Recaps

Shen Xing strengthened his territory, destroyed the Skinners who had attacked the caravan, and grew closer to Leina. He assembled a large force and returned to the Dragon Tomb to break Kazdoreth’s seals.

• Shen Xing explored the Dragon Tomb with Xia Wanyin and Leina, fought its guardians, and learned from Kazdoreth that he needed to break the seal on the Black Dragon Lord’s tomb.
• Shen Xing accepted Kazdoreth’s hidden quest but postponed the expedition, then rescued West after the Skinners ambushed his caravan.
• Shen Xing developed his territory by summoning Kodo Beasts, advancing troops, and evolving Leina into a one-star Leader.
• After Skinners abducted five orcs, Gorehowl, Hellscream, and Leina led an attack that destroyed their camp and recovered stolen goods and resources.
• Shen Xing read a secret letter revealing the Blood Origin Cult’s plan to deliver Black Source Blood to Lord Haidesen, then became intimate with Leina after examining her wound.
• Shen Xing evolved Hellscream into a Boss-rank Doomsday Judicator and gathered a large army, including Xia Wanyin and her Light Spirits, for the Dragon Tomb expedition.
• Shen Xing brought his forces to the Dragon Tomb, secured Kazdoreth’s oath not to attack them, and led the troops southwest to defeat more than thirty Dragon Tomb Guardians.

Shen Xing broke the Dragon Tomb’s seals, defeated its guardians, and helped Kazdoreth escape before absorbing Maragus’s power and awakening as a Dragon Lord. After recruiting allies and facing a bounty hunter, he traded an Overlord Rank soul for mental power manuals, while Jiang Rong tried to heal his legs.

• Shen Xing’s army defeated the Dragon Tomb’s guardians and bosses, broke the five seals, and awakened the captive Black Dragon Lord Kazdoreth, only for Maragus to attack and begin draining everyone’s power.
• The Flower of Mist reversed Maragus’s Soul-Draining Ritual, letting Shen Xing channel its energy into his allies and absorb Maragus’s origin with Kazdoreth’s help.
• Shen Xing awakened the legendary Dragon Lord class, gained dragon forms and new powers, and received Kazdoreth’s gifts, including the Black Dragon King’s blood and a dragon’s true spirit.
• Shen Xing and Xia Wanyin divided the Dragon Tomb’s rewards, and Shen Xing recruited Tirion Fordring, placed a Shadow Dragon egg in his territory, and displayed his new strength.
• Shen Xing confronted Demon Blade at the occupied Soul Stone Mine, stopped her attack, and merged a black soul into her, awakening Onyxia, a Tier Four dragon who pledged loyalty to him.
• Shen Xing met Qin Lang and Xu Jiayi at the Player Association, accepted their gifts, and offered an Overlord Rank soul for trade, drawing Zhang Yu and Jiang Rong to negotiate.
• Shen Xing traded the Overlord Rank soul to Zhang Yu for a Goddess of Evolution Temple and a complete set of mental power cultivation manuals.
• Jiang Rong tried to heal Shen Xing’s legs with Holy Blood Healing, but her efforts failed and left her weakened, so she summoned Cordelia to cast Divine Grace Spell.

Shen Xing strengthened his territory and commanders while preparing for the Lotus Pond Secret Realm, where he and Qin Lang fought through the first two levels. He advanced to the third level ranked third, where the leading lords had yet to score.

• Shen Xing built facilities and defenses in his territory, honored his fallen warriors, and evolved Onyxia into a hero after learning she might be able to enter his world.
• An assassin hired to kill Shen Xing attacked him at his villa, but Shen Xing caught the bullet and Zhou Zheng helped expose the attacker as a bureau mole.
• Shen Xing gathered Rain and Dew Pearls and Tree Spirit seeds with Xia Wanyin and Leina, while Yu Feifei returned for Duoduo and gave Shen Xing a mechanical puppet.
• Shen Xing prepared for the Lotus Pond Secret Realm by upgrading the Great Bonfire and helping Leina and Hellscream break through to Tier Three, with Hellscream creating his own combat skill.
• Shen Xing entered the secret realm with Leina, Onyxia, Hellscream, Fordring, and Xiao Hei, defeating Water Spirits and refusing Emma’s alliance offer as he climbed the first-floor rankings.
• Three lords hired to eliminate Shen Xing surrounded his team, but Onyxia killed them and their troops, and Shen Xing advanced to the second level ranked fourth.
• Shen Xing found Qin Lang on the second level and lent him Hellscream and Xiao Hei, helping Qin Lang defeat Water Spirits and reach the top ten as they both neared advancement.
• An assassin and several lords attacked Qin Lang, but Xiao Hei blocked the dagger and Hellscream’s clones defeated the attackers, and Shen Xing finished the second level ranked third and entered the third.

Shen Xing led his friends through the secret realm’s increasingly dangerous floors, reached its hidden stage, and claimed the Lotus Pond and its treasures. Back in the Land of Mist and Blue Star, he put the rewards to use, strengthened his allies, and gathered his friends and Bureau officials for a feast.

• Shen Xing and his friends worked together to farm Water Elemental bosses, then defeated Lachlan’s ambush and secured the top four rankings on the third floor.
• Shen Xing invited Yu Feifei to join the group, and the five friends advanced through the fourth floor by defeating Water Elementals and taking turns claiming kills.
• On the fifth floor, Shen Xing’s group endured relentless Water Elemental attacks and Overlord Rank water dragons until Leina unleashed Cataclysm, while Shen Xing reached the hidden sixth floor.
• At the hidden stage, Shen Xing gathered all seventy chains, used Shadow Potential to break them, and claimed the Ancient Building · Lotus Pond and other treasures.
• Shen Xing returned to his territory, divided the secret-realm spoils with his friends, and used rewards to grow the Golden Ancient Tree and Blood Demon Vine and strengthen Leina and his commanders.
• Shen Xing explored the Lotus Pond’s platforms and buildings, helped Nimue advance and plant White Jade Lotus Seeds, and tested the platforms’ cultivation benefits with Leina and his commanders.
• Yu Feifei, Qin Lang, Xu Jiayi, and Shen Xing prepared and shared a feast, which Zhang Yu, Zhou Zheng, Elder Wang, and Jiang Rong joined before Zhang Yu asked about the hidden stage.