Recaps

Shen Xing welcomed Kyle back from Black Hawk City with news that its forces would soon attack Weideng Royal City, and accepted Natalie, a refugee skilled in mushroom cultivation, into his territory. As the expansion update approached, he worried about Onyxia’s return, then learned that all his advancement materials had been matched and were on their way.

• Kyle returned safely with all twenty orcs and reported that Black Hawk City had begun assembling an army to attack Weideng Royal City.
• Kyle introduced Natalie, a refugee separated from her people who could grow mushrooms and had intermediate planting and mushroom cultivation skills.
• Shen Xing accepted Natalie into his territory and told Kyle to have Nimue arrange food and lodging for her.
• Shen Xing worried that Onyxia might not return before the expansion brought dangerous red mist.
• Ding Han called to say suitable matches had been found for all of Shen Xing’s advancement materials and that they would be delivered shortly.

Shen Xing received 68 advancement materials from the Anomaly Handling Bureau and discovered that his actual body seemed to travel into the Land of Mist when he logged in. He summoned more than six hundred max-level Tier Two troops to the territory’s southern gate so they could use the materials to advance.

• Shen Xing watched news about the approaching expansion, then accepted a case of 68 advancement materials from the deliveryman.
• Shen Xing used the Enhanced Mist Transmitter to send the materials to the Land of Mist and noticed that logging in felt different.
• Shen Xing checked a camera recording and saw his body grow illusory as he entered the Land of Mist, leading him to suspect the weakening world barrier had changed how travel worked.
• Shen Xing retrieved the materials and identified the four Tier Four items as meant for Leina, Knight Fordring, Onyxia, and Hellscream.
• Shen Xing ordered his commanders to gather troops at the southern gate, where more than six hundred max-level Tier Two troops assembled.

Shen Xing welcomed Onyxia back from her reconnaissance of the Blood Origin Cult and learned that the cult planned to seize Lord Haidesen in Weideng Royal City. He gave Onyxia Dragon Essence Blood to begin her breakthrough, while dozens of his troops completed their advances to Tier Three.

• Shen Xing distributed advancement materials to sixty-four troops and watched them begin their Tier Three breakthroughs.
• Onyxia returned from tracking the Blood Origin Cult and reported that it had summoned Tier Four fighters to capture Lord Haidesen when he entered Weideng Royal City.
• Shen Xing gave Onyxia Dragon Essence Blood, and she began breaking through toward Tier Four despite the increased difficulty of a second Master Trial.
• Dozens of troops completed their transformations into Tier Three powerhouses, and notifications confirmed their successful advances.

Shen Xing’s troops advanced to Tier Three as Onyxia entered an S-rank Master Trial that recreated her memories of the Shadow Dragon Tribe. After a month inside the illusion, she began doubting whether it was a trial at all, while Shen Xing observed that time passed far faster within it.

• Shen Xing counted 57 successful Tier Three breakthroughs among his troops and ordered them to prepare for the coming battle.
• Onyxia opened a spatial portal for her S-rank Master Trial, and Shen Xing learned he could watch and provide one instance of outside assistance.
• Onyxia awoke in a tent among familiar Shadow Dragon kin and recognized that the setting resembled her past in the Land of Dragons.
• Onyxia searched the tribe and surrounding land for a flaw in the illusion but found everything exactly as she remembered it.
• After a month passed inside the trial, Onyxia began questioning whether the experience was an illusion, while Shen Xing realized time flowed much faster inside than outside.

Onyxia recognized that her peaceful life with the Shadow Dragon Tribe was an illusion but struggled to leave the memories of Dragon Mother behind. When the Land of Dragons’ final war began and Dragon Mother gave her a teleportation stone, Onyxia faced the choice to escape or relive the tribe’s destruction.

• Onyxia realized the dragonkin around her were fragments of her memories, but Dragon Mother’s embrace made her wish the illusion could continue.
• After two months of living happily in the tribe, Onyxia rejected her companions as fake and prepared to break the illusion.
• The Shadow Dragon Tribe learned that the Green Dragon Lord and Blue Dragon Lord had betrayed the Land of Dragons, and its warriors flew into battle.
• Dragon Mother gave Onyxia a teleportation stone, urged her to survive, and joined the battle against the invaders.
• The trial prompt told Onyxia she could pass by escaping the Land of Dragons or surviving the war, but she hesitated as familiar dragons fell around her.

