two skulls.
• The system recorded the Battle for Lost Island as an epic story event, announced the naga’s defeat, and raised Xiao Yu’s template to three skulls and his title to Naga Slayer.
• Xiao Yu celebrated his return to the peak but worried about keeping the powerful divine artifact and attracting the game company’s attention.
• Xiao Yu left the cliff platform and returned to the Lost Temple plaza.

After taking control of the island, Xiao Yu entered the Lost Temple to absorb the Seed of Elements and choose new skills. He gained unstable elemental power, selected two boss skills, and remained in the temple to consider his growing abilities.

• Xiao Yu ordered his followers to clear the island, rebuild its defenses, and restore Yarvis City's rule while he rested in the Lost Temple.
• Xiao Yu reviewed his treasures and absorbed the Seed of Elements, choosing wind energy and mutating his Elemental Body into an Unstable Elemental Body.
• Xiao Yu learned that his unbalanced elements prevented him from using fusion skills, then chose Witness the Power of Pure Water as his level 40 lord skill.
• Xiao Yu advanced Witness the Power of Pure Water into a boss skill and chose Frozen for Ten Thousand Li, which prevented frozen enemies from thawing themselves.
• Xiao Yu chose Tornado for his level 45 skill and advanced it into Furious Tornado, which pulled in nearby enemies and dealt additional lightning damage.

Xiao Yu learned Fire Zealot Enhancement and studied murals depicting the creation of gods, a war against the Old Gods, and the sealing of four monsters. After logging out, he discovered that a video of his battle with the naga had made him famous, and he opened the forum to see it for himself.

• Xiao Yu advanced Fire Slave Warrior Enhancement into Fire Zealot Enhancement, which granted a target all five fire buffs.
• Xiao Yu studied the treasure chamber murals and inferred that the monsters were Old Gods, including the one he had released underwater.
• Xiao Yu logged out to search the game forums for lore about the murals and found a dozen messages congratulating him and inviting him to an elemental realms gathering.
• Xiao Yu asked Mephisto what had happened, and Mephisto told him a video of his battle had gone viral and warned that others might target him for his divine artifact.
• Xiao Yu opened the forum’s video section and saw a close-up picture of himself featured on the front page.

After watching a viral video of his battle against the naga, Xiao Yu discovered that players believed he was an NPC and began plotting to kill him for his divine artifact. He joined their private gathering undercover and arrived at Angmar’s Reception Room.

• Xiao Yu watched an adventurer’s video depicting his battle against the naga and his overwhelming power.
• Xiao Yu read comments speculating that he was an NPC wielding a divine artifact.
• Witch-king Angmar invited players to his reception room to organize an attempt to kill Xiao Yu and take the artifact.
• Xiao Yu searched for Angmar’s Reception Room, entered its password, and teleported to a luxurious palace.
• Xiao Yu approached the palace entrance, where a maid welcomed him.

Xiao Yu attended Angmar’s meeting, where the guild leader recruited players for a large-scale assault on Azathoth to seize the Scourge of the Ocean. Xiao Yu learned the operation’s plans and left, intending to prepare for the attack on his island.

• A maid led Xiao Yu through Angmar’s luxurious palace to a crowded hall where players discussed how to defeat the water elemental lord.
• Angmar announced that Azathoth’s power came from the artifact Scourge of the Ocean and offered payment to players and guild leaders who joined his raid.
• Angmar claimed the raid could defeat Azathoth by establishing a foothold on the Lost Island and attacking him at close range.
• Angmar explained that players could reach the Lost Island by taking ships from King’s Harbor, where a hydra would sink them and sirens would carry them ashore.
• Hundreds of players signed up, while Xiao Yu secretly noted the raid’s time and place and left the palace.

Xiao Yu declined to join Primordial Studio’s Elemental Will and then was summoned by Sky World’s operations team over the divine artifact Scourge of the Ocean. After the team demanded that he return it and accused him of releasing the Old Gods, Xiao Yu angrily prepared to leave, but a team member admitted the incident was caused by a game bug.

• Xiao Yu attended Primordial Studio’s meeting, heard its proposal to unite elemental players as the Elemental Will, and decided not to join or share the prize money.
• Xiao Yu received an official message ordering him to contact Sky World’s operations group six within 24 hours and went to its reception room.
• Jiang Zeyan told Xiao Yu that Scourge of the Ocean had to be reclaimed because it was a divine artifact never meant to be obtainable at this stage.
• Huo Xian accused Xiao Yu of breaking the seal on the Old Gods, and Xiao Yu argued that releasing game monsters was part of his role and stood to leave.
• Ma Xiaoyun stopped Xiao Yu and apologized, explaining that the artifact’s discovery had resulted from a game bug.

