Recaps

Shen Xing and his allies fought the Black Moon Knights, with Gorehowl, Bayonetta, and Master of Shadows leading the attack. When the knights rallied under their captain and launched another charge, Xu Jiayi used her treasured Scroll of Earth Power to strengthen an Elite stone man.

• Shen Xing summoned Gorehowl, Bayonetta, and Master of Shadows as the Black Moon Knights charged.
• Gorehowl used Blood Ignition and Dwarven Spirits to charge through the knights, while Bayonetta and Master of Shadows struck them from range and flank.
• Shen Xing's skeleton archers, stone men, and orcs attacked the fallen knights, but the captain rallied his troops and led another charge.
• Shen Xing identified the Elite Three Stars knight captain as the key to breaking the knights' formation.
• Xu Jiayi opened a Scroll of Earth Power, temporarily raising the Elite stone man's strength and size.

Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, and Qin Lang defeated the Black Moon Knights after Xu Jiayi's golem shattered their formation, then collected the spoils. Their victory impressed the observers outside the Mist Void Realm, while injured players were eliminated and learned that the trio had survived the tenth wave.

• Xu Jiayi's stone golem rolled through the Black Moon Knights, breaking their formation as Shen Xing and Qin Lang prepared to counterattack.
• Gorehowl and Bayonetta overwhelmed the knight captain, and Da Hou killed him before the group wiped out the remaining knights.
• Qin Lang, Shen Xing, and Xu Jiayi surveyed their casualties, then collected the knights' sword, recruitment scrolls, Soul Stones, and silver coins.
• Jiang Rong and Elder Wang praised the trio's victory, and Elder Wang promised Zhou Zheng a B-rank contribution and a possible promotion.
• Yu Feifei and Gu Feng emerged injured, and Yu Feifei realized the trio had survived the tenth wave.
• Xiang Dong was teleported out of the Mist Void Realm, badly wounded and bleeding.

Shen Xing and his companions continued into the eleventh wave of Endless Mode, where a Boss Rank Human-Faced Demon Bird attacked them with a mind-controlling shriek. Gorehowl ensnared the monster, and a red-lit winged figure descended to strike it as the audience watched anxiously.

• Xiang Dong emerged after defeating the Black Moon Knights, then learned that Shen Xing and his two companions had cleared the tenth wave and remained in the challenge.
• Shen Xing persuaded Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi to attempt the eleventh wave, and the trio waited for the next monster.
• A Boss Rank Human-Faced Demon Bird emerged from the mist, prompting alarm among the spectators who recognized its mental attacks.
• The bird shrieked and caused nearby troops to attack indiscriminately, so Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi prepared to retreat.
• Shen Xing ordered Gorehowl to act, and Gorehowl threw a net that dragged the Human-Faced Demon Bird from the sky.
• As the bird tore at the net, a red-lit figure with black wings and a flaming battle-axe descended toward it.

Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, and Qin Lang defeated the eleventh wave of Endless Mode before withdrawing, and Elder Wang warned the players that a large-scale mist disaster might be approaching. After earning the top three rankings, Shen Xing drew the attention of Jiangcheng’s players and was invited by Gu Feng to join a chat group of powerful lords.

• Hellscream killed the Boss Rank Human-Faced Demon Bird with a boosted strike, stunning the players and the Anomaly Handling Bureau personnel watching the challenge.
• Elder Wang praised Zhou Zheng for discovering Shen Xing and offered him an Expert Rank advancement material, while Zhou Zheng privately admitted he had not known about Shen Xing’s trump card.
• Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, and Qin Lang collected the bird’s loot, then withdrew because the next wave might contain a Transcendent Rank monster and their stamina was nearly spent.
• Back in the parking lot, Zhou Zheng told them they had claimed all three top spots after clearing the eleventh wave, and Elder Wang warned that rising mist readings could lead to a disaster across multiple cities.
• Gu Feng approached Shen Xing and invited him to join a chat group of Jiangcheng’s promising lords, including Transcendent Rank and Expert Rank members.

After the Mist Void Realm battle, Zhou Zheng explained the trio’s generous rewards and warned them about companies seeking to recruit them. Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, and Qin Lang then counted the spoils they had collected, leaving their division for later.

