Recaps

Shen Xing learned that Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang had found monster-farming areas near their territories, while Xia Wanyin discovered a vast underground ruin and invited him to explore it after the leaderboard event. That night, an intruder tried to snipe Shen Xing at his villa, but Zhou Zheng intercepted and killed him, then warned the Anomaly Handling Bureau that more attackers might be nearby.

• Shen Xing discussed the final leaderboard push with Qin Lang and learned that Xu Jiayi had risen to rank 113 by hunting walking corpses in a mass grave.
• Qin Lang described farming corrupted tree spirits near his territory and explained that fire drove them away.
• Xia Wanyin told Shen Xing she had reached the top 300 and found a huge underground ruin; they agreed to explore it together after the event.
• A black-clad attacker assembled a sniper rifle on the hill behind Shen Xing's villa and aimed at its surveillance camera.
• Zhou Zheng confiscated the attacker's weapons and equipment, then used his ability to kill him.
• Zhou Zheng told the Anomaly Handling Bureau the attacker was from Wind Eagle Country and ordered heightened vigilance in the surrounding area.

As lords recklessly raced for leaderboard positions, hidden monsters killed many of them, forcing survivors to reconsider the Land of Mist as a deadly trial. The next morning, Shen Xing awoke to torrential rain, received a warning from Qin Lang, and remained confident he could take first place.

• A buzz-cut lord and his army were killed when a group of Abominations self-destructed around them.
• A tall woman leading two hundred troops opened a building in an abandoned town, and a flood of bloody water swallowed her army.
• As deaths mounted and leaderboard names vanished, many lords stopped taking reckless risks and prioritized survival.
• Shen Xing woke to heavy rain and checked reports showing storms and flooding across much of the world.
• An Anomaly Handling Bureau deliveryman brought Shen Xing a package, and Qin Lang warned him that top-ranked players had died while pursuing points.
• Shen Xing replied with an OK sticker and said he expected to take first place on the final day.

Shen Xing used Life-Sacrifice Evolution on the gravely injured Black Arrow, hoping to save him. Black Arrow appeared to fall apart, but reassembled as an ice-powered undead with a hidden class and new abilities.

• Shen Xing learned from Xiao Hei that a powerful, icy walking corpse had exploded beside Black Arrow, leaving him near death.
• Shen Xing found Black Arrow frozen and barely alive in the hot spring and decided to try Life-Sacrifice Evolution despite its warning of a high chance of failure.
• Black Arrow agreed to the evolution, but his bones shattered and scattered across the floor.
• Xiao Hei realized Black Arrow was not dead as his bones gathered and reassembled amid a sudden freeze.
• Black Arrow transformed into an Icebone Executioner, reaching Boss One Star and gaining ice-based abilities and the Frost Yin Qi talent.

Shen Xing watched Black Arrow evolve into an Ice Bone Executioner, then led his troops back to the lava cavern to fight hell creatures and raise his leaderboard points. As his score closed in on Lachlan’s, Lachlan revealed that his family had secretly sent a Master Rank troop to kill Shen Xing.

• Shen Xing examined Black Arrow’s new ice skills and Frost Yin Qi talent, then learned she could speak in short phrases.
• Shen Xing assembled his forces and led nearly three hundred troops through the rain to the underground lava cavern.
• Shen Xing’s orcs and skeleton archers attacked the hell creatures, rapidly increasing his leaderboard points.
• A woman warned Lachlan that Shen Xing had passed Dolores and was closing the gap with him.
• Lachlan said his family’s secretly raised Master Rank troop would eliminate Shen Xing and that they would deny responsibility.

Lachlan and the other major factions received provocative aerial photographs that made them call off an operation, while Shen Xing retook first place and continued advancing through the Hell Portal cavern. By around ten o’clock, Shen Xing was nearly a thousand points ahead of Lachlan as the portal’s energy began to build.

• Lachlan learned that the operation had been called off after the Heavenly Star Nation sent a photograph of his island, and he saw that the photographer had raised a middle finger at the camera.
• The major faction leaders received similar photographs of their secret locations with a message challenging them, and they fell silent.
• Shen Xing retook first place with 15,500 points, then sensed powerful auras pass overhead and suspected that people were targeting him.
• Shen Xing led his troops through the cavern as Black Arrow froze monsters with Frost Yin Qi and the orc army shattered them.
• Shen Xing noticed that the Hell Portal beneath the magma pool might be advancing to Three Eyes, but continued clearing monsters and gaining points.
• By around ten o’clock, Shen Xing had reached 18,000 points and stood nearly a thousand points ahead of Lachlan.