Onyxia confronted the choice between escaping the fallen Land of Dragons and fighting beside her family, then passed her Master Trial and became a Master Rank dragon. After awakening, she mourned her lost family and found comfort in Shen Xing, whom she kissed.

• Onyxia refused to flee when the Dragon Mother was struck down and fought the fog monsters beside her.
• Shen Xing told Onyxia to follow the choice in her heart, and she used her shadow power to fight until the trial ended.
• Pure shadow energy healed Onyxia, raised her to Master Rank, strengthened her Shadow Control, and unlocked Dark Extinction Dragon Flame and Dark Abyss Heavenly Prison.
• Onyxia emerged from the trial in a daze and told Shen Xing she had no family left.
• Shen Xing comforted Onyxia and promised that he and the territory were her family and home.
• Onyxia kissed Shen Xing, and he lifted her into his arms.

Shen Xing and Onyxia completed a soul exchange, strengthening his dragon origin and extending his transformation time. He examined Onyxia’s newly awakened abilities and discovered that her second-layer domain could create permanent shadow rifts that devoured enemies and altered the terrain.

• Shen Xing carried Onyxia to a cabin, where she agreed to be with him, and they completed a soul exchange.
• The system reported that Shen Xing’s dragon origin had strengthened and that his Arcane Blue Dragon and Ruin Black Dragon transformation durations had each increased by an hour.
• Shen Xing reflected on his life in the Land of Mist as Onyxia fell asleep against him.
• Shen Xing checked Onyxia’s status and read about her Dark Extinction Dragon Flame, which strengthened her defenses and attacks.
• Shen Xing learned that Onyxia’s second-layer Dark Abyss Heavenly Prison domain created permanent shadow rifts that could devour enemies and leave fissures in the terrain.

Shen Xing advanced Onyxia to Overlord Two-Star and organized his forces to defend the territory against the coming Blood Mist Frenzy. With the version update less than half an hour away, troops and defenses were in position for the attack.

• Shen Xing advanced Onyxia to Overlord Two-Star, unlocking her Dark Abyss Roar skill and greatly increasing her attributes.
• Shen Xing assembled more than 3,000 combat units and warned them that powerful monsters would attack after midnight.
• Shen Xing assigned heroes and troops to defend the four gates and ordered the orc gunners to deploy the Demon Flame Turrets and Storm Crossbow Bolt Launchers on the walls.
• The forces prepared their defenses as the time approached 11:32 p.m., with less than half an hour remaining before the version update.

As the World Origin contest with Blue Star approached, leaders across the Red Sand World prepared for battle and considered their world’s fragile barrier and limited unity. When the update reached 00:00, both worlds awaited the contest’s start.

• Eclipse Lord reassured the Red Sand World’s council that its longer history in the Land of Mist gave it more powerful lords than Blue Star.
• A white-robed man used his hourglass to reverse time around a dead tree and looked forward to challenging Blue Star’s SSS-rank talents.
• The Sand Feather Clan Leader awakened a shriveled young man and asked him to wish that his older brother Yaxin would take first place in the rankings.
• A crowned woman in a red gauze dress vowed to defend her people and struck the ground with her greatsword, releasing a vast red flower of energy.
• At 00:00, the lords of both worlds waited for the new expansion to begin.

During a one-hour time stop, Shen Xing tested its limits before the update ended and the first night's monster tide approached his territory. He saw a huge horde of level 15 Chaos Familiars Juvenile emerge from the red fog and ordered his troops to prepare for battle.

• The update froze time across the Land of Mist, and Shen Xing found that he could move but could not alter objects or enter the fog.
• Shen Xing discovered that Onyxia remained active during the time stop, then waited for the hour to end.
• The system announced that resource points had refreshed, new features were available, and the first night's monster tide was coming.
• The fog turned red, and Shen Xing's troops sensed an ominous presence approaching the territory.
• A huge horde of corpse-white Chaos Familiars Juvenile rushed out of the fog, and Shen Xing ordered his troops to prepare for the attack.

Shen Xing’s defenses slaughtered the first wave of Chaos Familiars, earning him points and abundant Soul Stones as the monsters advanced on his territory. When the wave reached five hundred meters from the walls, he ordered the artillery to fire and his archers and crossbowmen to target the bosses.