• Zhou Zheng told Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, and Qin Lang that each would receive an advanced treasure chest, nine Greater Soul Stones, a Hero Tavern, and ten thousand contribution points.
• Zhou Zheng explained that Land of Mist conglomerates might approach the three to invest in their potential, and advised them to consider any offers carefully.
• After Zhou Zheng left to arrange their rewards, Xu Jiayi rejected joining a company, while Shen Xing warned that such support would likely come with strings attached.
• Shen Xing suggested they count their spoils, and Qin Lang emptied their haul onto the conference table.
• The three tallied their materials and treasures, including 1,752 Soul Stones, 6,315 Vinar Silver Coins, two Dazzling Boss Rank Souls, and sixteen Black Moon Knights Recruitment Scrolls.

After dividing the Mist Void Realm loot, Shen Xing, Qin Lang, and Xu Jiayi collected their rewards and received experimental Mist Transmitters from Zhou Zheng. Their advancement chests yielded treasures none of them could use, so they listed one for trade and spent their contribution points on supplies.

• Shen Xing divided the battle loot among himself, Xu Jiayi, and Qin Lang according to their contributions, choosing Black Moon Knight Recruitment Scrolls and a Brilliant Gem for himself.
• Zhou Zheng gave the three their rewards and announced that their performance had earned him a promotion to brigade captain.
• Zhou Zheng presented each of them with a one-use Mist Transmitter that could transfer up to one cubic meter of game items at once.
• Shen Xing, Qin Lang, and Xu Jiayi opened their advancement chests and found a Vampire Fang, a Porcupine Quill, and a Kobold Candle, none of which they could use.
• Shen Xing listed his unwanted advancement treasure in exchange for an Orc Totem and bought Mithril ×100 and Black Crystal ×1,000 for 6,600 contribution points.

After shopping, Shen Xing and his companions accepted a reward document listing ten Greater Soul Stones, though they knew the actual amount was nine and chose to sign without questioning Zhou Zheng. Back home, Shen Xing learned from his group chat how players could combine materials with magic, then used the gray sphere to absorb his rewards and resources.

• Shen Xing bought Mithril, Black Crystal, and two blueprints, while Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi also spent their contribution points on supplies.
• A clerk presented the trio with a reward document listing ten Greater Soul Stones, but Zhou Zheng told her the document was wrong and to use the stated number.
• Shen Xing, Qin Lang, and Xu Jiayi signed the document without correcting it, and Zhou Zheng returned to his office and checked his Greed talent.
• Shen Xing found practical crafting ideas in his group chat, including ways to enhance spells with minerals and powders.
• Shen Xing ignored a friend request from She and Her Cat, then used the gray metal sphere to absorb his Soul Stones, Mithril, and other rewards.

Shen Xing transferred his stored materials into the territory, built a Hero Altar, and learned several new blueprints. He summoned sixteen Black Moon Knights, who submitted to him.

• Shen Xing transferred the materials from the transmitter into his inventory and broke down nine Greater Soul Stones into ordinary Soul Stones.
• Shen Xing began building a Hero Altar beside the Moon Well, a project expected to take nearly sixty hours.
• Shen Xing learned the Ice Arrow Tower and Tripwire Trap blueprints and examined the Demonic Shadow Sword.
• Shen Xing summoned all sixteen Black Moon Knights, who appeared mounted on black warhorses and faced him.
• The Black Moon Knights dismounted and saluted Shen Xing, declaring their submission while Hellscream and Gorehowl stood ready nearby.

Shen Xing examined the Black Moon Knights, used elite souls to evolve one into a powerful captain named Xiao Hei, and assigned him to lead the others. He then revealed the Hero Tavern, which could summon nearby neutral units and potentially recruit special talents, and prepared to place it in his territory.

• Shen Xing inspected the Black Moon Knights’ strong attributes and skills, then selected a sword-wielding knight to become a squad leader.
• The knight used two elite souls to reach two-star potential, but his attempt to advance further failed.
• Shen Xing gave him another elite soul, enabling him to reach elite three-star potential, upgrade his armor, and unlock Evil Light Slash.
• Shen Xing named the transformed knight Xiao Hei, gave him the Demonic Shadow Sword, and told him to train with the other Black Moon Knights.
• Shen Xing examined the purple Hero Tavern reward and learned that it could summon nearby neutral units and offer a chance to recruit special talents.

Shen Xing completed major upgrades to his territory, declined lucrative company offers, and joked with Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi in a group chat. He ended the chapter discussing experts in another group as preparations for a troop breakthrough approached.

• Shen Xing built a tavern, began constructing a circular stone wall, evolved a dretch, and set traps around his territory.
• Shen Xing discovered he had only 4.86 yuan left and decided to borrow money from Qin Lang.
• Shen Xing received generous partnership offers but declined them because he valued his freedom and needed to conceal [Life-Sacrifice Evolution].
• Qin Lang showed off a company offer in the discussion group, and Shen Xing asked him to lend two hundred yuan.
• Shen Xing told Qin Lang he had seen promising discussion in another group, and Qin Lang agreed that it was full of experts.