Shen Xing let a Tier Three demon emerge from the Hell Portal, then summoned the Shadow Demon Dragon with a broken ring. The dragon crushed the demon and shattered the portal, leaving Shen Xing stunned by its power.

• Shen Xing noticed the Hell Portal evolving into a Three Eyes Portal as a demon began forcing its way through.
• Shen Xing held Hellscream and Xiao Hei back while the demon emerged and threatened the cavern’s troops.
• Shen Xing taunted the demon and activated the broken ring, summoning the Shadow Demon Dragon.
• The Shadow Demon Dragon dragged the demon through the portal and crushed it, causing the portal to shatter.
• Shen Xing marveled at the dragon’s strength, then saw the dragon looking back at him.

Shen Xing checked the points earned from the Shadow Demon Dragon’s kill and surged past twenty thousand, securing a massive lead over Lachlan. As pioneers worldwide reacted to the rankings, Lachlan realized he could no longer catch up before the event ended.

• The Shadow Demon Dragon vanished after killing the War Demon General, and Shen Xing discovered the kill had earned him 3,000 points.
• Director Zhang and Elder Wang discussed Shen Xing’s chances of taking first place while Lachlan fought undead to close the gap.
• Jiang Rong noticed Shen Xing’s score had jumped, and the officials saw that he had taken a commanding lead.
• Pioneers worldwide debated how Shen Xing had gained over three thousand points at once, while the chapter explained that Elder Wang’s damaged ring had let him summon the dragon soul.
• Shen Xing saw that his score had passed twenty thousand and concluded Lachlan had little chance of overtaking him before midnight.

Shen Xing secured first place in the Points Leaderboard after defeating a Tier Three demon, destroying the Hell Portal, and continuing to hunt monsters until the event ended. He collected his ranking rewards and led his troops back toward his territory, where an orange-red glow burned in the mist.

• Shen Xing sent Hellscream to collect the loot from the lava cavern, including two orange items, two gold items, an Elite Three Stars troop nest, and Greater Soul Stones.
• Shen Xing led his troops through the mist to hunt more monsters and build his lead over Lachlan before the leaderboard closed.
• The system announced the final standings and revealed that the Rain God Avatar Challenge would begin in 24 hours for the top 100 Pioneers.
• Shen Xing received the first-place rewards, including a Brilliant Leader Rank Soul, three Troop Nest Enhancement Stones, three gold gems of his choice, and a Proof of Hero.
• Shen Xing ordered his troops to return to the city and approached his territory with Fried Chicken, spotting an orange-red glow in the mist.

Shen Xing returned to his territory and examined his leaderboard rewards and the spoils from killing a demon. After placing an Elite Three Stars Infernal troop nest, he watched a flaming meteorite emerge from the mist and race toward him.

• Shen Xing returned to his territory, where Leina practiced swordsmanship and skeletons patrolled the walls.
• Shen Xing used Enhancement Stones to upgrade the Orc Nest, Lesser Demon Nest, and Skeleton Archer Den.
• Shen Xing inspected a Brilliant Leader Rank Soul, fifty Kingdom Gold Coins, and the Proof of Hero, but postponed choosing which troop to make a hero.
• Shen Xing placed the Elite Three Stars Infernal troop nest in the western outer city.
• A green-flaming meteorite burst through the mist and hurtled toward Shen Xing.

Shen Xing summoned ten Elite Infernals and examined a Hell Chariot blueprint that could speed up his troops’ exploration. He sought Logan at the smithy to find out whether the blacksmith could build it, but Logan’s Intermediate Forging Mastery fell short of the blueprint’s requirements.

• Shen Xing narrowly dodged a meteor and used resources to summon ten level-five Elite Infernals.
• He inspected the Infernals’ combat skills and learned they could enter a dormant stone form and consume Soul Stones to restore their energy.
• Shen Xing examined the Hell Chariot blueprint and realized its speed and capacity could help his troops explore farther afield.
• He went to the smithy and asked Logan, the cyclops blacksmith with Intermediate Forging Mastery, whether he could build the chariot.

Shen Xing examined the rewards from the leaderboard and the war demon general, including a Tier Two Lord’s Heart, a dangerous War Demon General Heart, and the epic greatsword [Twilight Purgatory]. He decided to postpone his advancement until after the Rain God avatar challenge and saved the weapon for Hellscream, then watched Hellscream’s troops return to the territory.

