Recaps

After losing his Balrog Lord to the Light of Dawn raid, Xiao Yu restarted as the goblin Eric and turned the Mud Hole Tribe into a growing force. He built an army, took on Kalax’s dangerous quest, and ended the arc at an alliance meeting with several monster leaders.

• Xiao Yu’s Balrog Lord was defeated by Long Ao Jiutian’s raid, and Xiao Yu declined the costly resurrection service before deciding to return to Sky World with a new template.
• Xiao Yu entered the game as Eric, a goblin, and used campfires to kill frogs until the Mud Hole Tribe made him a Goblin Diviner.
• After adventurers wiped out the Mud Hole Tribe and killed Kerrigan Big Stick, Xiao Yu claimed the Goblin Chieftain title and took control of the camp.
• Xiao Yu expanded the tribe, recruited goblins and Blackrock Orcs, and accepted Kalax’s Flame Mark and the quest to retrieve the Seed of Elements from Nightwhisper Temple.
• Xiao Yu led his followers against adventurers and monsters, died and resurrected, and continued building the tribe while sending invitations to nearby monster leaders.
• Xiao Yu crafted the Evil God Sacrificial Robe, recruited Aduo, and brought the tribe’s population to 200 despite dwindling food supplies.
• Xiao Yu arrived at the abandoned tower with his followers, where Hogger, Big Gold Tooth, Blake Rhode, and the goblin pyromancer Eric gathered for an alliance meeting.

Xiao Yu assembled monster factions to sack Nightwhisper Village and steal the Seed of Elements, but the attack ended with the village destroyed and adventurers hunting him. After escaping the huntresses, he followed Dark Rod into the Deadmines and was invited to join the Defias Brotherhood.

• Xiao Yu recruited Derek, Black Rod, Deathclaw, and other monster leaders for the Battle of the Five Armies after explaining how story events could earn reputation and advance their templates.
• Xiao Yu tricked Hogger into a fight, and Deathclaw killed the fleeing gnoll leader before Derek claimed the Gnoll Leader’s Insignia.
• Xiao Yu scouted Nightwhisper Village as Alucard Nightwhisper and hired Moonmark Shadow Chaser to protect him while he stole from the nature temple.
• Xiao Yu’s forces breached Nightwhisper Village and fought its defenders as adventurers began arriving to defend it.
• Xiao Yu entered the temple and stole the Seed of Elements, then gave it to Moonmark Shadow Chaser to place in her system warehouse.
• The monsters killed Archdruid Most Moonwalker and destroyed Nightwhisper Village, while Xiao Yu advanced to a boss template and upgraded Flame Missiles.
• Adventurers killed Derek and captured Teddy, who endured Fish That Doesn't Eat Cats's taming attempt and became her pet.
• Xiao Yu escaped into the forest, killed Supreme Greatsword, and was cornered by night elf huntresses before Angmar and Dark Rod intervened.
• Dark Rod invited Xiao Yu to join the Defias Brotherhood, then led him to the Deadmines and welcomed Eric inside.

Xiao Yu joined Dark Rod’s studio and took up work as a dungeon boss while seeking a way to earn enough for treatment for his brain tumor. He left the story amid a battle in Stormwind’s cathedral square, where Galax’s plan to seize Long Ao Jiutian’s soul erupted into chaos.

• Dark Rod invited Xiao Yu to join Shadow Dynasty Studio and explained how monster territories, dungeons, and the coming boss contest could make money.
• Xiao Yu joined the Defias Brotherhood, fought Big Brother’s party in the Death Arena, and earned a position as a hidden boss in the Hidden Gold Vault.
• Xiao Yu killed a Light of Dawn party after luring them into opening his cage, then learned from Da Kui how the studio’s dungeons were designed to entertain paying adventurers.
• Xiao Yu watched Dark Rod and Vanessa set out aboard The Defiant to scout Stormwind, then discovered that Long Ao Jiutian was being resurrected there.
• Xiao Yu learned he had a brain tumor and that the treatment with the best survival odds cost three million yuan, so he resolved to compete for the Strongest Boss prize.
• After Kara’s story led Xiao Yu to decide to make his own fate, he offered Dark Rod a three-million-yuan deal to help the studio and revealed that he had once been Lagrios, the Flame Demon Lord.
• Xiao Yu entered Stormwind disguised as a civilian, approached Long Ao Jiutian during the resurrection ritual, and activated the Flame Mark to summon Galax’s phantom.
• Galax recognized that Eric had tricked him, then fought Light of Dawn and the Holy Light knights before unleashing Super Fire Nova across the cathedral square.

After leaving Stormwind, Xiao Yu chose a water elemental form and grew stronger through summons, battles, and a new alliance with Esmehalda. He founded The Immortals and ended up imprisoned by alchemists in the Tower of Amalarui.

• Dark Rod attacked King's Harbor while the Shadow of Galax’s assault threw Stormwind City into chaos, and Phoenix helped defend the city as Xiao Yu watched before logging out.
• Xiao Yu chose an elemental creature, created the water elemental Azathoth, absorbed the Seed of Elements, and became a boiling water elemental.
• Azathoth helped Esmehalda defeat Molak and Balak, and the two signed a three-month contract that let her summon him and share their rewards.
• Azathoth aided Esmehalda at Blazing Flame Canyon, helped the Alliance enlist Baron Geddon’s fire elementals, and then fought Baron Geddon after Esmehalda turned against them.
• The Alliance defeated the Horde at the Burning Path, and Esmehalda founded the Storm Guard Army before the adventurers killed Baron Geddon and unlocked Azathoth’s Road of Vengeance quest.
• Azathoth reached level twenty, unlocked the boss Domination System, founded The Immortals, and chose Summon Minion--Fire Elemental.
• Azathoth accepted Leah Bloodmoon’s summon and arrived in the Tower of Amalarui, where alchemists trapped him and other summoned elementals in anti-magic cages.