Shen Xing received the Orc Totem he had traded for and returned to find his territory greatly expanded, with new walls, arrow towers, homes, and a tavern. Gorehowl reported reaching level 9 and said he and the other orcs had begun absorbing Soul Stones much faster.

• Shen Xing agreed to join Xia Wanyin in attacking the Silver Holy Land the next day and ignored another friend request from She and Her Cat.
• Hellscream investigated a splash by the well and noticed that the territory had been mysteriously cleaned overnight.
• Shen Xing learned that the exchange had found a match for his consignment, then received and teleported the Orc Totem to his territory.
• Shen Xing saw that his territory had gained a complete stone wall, eight arrow towers, ten cottages, and a tavern.
• Gorehowl told Shen Xing that he had reached level 9 and that the orcs were absorbing Soul Stones much faster after the previous day's battle.

After Gorehowl’s battle experience accelerated his growth, Shen Xing raised him to Boss One Star, unlocking powerful blood-based abilities. He then gave Hellscream an orc totem and ordered him to begin breaking through to Tier Two.

• Shen Xing learned from the forum that intense combat could help flesh-and-blood troops absorb Soul Stones faster.
• Shen Xing used Life-Sacrifice Evolution to raise Gorehowl to Boss One Star, and Gorehowl endured the painful transformation.
• Gorehowl gained Bloodthirsty Instinct and Blood Pursuit, then showed Shen Xing his increased strength and attributes.
• Hellscream declared he would become stronger than Gorehowl, and Shen Xing gave him an orc totem to begin his Tier Two breakthrough.

Gideon led his forces to attack Shen Xing’s territory, but Shen Xing’s defenses stopped their half-werewolf charge before it reached the wall. The battle began with the attackers caught in a hidden wire trap.

• Shen Xing learned that his food reserves would last only two more days and planned to take the Silver Holy Land after Hellscream’s breakthrough.
• An Eye of True Seeing spotted Gideon’s force near the territory, and Shen Xing prepared to face the approaching enemy.
• Gideon advanced with Leina and dozens of followers, dismissing her objections and declaring that Shen Xing would die.
• Shen Xing confronted Gideon outside the walls, and Gideon ordered his villagers to attack.
• Gideon’s followers used boulders to trigger the beast traps, transformed into half-werewolves, and charged the wall.
• Fine iron wires sprang up in the half-werewolves’ path, catching them before they reached the territory.

Shen Xing’s traps drove Gideon’s werewolf army back, but Gideon sent the powerful Warwick to attack. Warwick overwhelmed Da Hou before Gorehowl confronted him, and Gideon demanded that Warwick demonstrate the might of a Transcendent.

• Shen Xing’s tripwires and mobile wire nets wounded and scattered Gideon’s transformed werewolves.
• Gideon ordered Warwick to attack, and Warwick cut through the Black Moon Knights’ wires and rushed toward Shen Xing.
• Da Hou charged Warwick to protect Shen Xing, but Warwick dodged his axes and gravely wounded him with one claw strike.
• Gorehowl charged Warwick while engulfed in blood-red flames and met his claws head-on, forcing him to stagger back.
• Gideon recognized Gorehowl as a Boss One Star troop, then ordered Warwick to show the others the power of a Transcendent.

Shen Xing’s newly Transcendent Rank Hellscream badly wounded Warwick, and Shen Xing’s forces overwhelmed Gideon’s werewolves with powerful buffs and reinforcements. Gideon fled into the mist while Leina stayed behind to confront the pursuing Black Moon Knights.

• Warwick transformed into a giant wolf and slashed Gorehowl repeatedly while Shen Xing waited for Hellscream to break through.
• Hellscream descended on Warwick with [Fel Fire Body Burning] and a blazing greataxe, knocking him back into human form and gravely injuring him.
• Gideon ordered his werewolves to attack Shen Xing, but Gorehowl’s buffs strengthened the orcs as skeleton archers and the Black Moon Knights joined the battle.
• The boosted orcs and reinforcements slaughtered the werewolves, forcing Gideon to flee into the mist.
• Shen Xing sent Xiao Hei and the Black Moon Knights after Gideon, and Leina removed her cloak, summoned flames, and charged at them.