• Logan told Shen Xing that an [Advanced Blacksmith's Manual] might help him break through to advanced blacksmith, and Shen Xing left the smithy to inspect more loot.
• Shen Xing examined the [Lord's Heart] and chose to wait a day before advancing because the Rain God avatar challenge was restricted to lords below Tier Two.
• Shen Xing inspected the War Demon General Heart, judged its fusion too dangerous to attempt immediately, and considered Hellscream as a possible candidate.
• Shen Xing examined [Twilight Purgatory], admired its powerful attributes and effects, and decided it would suit Hellscream once he reached the required level.
• Hellscream and his travel-worn troops returned through the city gates.

Shen Xing used the Proof of Hero to help Hellscream begin his breakthrough into a hero. He then offered Gorehowl the dangerous War Demon General Heart, and Gorehowl agreed to merge with it despite the risk of death.

• Shen Xing told the returning troops to rest and kept Hellscream behind to offer him the Proof of Hero.
• Hellscream hesitated, but Shen Xing persuaded him that advancing would help him lead the territory, so Hellscream crushed the seal and began his transformation.
• Gorehowl watched Hellscream's breakthrough with envy but resolved to grow stronger and catch up to him.
• Shen Xing offered Gorehowl the War Demon General Heart and warned that merging with it could kill him.
• Gorehowl accepted the risk, and Shen Xing tossed him the heart to begin the merge.

Shen Xing watched Gorehowl endure the violent power of the War Demon General’s heart while Hellscream completed his transformation into a hero. Hellscream gained powerful orc-focused skills and new territory duties, while Gorehowl’s breakthrough remained unresolved.

• Shen Xing watched the heart’s energy devastate Gorehowl, who briefly regained control long enough to put his burst eyeballs back into their sockets before the blood mist hid him.
• Hellscream completed his transformation beneath a pillar of sacred light and advanced to a hero unit with a 30% increase to all attributes.
• Shen Xing examined Hellscream’s new Orc War Soul and Desperate Brawl skills, noting their powerful effects on orcs and the potential cost of using fallen orcs to strengthen survivors.
• Hellscream saluted Shen Xing, who told him that becoming a hero was only the beginning.
• Shen Xing tested Hellscream’s new abilities to demolish and construct buildings and recruit units, allowing him to help manage the territory.

Gorehowl completed his fusion with the Heart of the War Demon General, awakening as a powerful War Knight and advancing to Tier Two. Shen Xing examined Gorehowl’s new war-based abilities and limitless-growth talent, recognizing their potential while noting that the actual gains would depend on the scale of each battle.

• Gorehowl’s fusion stirred bloodlust among the territory’s combatants before he emerged from the blood mist transformed.
• System notifications revealed Gorehowl’s hidden War Knight class, boosted attributes, new skills and talent, and advancement to Tier Two at level 14.
• Shen Xing inspected Power of War and Declaration of Strife and considered how the latter could make enemies attack one another from a distance.
• Shen Xing discovered that Authority of War permanently increased Gorehowl’s attributes through battles and wars, with no stated upper limit.
• Shen Xing concluded that Gorehowl’s new abilities were exceptionally powerful but that his growth would depend on how much each battle increased his attributes.

Shen Xing celebrated Gorehowl’s advancement and tested his new weapon, then logged out and read his friends’ reactions to the rankings. The chapter ended with Qin Lang asking whether Shen Xing was offline.

• Gorehowl advanced to Tier Two as a War Knight, and Shen Xing praised him while he and Hellscream discussed sparring.
• Shen Xing gave Gorehowl Twilight Purgatory, and its power activated in Gorehowl’s hands, greatly boosting his combat strength.
• Shen Xing reviewed Hellscream’s and Gorehowl’s attributes, then built two windmills and logged out of the territory.
• Shen Xing read the Jiangcheng Heavenly Pride group’s discussion about his first-place ranking, while members tried to identify him as Spark.
• Qin Lang told Shen Xing and Xu Jiayi that he had placed 894th and described his family’s reaction; Xu Jiayi said her mother had called after she made the top hundred.
• Qin Lang tagged Spark and asked Shen Xing whether he was offline.