Xiao Yu challenged Jiang Zeyan over the artifact sealing the Old God, and Jiang agreed to explain the game's hidden history after Xiao Yu refused to sign a confidentiality agreement. Jiang revealed that Sky World drew on an antique game shaped by two designers with sharply conflicting visions, leaving the origins of the Old Gods tied to a major development dispute.

• Xiao Yu accused Jiang Zeyan and the game company of designing the Old God and its artifact, while Jiang insisted the Old God had little to do with them.
• Jiang Zeyan, Huo Xian, and Ma Xiaoyun privately discussed how to persuade Xiao Yu to give up the artifact and considered compensation or invoking the game's agreement.
• Jiang offered Xiao Yu a confidentiality agreement, but Xiao Yu refused to sign it and promised only that he would not reveal the secret.
• Jiang explained that Sky World borrowed settings and characters from a famous antique game and retained its Old Gods, which came from the Cthulhu Mythos.
• Jiang described how Shen Yuan favored a dark survival-horror direction centered on the Old Gods, while Li Mingfei preferred mainstream Western fantasy, and the company directors sided with Li Mingfei.

Jiang Zeyan explained how Shen Yuan restored the Old Gods to Sky World, causing a near-catastrophic war that left four Old Gods sealed and most of the gods dead. Xiao Yu agreed to hand over the Scourge of the Ocean, but demanded three million RMB in exchange.

• Li Mingfei removed most Old God content from Sky World, but Shen Yuan secretly restored it before launch.
• Jiang Zeyan explained that the Old Gods fought the Gods of the Sky, and survivors sealed four Old Gods with divine artifacts after a devastating war.
• Jiang Zeyan revealed that the Old Gods remained beyond the game's control and that the other world inside Sky World was too dangerous to open.
• Xiao Yu asked what happened to Shen Yuan, and Jiang Zeyan said the company had fired him.
• Jiang Zeyan asked Xiao Yu to surrender the Scourge of the Ocean so the Old God could be sealed again, and Xiao Yu demanded three million RMB.

Xiao Yu negotiated with Jiang Zeyan over compensation for the Scourge of the Ocean artifact and chose authorization to establish a permanent battlefield on the Lost Island instead of money or legendary items. Jiang Zeyan agreed to consider the plan, offering one month of protection from Azshara as the deal moved forward.

• Xiao Yu rejected Jiang Zeyan's offers of resurrecting Lagrios and other VIP services, then selected the permanent battlefield authorization.
• Xiao Yu explained how the Lost Island's factions and cities could support a battlefield where Alliance and Horde adventurers fought for rewards.
• Xiao Yu proposed that the game company send ships and NPCs to the island, where he would stage a break with Song of the Ocean and design the battlefield himself.
• Xiao Yu offered to hand over the Scourge of the Ocean in exchange for the authorization and asked that Azshara stop attacking the Lost Island.
• Jiang Zeyan said he could only keep Azshara from attacking for one month, then agreed to Xiao Yu's proposal.

Xiao Yu negotiated with Qin Shiyue for Song of the Ocean to join The Immortals in establishing a permanent battlefield in Lost City. The chapter ended with Qin Shiyue agreeing to pay five hundred thousand and provide future aid under a condition, pending proof of the authorization.

• Xiao Yu left Jiang Zeyan and contacted Qin Shiyue to discuss the permanent battlefield and its profits.
• Xiao Yu offered Song of the Ocean half the battlefield profits, but Qin Shiyue argued that he needed her faction and offered two hundred thousand for the Horde's share.
• Xiao Yu threatened to find another monster faction and help it take Yartera City if Qin Shiyue refused to cooperate.
• Qin Shiyue raised her offer to five hundred thousand, and Xiao Yu accepted in exchange for a written commitment that Song of the Ocean would help him once without endangering the studio's survival.
• Qin Shiyue agreed to the deal after seeing the battlefield authorization, and Xiao Yu took her to Sky World's official reception room.

Xiao Yu negotiated the Lost Island battleground’s mechanics and rewards with Jiang Zeyan, then returned to find unresolved matters waiting in the Lost City. He planned to make Lady Xiwadelin a dungeon boss.