• Shen Xing inspected the Chaos Familiars’ abilities and saw Tier Four Overlord Flying Brains appear in the blood mist before they withdrew.
• Arrow towers bombarded the approaching juveniles and familiars with ice, fire, and lightning, killing large numbers despite their ability to split when they died.
• Shen Xing gained more than 2,000 points from the first concentrated volley and estimated that a night of fighting could yield a million Soul Stones.
• The Chaos Familiars advanced toward Shen Xing’s territory from every direction while the arrow towers continued cutting them down.
• When the monsters reached five hundred meters from the walls, Shen Xing ordered the artillerymen to fire and told archers and crossbowmen to aim for the boss monsters.

Shen Xing’s powerful defenses repelled waves of monsters while he learned that his territory faced an assault comparable to those targeting Master Rank strongholds. After checking reports and his allies’ messages, he remained alert for the monster tide to grow more dangerous.

• Shen Xing’s Demon Flame Turrets and defense towers blasted back the Chaos Spawn, while nearly twenty Tier Three Leader Rank vanguard officers charged toward the walls.
• The Storm Crossbow Bolts pierced and destroyed the vanguard officers before Da Hou and the other commanders could engage them.
• Shen Xing contacted Xia Wanyin and learned that only a few thousand monsters had attacked her territory, far fewer than the horde facing his own.
• Shen Xing checked forum reports and realized his territory was facing a monster horde similar in scale to those attacking Master Rank territories and giant cities.
• Shen Xing returned to Green Bubble and saw his allies celebrating their monster kills and asking where Jiayi was.

As the monster tide intensified, Shen Xing ordered his forces to prepare for close combat, but Hellscream and Gorehowl swiftly slaughtered the monsters that broke through. The defenses held as the battle continued, with an ice skeleton and a death knight joining the fighting.

• Xu Jiayi and Yu Feifei challenged each other to compete for the most monster-killing points while Shen Xing checked that his friends were managing the tide.
• The Flying Brains sent purple ripples through the horde, driving the Chaos Familiars into a frenzy and pushing them closer to Shen Xing’s walls.
• Shen Xing ordered the artillery to keep targeting dense groups and told his troops to prepare as monsters broke through the defensive fire.
• Hellscream repeatedly used his Bladestorm without a cooldown, wiping out the eastern district’s attackers and leaving Da Hou to abandon his bid for the spotlight.
• Gorehowl charged into the southern battlefield and killed monsters with his flaming greatsword as an ice skeleton and a death knight joined the fight.

Shen Xing’s forces held off the monster tide at all four gates, with Gorehowl’s drums and the Dretch Legion’s bombardment boosting the defenders’ power. As the first night’s assault continued toward the leaderboard reveal, Shen Xing hoped to place in the top hundred; the chapter ended by showing a strange red territory with no buildings or troops.

• Black Arrow and Xiao Hei cleared the south gate while Gorehowl beat the Drum of Invigoration to strengthen allied units.
• At the north gate, the buffed Dretch Legion devastated the monsters with volleys of Hellfire as Old Fordring and Leina supported the defense.
• Luna and the Silver Moon Knights swept through the west-gate horde, and Shen Xing judged that all four battlefields were secure.
• At three in the morning, Shen Xing expected the first monster tide to last until six, when the leaderboard and Points Shop would appear, and set his sights on the top hundred.
• Elsewhere in the Land of Mist, a special red territory stood without walls, buildings, or troops.

Territories across the Land of Mist fought off the first night of the Red Mist Frenzy, with a sand-wielding defender and Hanba wiping out Chaos monsters while Shen Xing’s forces held their walls. As the monsters retreated at dawn, Shen Xing worried that the elusive Flying Brains would threaten his territory again.

• A cloaked man scattered red sand that annihilated the Chaos monsters attacking a territory centered on a Sacred Flame Platform.
• A bell-wielding young man ordered his zombies to dodge and leap at the monsters, then awakened Hanba when the horde overwhelmed their defense.
• Hanba burst from an ancient bronze coffin and vaporized the Chaos monsters with its scorching heat.
• As the first night of the Red Mist Frenzy ended, lords shared reports of victories, pleas for help, and videos preserving their final moments.
• Shen Xing watched the Chaos monsters retreat and recalled how their Flying Brain commanders had directed attacks that killed eight of his orcs.
• Shen Xing concluded that his territory had suffered few losses, but the cautious Flying Brains remained a threat he had yet to overcome.

After the first night of the Blood Mist Frenzy, Shen Xing checked the Two Worlds Leaderboard and saw Blue Star badly trailing Red Sand World. The results shook Blue Star’s morale, and the chapter left Shen Xing watching the resulting panic spread across the world.