After placing first on the leaderboard, Shen Xing prepared with Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang for the Rain God Illusory Realm and went to sleep as the rain eased. Meanwhile, Jiangcheng officials selected Shen Xing and his two teammates for the Spiral Labyrinth and began discussing support for top-ranked lords.

• Shen Xing agreed with Xu Jiayi and Qin Lang to prepare for the Rain God Illusory Realm challenge together.
• Xia Wanyin congratulated Shen Xing and told him she had placed in the top three hundred.
• Shen Xing watched the rain ease over the White Dragon River, then went to sleep.
• Director Zhang Yu told Jiangcheng officials that Shen Xing would be nurtured as a Heavenly Star seed and that Jiangcheng had five slots for the Spiral Labyrinth.
• Director Zhang Yu allocated slots to Shen Xing, Xu Jiayi, Qin Lang, Zhou Zheng, and Jiang Rong.
• The officials began discussing support policies for lords who had ranked near the top of the leaderboard.

After Shen Xing received Platinum Member privileges, he traveled to the Pioneer Association to sell his Boss soul and buy materials for the Hell War Chariot. He reached the crowded trading area, where he planned to begin his transactions.

• Shen Xing learned that his account had been upgraded to Platinum Member, with waived trading fees and faster matching and delivery.
• Shen Xing decided to visit the Pioneer Association to sell his Boss soul and buy construction materials and the Advanced Blacksmith's Manual.
• Shen Xing summoned Fried Chicken and flew toward the city center, receiving a message reminding him to obey the new air traffic rules.
• Shen Xing landed near the Pioneer Association, sent Fried Chicken back to the Land of Mist, and entered the building without being recognized.
• Shen Xing took the elevator to the third-floor trading area and found it crowded with hundreds of stalls and many newcomers.

Shen Xing visited the Jiangcheng Pioneer Association to trade a Leader Rank soul for contribution points and buy materials, recruitment scrolls, and an Advanced Blacksmith's Manual. After the quoted costs exceeded the soul's value, he offered a Dark Gem and a Boss One Star Soul for buyback as well.

• Shen Xing bypassed the ordinary counter after his platinum membership was recognized and met trading department manager Ding Han in a private reception room.
• Ding Han offered Shen Xing 93,000 contribution points for his Tier Three Leader Rank soul, and Shen Xing accepted.
• Shen Xing ordered 500 each of Dark Steel, Fel Stones, and Hellfire Seeds, plus 100 Black Moon Knight Recruitment Scrolls and an Advanced Blacksmith's Manual.
• Ding Han quoted 19,000 contribution points for the materials, offered to gather thirty scrolls first at about 650 points each, and said the manual cost 32,000 points.
• Shen Xing declined an interest-free advance and presented a Dark Gem and a Boss One Star Soul for buyback.

Shen Xing bought materials, scrolls, and blueprints to strengthen his territory, then upgraded his troop barracks and Great Bonfire and socketed an Ice Gem into the burial ground. He gave Da Hou and Big Demon advancement materials and told them to absorb them and break through.

• Shen Xing sold a Dark Gem and two souls to Ding Han, then spent most of his contribution points on territory resources and blueprints.
• Shen Xing returned home on Fried Chicken and sent two advancement materials and one piece of Black Spirit Wood into the Land of Mist.
• Shen Xing found that his Orc Barracks and Lesser Demon Lair had reached Elite ★★, while his Skeleton Archer Den had reached Elite ★.
• Shen Xing began upgrading the Great Bonfire to level 3 and socketed an Ice Gem into the burial-ground tombstone, chilling the area and strengthening the skeleton archers.
• Shen Xing summoned Da Hou and Big Demon, gave each an advancement material, and told them to absorb it and break through.

Shen Xing prepared his troops for the Rain God Illusory Realm challenge, where the top hundred lords would compete to damage the Rain God's avatar. As the midnight start approached, Shen Xing assembled his ten chosen fighters while Lachlan prepared to take first place from him.

• Da Hou and Big Demon advanced, bringing Shen Xing's territory to eight Tier Two powerhouses.
• The system announced that the Rain God Illusory Realm challenge would begin at midnight and rank lords by damage dealt to the Rain God's avatar.
• Shen Xing chose eight Tier Two powerhouses and two lemures to accompany him, and saw that his first-place leaderboard position gave him a 10% damage bonus.
• Shen Xing assembled his ten fighters and warned them that the illusory realm might be dangerous.
• Lachlan gathered ten peak Transcendent Rank troops and vowed to reclaim first place from Shen Xing.