• Ma Xiaoyun presented the Lost Island battleground plan, with the Lost Temple as the objective and naga commander emblems granting tactical advantages.
• Xiao Yu rejected merit points as the only reward and secured five hundred Naga Treasure Chests for the winning side, plus free access to the personal BGM system.
• Xiao Yu, Qin Shiyue, and Jiang Zeyan agreed to stage The Immortals and Song of the Ocean’s falling-out three days later, after Alliance and Horde forces landed.
• Xiao Yu and Qin Shiyue signed their agreement, and Xiao Yu returned to the Lost City, where Wotkud told him matters needed his attention.
• Xiao Yu found Lady Xiwadelin waiting and considered placing her in a Lost Island dungeon as its boss.

Xiao Yu planned three dungeons and multiple ways to profit from adventurers visiting Lost Island. He began setting up the dungeons, ordered Yarvis City remodeled, and then returned to Hydra City.

• Xiao Yu designed Naga Cavern as a free, difficult dungeon guarded by Sivadrin and naga, with Lady Xiwadelin as its final boss.
• Xiao Yu planned Sgelari's Lair as a paid forty-player raid and the Elemental Proving Ground as a variable-difficulty arena inside Yarvis City.
• Xiao Yu calculated that battlefield tickets, dungeon access, and a 20% consumption tax could make Lost Island highly profitable.
• Xiao Yu opened the dungeon creation system that night and selected locations for all three dungeons.
• Xiao Yu ordered the murloc elder to demolish the naga buildings in Yarvis City, replace them with water elemental buildings, and reserve land for an Alliance encampment.
• Xiao Yu left Lost Island and returned to Hydra City.

Xiao Yu returned to Hydra City to recruit players and learn the secret of the Elemental King from Sgelari. After learning that the Elemental Throne was in Nagrand and how its ritual worked, he resolved to obtain the last Seed of Elements and build an army.

• Xiao Yu returned to Hydra City to recruit reliable water elemental players for his studio and to speak with Sgelari.
• Xiao Yu offered Sgelari the Water of Life, but withheld it until Sgelari revealed the secret of the Elemental King.
• Sgelari explained that the Elemental Throne was in Nagrand on Draenor and that four elemental powers were needed to begin the ritual.
• Sgelari said a contender became Elemental King by holding the throne for more than a day, and that the ritual had fallen into disuse because the elemental factions and their lords no longer cooperated.
• Xiao Yu realized he might activate the throne himself if he gained earth-element power, but concluded he first needed to become stronger and survive the rival kings.
• Xiao Yu decided to obtain the last Seed of Elements in Silvermoon City and begin building an army.

After the Water of Life restored Sgelari and raised him to four-skull tier, he tried to break his oath by attacking Azathoth. Azathoth used the Scourge of the Ocean to defeat and bind him, then announced a punishment task for the hydra.

• Sgelari swallowed the Water of Life, healed his injuries, and rose to four-skull tier.
• Sgelari told Azathoth he wanted to end their arrangement and attempted to break free of his oath by attacking him.
• The oathbreaker debuff weakened Sgelari, and Azathoth activated the Scourge of the Ocean to command and restrain him.
• Azathoth defeated Sgelari, causing the oath to become inviolable and making Sgelari unable to resist him.
• Azathoth declared that Sgelari would receive a task as punishment for his betrayal.

Xiao Yu recruited twenty players in Hydra City to staff his studio and assigned them financial, research, and dungeon-design work. After leaving the city, he prepared with Sgelari and the hydra legion to confront an approaching Alliance passenger ship near Lost Island.

• Xiao Yu announced that his studio was hiring and interviewed applicants at the water elemental temple.
• Xiao Yu hired twenty players, including Sewage Pit, and set their salaries and bonuses.
• Xiao Yu assigned Lin Meili to prepare financial statements and Feng Caixin to investigate potential boss affiliates in Hydra City.
• Xiao Yu tasked Sewage Pit with designing Sgelari Lair, Naga Cavern, and the Elemental Proving Ground.
• Xiao Yu left Hydra City and waited near Lost Island with Sgelari and forty hydras as an Alliance passenger ship approached.

Angmar led the Middle-earth Supreme Guild into a hydra ambush, expecting the shipwreck to bring sirens who would take them to Azathoth’s island. Instead, Sgelari emerged from the sea and wiped out the party, while Xiao Yu received reputation for the kills and anticipated more ships arriving.