Shen Xing’s forces defeated Gideon’s werewolves, and Shen Xing extorted Gideon before executing him to prevent future threats. He collected the loot from Gideon’s corpse, including Soul Stones, soul fragments, silver coins, and an ancient monocular.

• A black crescent blade struck down the flame-wielding woman, while light arrows wounded Gideon as he tried to flee into the fog.
• Xia Wanyin and her light elementals cornered Gideon, and Shen Xing’s orcs and skeleton archers defeated the remaining werewolves and captured the survivors.
• Shen Xing demanded money from Gideon, who transferred five hundred thousand US dollars and then a further sum of just over 143,000 dollars through Xia Wanyin’s international account.
• Shen Xing ordered Xiao Hei to kill Gideon, who died before he could finish cursing him.
• Shen Xing collected the items that dropped from Gideon’s corpse, including three Greater Soul Stones.

Shen Xing collected Gideon’s loot, killed a defiant werewolf captive, and recruited the remaining prisoners, including the hero Leina Yenait. He discovered Leina’s powerful abilities and began examining her hero skills.

• Shen Xing inspected Captain Jack's Spyglass and found that it could reveal units through mist and dispel illusions.
• Shen Xing ordered Gorehowl to throw a defiant Tier Two werewolf into the mist, where he died.
• The other captives agreed to join Shen Xing’s territory, adding thirteen werewolves and Leina Yenait to its population.
• Shen Xing discovered that Leina was a Boss One Star hero with extensive fire magic, powerful hero skills, and the Fire Spirit Body talent.
• Shen Xing opened Leina’s Flame Aura details and learned that it boosted allied fire resistance and damage while reducing fire-skill cooldowns.

Shen Xing recruited Leina and led his forces into the mist to claim Gideon's territory. Meanwhile, Gideon offered a real-world bounty on Shen Xing, then unleashed deadly mist at a school before a mysterious white-haired girl killed him.

• Shen Xing saw the power of Leina's Blazing Flame Domain and ordered her and the other prisoners freed and given Moon Spring Water.
• Shen Xing told Leina to take him to Gideon's territory, and he led thirteen orcs and Xia Wanyin's Light Spirit squad into the mist.
• In Ou Country, Gideon woke in a panic, offered a group chat two million US dollars and a Philadelphia property to kill Shen Xing, and went to a school as the mist began to overtake him.
• Gideon released gray mist at the school gates, killing everyone it touched, then waited for something to appear.
• A white-haired girl holding a battered rabbit doll rose among the fallen children and crushed Gideon with an invisible force.

Shen Xing led Xia Wanyin and his troops through the forest to Gideon’s hidden territory, where Leina persuaded the surviving werewolves to submit. Shen Xing then ordered the territory’s buildings dismantled so their materials could be taken back.

• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin followed Leina’s directions through the vine-choked forest while Hellscream cleared a path.
• Shen Xing checked Hellscream’s attributes and found that his Tier Two breakthrough had greatly increased his abilities.
• Shen Xing’s party reached Gideon’s territory, where Leina told the patrolling werewolves that Gideon and Warwick had been killed.
• Two werewolves attacked Shen Xing’s party and Hellscream killed them, after which the remaining werewolves accepted Shen Xing’s rule.
• Shen Xing ordered his orcs and the newly submitted werewolves to tear down the territory’s buildings and collect their materials.

Shen Xing claimed Gideon’s buildings and supplies, then led Xia Wanyin and their forces to attack the Silver Holy Land for its Moonlight Wheat. The battle began beneath the Silver Ancient Tree, where Hellscream confronted the tree knight.

• Shen Xing dismantled Gideon’s werewolf lair, Moon Well, and blacksmith’s shop after Xia Wanyin declined to take one.
• Shen Xing collected Gideon’s food, building materials, and other supplies, then sent Leina ahead with the new werewolves and dismantled materials.
• Shen Xing agreed to attack the Silver Holy Land, and Xia Wanyin eagerly joined him to claim Moonlight Wheat.
• Shen Xing’s party reached the Silver Ancient Tree and attacked the Fallen Overseers, Fel Hounds, and slave plantation.
• The tree knight charged into battle, and Hellscream used his ability to create six copies that attacked from all sides.

Shen Xing’s forces defeated the Great Tree Knight and Fallen Overseers, but a Transcendent Rank Human-Faced Demon Bird ambushed them before Xia Wanyin rescued them and Hellscream killed it. They gathered a rich haul, including a Knight’s Proof and Black Spirit Wood, and Xia Wanyin proposed taking two of the six special treasures while Shen Xing took four.