A woman in red prepared her followers to fight the Rain God's avatar, while Shen Xing and the other top lords entered the Rain God Illusory Realm for a damage-output challenge. As the live broadcast drew worldwide attention, the lords sized up their rivals before their platforms began shaking.

• A woman in red told her ten followers to help her take first place in the illusory-realm battle against the Rain God's avatar.
• Shen Xing discovered that mounts counted toward his unit limit, withdrew two dretches, and entered the portal with seven commanders.
• Shen Xing's group arrived on a small platform in the middle of a vast black lake, where platforms carrying the other lords floated beneath a crescent moon.
• Lords around the world watched the live broadcast and discussed Shen Xing, the other contenders, and betting on the challenge.
• The one hundred lords surveyed one another's troops; Shen Xing spotted Xu Jiayi, and the platforms began shaking violently.

The Rain God Illusory Realm challenge began, and Shen Xing and the other top hundred lords fought powerful level 19 Rain God Avatars. As the battles unfolded across the lake, the lords watching the live feeds debated who would score the first kill.

• A massive whirlpool formed in the lake, and the system announced the 60-minute Rain God Illusory Realm challenge and its rules.
• Water droplets emerged from the whirlpool and transformed into Rain God Avatars, including the umbrella-wielding Hanging Curtain who faced Shen Xing.
• Shen Xing ordered his troops to surround Hanging Curtain, while Xiao Hei shielded himself and Gorehowl from its attacks and the others struck from range and the flanks.
• Lachlan sent ten Transcendent Rank experts against his Rain God Avatar, while a woman in a red dress unleashed blood-red bats on hers.
• Xu Jiayi used Xiao Xiao to withstand an Avatar's attacks while her archers fired from behind, and the watching lords argued over who would get the first kill.

Shen Xing learned that the Rain God avatars could regenerate through a hidden water core, then tried to expose and destroy one with his troops. His attack evaporated the water but earned no leaderboard damage, and a longsword suddenly lunged toward Xiao Hei’s shoulder.

• Shen Xing and the other lords repeatedly destroyed Rain God avatars, but the avatars regenerated from the surrounding water.
• Dolores Jones claimed the first kill after her bats covered the platform, putting her first on the leaderboard.
• Leina told Shen Xing that she had seen a transparent droplet inside the avatar that was likely its core.
• Shen Xing coordinated attacks to make the avatar burst apart, then froze the platform and ordered Hellscream to strike the exposed water core with a fiery tornado.
• The attack left Shen Xing’s leaderboard damage at zero, and a longsword suddenly thrust toward Xiao Hei’s shoulder.

Shen Xing and the other lords learned to kill the Rain God Avatars by exposing and destroying their hidden water cores, then faced the second phase’s rain and debuffs. As the battle continued around the shrinking platforms, Shen Xing sent Da Hou and Big Demon to help Xu Jiayi, improving her fighting efficiency.

• Leina spotted the water core on Xiao Hei and destroyed it, while Shen Xing’s group moved to another platform as the old one began collapsing.
• Shen Xing’s team killed another Rain God Avatar, and he shared the water-core strategy with Xu Jiayi, who used it to raise her damage.
• More lords learned the method, and the leaderboard shifted as the Rain God Avatars’ combined health fell below 70 percent.
• The Rain God activated the Rain of Weeping, disabling shields and buffs, increasing gravity for flight, and stacking movement and cooldown penalties.
• Shen Xing sent Da Hou and Big Demon to support Xu Jiayi, whose limited frontline had left her unable to deal enough damage.

Shen Xing and the other lords continued attacking the Rain God clones until their health fell below 40%, triggering the challenge’s third phase. A gigantic chained water giant emerged from the lake and unleashed a wave across the field, leaving the survivors facing its next attack.

• Gorehowl used Fire of War to destroy Rain God clones while Leina struck their water cores, and the rankings shifted as Dolores held first place and Xu Jiayi entered the top ten.
• Shen Xing encountered a blue-haired man who threatened him without giving his name, then spoke with Dolores, who expressed an unsettling desire to capture him.
• When the Rain God clones’ health dropped below 40%, a thousand-meter water giant rose from the lake’s whirlpool, still bound by chains.
• The giant struck the lake and sent a devastating wave across the field, so Shen Xing’s group and Hellscream’s group flew into the air to escape it.
• The water giant began raising the lake with both hands, and the surviving lords felt a terrifying pressure descend upon them.