• Angmar ordered his guild members not to fight the hydras so their ship would sink and sirens would carry them to the island.
• The hydras sank the Fairwind, but no sirens appeared, and the hydras continued attacking the adventurers in the water.
• Angmar rallied the guild into a defensive formation, but Sgelari, a level 60 hydra demigod with 24.5 million health, erupted from beneath them and devastated the party.
• Angmar ordered Gandalf to teleport the survivors, but Sgelari swallowed Gandalf before the spell could save them.
• Angmar charged Sgelari, landed a critical hit, and was killed by the demigod’s combined breath attacks.
• Xiao Yu received reputation notifications for Sgelari’s kills of Angmar and Gandalf, then expected more ships to pass through the area.

After Angmar decided to send his adventurer account to the Lost Island and keep other guilds uninformed, Xiao Yu’s hydras ambushed four more Alliance ships. On the last ship, Moonmark?Shadow Chaser seized command and ordered the crew to avoid the dangerous waters.

• Angmar told the Middle-earth Supreme Guild to wait on the Lost Island while he switched to his adventurer account, and refused to warn the other guilds.
• Xiao Yu sent Sgelari to destroy four more Alliance passenger ships, killing nearly a thousand adventurers and several heroes while collecting their equipment.
• Xiao Yu ordered Sgelari to attack the final Alliance passenger ship, the Lordaeron.
• Moonmark?Shadow Chaser warned the adventurers aboard the Lordaeron about the hydras and demanded that Captain Jarvis follow her orders.
• After Jarvis refused, Moonmark?Shadow Chaser tricked him, killed him with her blade, and ordered the crew to turn the ship around.

Moonmark?Shadow Chaser escaped Sgelari’s attack on the Lordaeron and reached the Lost Island, where she planned to steal Azathoth’s kill amid clashes between Alliance and Horde adventurers. Three days later, both factions’ fleets arrived, and the Alliance Expeditionary Force entered Yarvis City as a major story event began.

• Azathoth ordered Sgelari to spare the elf and kill everyone else, but Moonmark?Shadow Chaser fled the Lordaeron using Stealth, Blink, and a seal transformation.
• Moonmark?Shadow Chaser reached the Lost Island and overheard adventurers blaming Angmar for their losses and discussing a plan to attack Azathoth.
• Moonmark?Shadow Chaser decided to hide and steal the kill and artifact, but the adventurers could not find Azathoth and instead fought Horde players across the island.
• Moonmark?Shadow Chaser joined the fighting by secretly killing a few Horde players, and three days of battles passed.
• Alliance and Horde fleets arrived at the Lost Island, and their heroes led troops into Yarvis City and Yartera City.
• Alliance adventurers cheered when the Alliance Expeditionary Force arrived.

Azathoth and Ariel staged a public break between the Water Elemental Legion and the Mermaid Kingdom, prompting the system to open the Lost City as a permanent Alliance-versus-Horde battlefield. Angmar noticed new dungeon markers on the Lost Island map as the chapter ended.

• The Alliance army arrived in Yarvis City, where Azathoth welcomed Baron Bolvar and offered the Alliance a foothold in the Lost City.
• Song of the Ocean and High Overlord Saurfang arrived with the Horde, and Ariel challenged Azathoth over the humans and the Lost City.
• Azathoth and Ariel traded threats and declared their alliance over, then withdrew without fighting.
• The system announced that the Lost City had opened as an 80-versus-80 permanent battlefield, with merit points and naga treasure as rewards.
• Angmar checked the battlefield map and noticed that several dungeon markers had appeared on the Lost Island.

Angmar and Gandalf discovered Sgelari’s Lair and arranged siren help to reach the underwater instance. Angmar led the Middle-earth Supreme Guild inside, where Sgelari’s Serpent of Frost head appeared and confronted them.

• Angmar and Gandalf found Sgelari’s Lair on the map and decided to scout it before bringing their hero accounts.
• Angmar asked Azathoth for help reaching the lair, and Azathoth directed him to Sairen.
• Sairen offered single-use Siren Amulets for 100 coupons each, and Angmar bought forty for his raid.
• The sirens used Sirens’ Blessing to escort Angmar’s party through the sea to Sgelari’s Lair.
• Angmar’s raid entered the instance and prepared to fight the hydra, whose Serpent of Frost head emerged from the pool.