• Shen Xing ordered his troops to clear the battlefield, reset traps, and rest in shifts before the next night’s attack.
• The system opened the Two Worlds Leaderboard and warned that the Blood Mist Frenzy would grow harder after its first-night adjustment period.
• Shen Xing found himself ranked 66th with 561,659 points, while 721 of the top thousand lords came from Red Sand World and 279 from Blue Star.
• Blue Star’s lords reacted with despair as the leaderboard showed only two Blue Star experts in the top ten and Red Sand World’s Sand Lord far ahead in first place.
• Shen Xing checked the news and forums, seeing that Heavenly Star Nation’s shelter plans had eased public panic while people in other nations faced growing despair.

As unrest spread across Blue Star, Shen Xing and his companions discussed the possibility of bringing their families into their Land of Mist territories. Shen Xing reviewed the newly announced leaderboard rewards and opened the Points Shop, where he began browsing its exchange options.

• Shen Xing read reports of riots and public anger over Heavenly Star Nation’s shelter plan, then joined his Green Bubble discussion group.
• Xu Jiayi said she had seen an unconfirmed forum claim that people could bring their families into their territories once the worlds fully connected, reassuring Qin Lang.
• Qin Lang announced that the Two Worlds leaderboard rewards had been revealed, and Shen Xing logged in to inspect them.
• Shen Xing saw that his rank of 66th could earn him five Chaos Magic Stones and other valuable rewards, and he considered using the stones to strengthen his troops.
• Shen Xing opened the Points Shop and found Resources, Equipment, Scrolls, and Blueprints categories, then viewed the resource exchange list.

Shen Xing explored the Points Shop, discovered powerful rewards including a Chaos Origin Crystal, Legendary equipment, and a Legendary building blueprint, and resolved to earn more points. After Da Hou reported that the battlefield was cleared, Shen Xing collected the spoils and examined a newly acquired Invar Alloy Fragment.

• Shen Xing reviewed the Points Shop’s soul, equipment, scroll, and blueprint exchanges and noted the steep prices of its rarest rewards.
• Shen Xing decided to find a way to earn more points so he could exchange for a Chaos Origin Crystal.
• Da Hou reported that the battlefield had been cleared and handed Shen Xing a backpack of resources.
• Shen Xing transferred the loot, including over 1.35 million Soul Stones, several souls, and Invar Alloy Fragments.
• Shen Xing examined an Invar Alloy Fragment and observed its lightweight, metallic, Mithril-like appearance.

After the Blood Mist Frenzy, Shen Xing used his earnings to strengthen his troops and activated hundredfold Time Acceleration in the Lotus Pond. He also exchanged points for two Tier Four advancement materials, then arranged for the Anomaly Handling Bureau to seek trades while his territory continued defending against monsters.

• Shen Xing assessed the value of Invar alloy and decided to focus on distributing souls and training his troops during the daytime lull.
• He assigned the battle-earned souls to the troops who had contributed most, then led them into the Lotus Pond to cultivate while level-capped troops guarded the territory.
• Shen Xing invited Xia Wanyin and her Light Spirits to join the training, then activated hundredfold Time Acceleration for everyone in the Lotus Pond.
• He exchanged 400,000 points for two Tier Four Material Boxes and obtained an agate heart and a Broodmother's Eye, neither of which he could use.
• Shen Xing submitted a pickup order through the Anomaly Handling Bureau to find matches for the materials, then restarted hundredfold Time Acceleration as his territory maintained its defenses.

The Heavenly Star Nation refused to hand over its cube fragment for the Ark Plan until other countries addressed past wrongs and resolved 127 international cases. Meanwhile, Red Sand World celebrated its lead on the Two Worlds Leaderboard, convinced victory was certain.

• Leaders of four great nations agreed to activate the Ark Plan, but Li refused to surrender Heavenly Star’s cube fragment.
• Li demanded compensation, access to the overseas Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, public confessions and apologies over the Spiral Labyrinth incident, and resolution of 127 unresolved cases.
• The shifting shadow accepted Li’s initial conditions on behalf of the other nations, but Li insisted that the cube fragment would remain withheld until every listed case was resolved.
• In Red Sand World, a man with a flaming spear and the other gathered figures celebrated their leaderboard advantage and predicted victory.