• Hellscream defeated the Great Tree Knight, and Shen Xing’s forces and Xia Wanyin’s Light Spirit legion finished off the Fallen Overseers.
• A Transcendent Rank Human-Faced Demon Bird ambushed the group, stunning Shen Xing and their troops as it swooped toward him.
• Xia Wanyin used an ancient scroll to dispel the daze, and Hellscream struck the bird down before killing it.
• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin searched the area for further threats, then collected Soul Stones, Black Spirit Wood, a Knight’s Proof, and other loot.
• Shen Xing offered to split the six special treasures evenly, but Xia Wanyin said he should take four because he had contributed more.

Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin divided their first batch of spoils, then harvested and split the Moonlight Wheat and slave laborers at the Silver Holy Land. Shen Xing learned that Lord Haidesen had seized Weideng Royal City before a forbidden experiment caused it to vanish into the mist, and the two left with their shares of wheat and workers.

• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin divided the monster loot, with Xia Wanyin taking a Boss Rank soul, the [Ancient Tree Greatshield], Soul Stones, and soul fragments.
• As the laborers began harvesting the Moonlight Wheat, one warned Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin that it was an offering to Lord Haidesen, ruler of Weideng Royal City and commander of a huge army.
• A young slave told Shen Xing that Weideng Royal City had been sealed off after Haidesen's forbidden experiments angered an ancient god and caused the city to fall into the mist.
• Shen Xing checked the forum's background records, learned how Haidesen rose from slavery to rule Weideng and lost the city in an experiment gone wrong, then named the young slave Monday.
• Monday led the workers in harvesting the wheat, and Shen Xing inspected its strengthening effects and considered growing it in his territory.
• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin split the harvest and the 46 slaves evenly, each taking about a thousand kilograms of wheat and 23 workers.

Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin harvested wheat, red soil, and Silver Sacred Fruits from the Silver Holy Land before unusual rain forced them to return to their territories. Shen Xing reached home safely with his people, while the rain stirred up monsters in the mist.

• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin had their workers dig up rich red soil, and Xia Wanyin explained that Silver Ancient Trees could not be transplanted but might be grown from rare seeds.
• Xia Wanyin sensed a strong life aura in the Silver Ancient Tree, so Shen Xing sent Hellscream into its canopy, where he found ripe Silver Sacred Fruits.
• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin split sixteen gold-quality fruits, each of which permanently increased all four attributes by 20 points.
• The group collected the red soil and wheat, then left the Silver Holy Land when unusual rain began and Xia Wanyin warned that it could enrage mist monsters.
• Shen Xing's group fought several waves of monsters on the journey and returned to his territory, where Leina and the werewolves awaited him.

Shen Xing organized new farmland and stored supplies before placing buildings captured from Gideon and summoning a powerful hippogryph. The hippogryph immediately raided the granary, and Hellscream dragged it back outside, subdued and wilted.

• Shen Xing ordered Monday and the other laborers to cultivate red soil outside the southern wall, promised them food, and assigned skeleton archers to guard them.
• Shen Xing had orcs make a rain shelter, moved food into a temporary warehouse, and began sorting through his expedition spoils.
• Shen Xing placed a second Moon Well and a Werewolf Den, considering whether orcs could ride the werewolves as wolf riders.
• Shen Xing placed Gideon's blacksmith's forge and used a Hippogryph Recruitment Scroll to summon an Elite ★★★ hippogryph.
• The newly summoned hippogryph charged into the granary and ate from it until Hellscream rushed in and dragged it back outside.

Shen Xing fed and named his newly summoned hippogriff Fried Chicken, then upgraded his territory while worrying about its growing food needs. Back in Jiangcheng, he received Xia Wanyin’s payment, arranged to meet Qin Lang and Jiayi, and prepared to test the Silver Sacred Fruits.

• Shen Xing let the hungry hippogriff eat, named it Fried Chicken, and ordered Hellscream to train it to absorb Soul Stones and reach level 9.
• Shen Xing built more houses, upgraded eight arrow towers into Ice Arrow Towers, and continued upgrading the Bonfire before logging out.
• Shen Xing noticed it was raining in both the Land of Mist and Jiangcheng, then received a transfer of 3,612,500 yuan from Xia Wanyin.
• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin discussed her Light Spirit’s promotion to Boss Rank and agreed to explore a treasure site together.
• Shen Xing invited Qin Lang and Jiayi to the Player Association the next day, and they each hinted they had something to give him.
• Shen Xing summoned two Silver Sacred Fruits and ate one to test its effects.