Xu Jiayi considered trading for another bearer’s original sin to become an Inquisitor of Condemnation, while a beast-taming lord harvested a powerful fruit. Shen Xing finished a day of accelerated training and prepared his forces for the second Blood Mist Frenzy.

• In Red Sand World, the Eclipse Lord warned that Blue Star World’s experts could still overturn the rankings, but his companions trusted the Sand Lord to prevail.
• Xu Jiayi told Inquisitor Mary she was unwilling to sever her own [Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony] and proposed trading with a friend who bore another original sin; Mary agreed to consult her bishop about offering resources.
• A woman riding a white tiger harvested a ripe fruit that could raise beast troops’ levels and potentially awaken their talents, planning to use it to strengthen Duoduo.
• Shen Xing ended the Lotus Pond’s hundredfold acceleration after twelve hours, reviewed his troops’ gains, and told Xia Wanyin to prepare for the Blood Mist Frenzy.
• Shen Xing’s troops dispersed to train and patrol, while Onyxia gave him special training in dragon combat techniques.

Shen Xing evolved Onyxia to Overlord Three-Star, unlocking a powerful area attack, then gathered the territory’s troops for the coming Red Mist Frenzy. The territory’s growing forces assembled on the southern wall, strengthened by new dragon and Infernal bonds.

• Leina found Shen Xing and Onyxia after waiting outside their room, then told Onyxia she was glad she could help care for Shen Xing and protect the territory.
• Shen Xing used [Life-Sacrifice Evolution] to advance Onyxia to Overlord Three-Star, raising her attributes and unlocking Demonic Dragon Incinerates the Sea.
• Shen Xing, Onyxia, and Leina went to the southern wall, where Shen Xing ordered all units to assemble for battle.
• More than 3,000 combat troops assembled in nine and a half minutes as the territory’s Shadow Dragons surpassed ten and activated a bond that increased their strength and constitution by 20%.
• The territory’s 30 Tier Two Infernals activated their hundred-unit bond and awakened Flame Shell, which punished attackers with Infernal Flame.

Shen Xing's troops fought off a much larger second-night monster tide, but an unseen creature infiltrated the defenses and wounded him. He shifted into Ruin Black Dragon form and prepared to draw the attacker out while Leina and Onyxia stood ready.

• Shen Xing divided his troops among the four city gates as the second Blood Mist Frenzy began with a monster tide nearly twice the size of the previous night's.
• Luna, Xiao Hei, Gorehowl, and the other commanders led the troops in holding back the monsters with concentrated attacks.
• After three hours, Shen Xing's points rose from 560,000 to 1.14 million, though the battle consumed resources and exhausted many troops.
• Shen Xing noticed skeleton soldiers disappearing without a sound, then felt an invisible attacker stab his chest.
• Shen Xing shifted into Ruin Black Dragon form and stopped Leina and Onyxia from rushing over, choosing instead to draw the creature out.

Shen Xing and Onyxia repelled the second night of the Blood Mist Frenzy, then used the lull to collect points and buy materials. After the monsters retreated, Shen Xing’s territory prepared for recovery and further upgrades.

• Shen Xing caught a stealthy octopus-like monster and tore it apart after it ambushed him.
• Onyxia used her domains to suppress and kill 38,421 Chaos Familiars, while several powerful monsters escaped.
• The monster tide returned, and Shen Xing’s troops fought until the horde retreated at six in the morning.
• Shen Xing checked his ranking at 64th with 1,742,942 points and ordered the troops to clean up and choose between leveling and resting.
• Shen Xing spent 1.2 million points on six Tier Four Material Boxes and used the remainder to buy two more Tier Four boxes and fourteen Tier Three boxes.

After opening material chests and collecting the spoils from the battle, Shen Xing distributed souls to his troops and workers, then went to inspect Nimue’s porridge for the recovering warriors. The chapter ended as he approached the food carts, worried she might have added something strange.

• Shen Xing opened six Tier Four and fourteen Tier Three material chests, finding several materials suited to troops in his territory, and arranged to match them through the Pioneer Forum.
• Da Hou handed Shen Xing the collected battle spoils, including more than three million Soul Stones, and Shen Xing distributed souls to strengthen his troops.
• Shen Xing assessed the territory’s casualties and found workers helping clean the battlefield of their own accord; he gave them Common Souls and told them not to work overtime.
• Nimue and the cooks served wheat porridge to the warriors, who praised the food and the cooks.
• Shen Xing grew worried that Nimue might have put something strange in the porridge and wheeled himself over to inspect it.