

February 1st, 2011: The Runecrafting feature was showcased.The skills shown were Soul Absorb (renamed to Absorb Soul), Cloud and Mist (renamed to Comforting Mist), and Valiant Avatar Emerges (renamed to Devil Chihyu). January 18th, 2011: A few of the mystic's skills were revealed, along with short videos of the skill animations.January 18th, 2011: A special behind the scenes video was created to give players insight into the development process of the expansion.The skills shown were Northern Sky Sword (renamed to Northern Sky Waltz), Heart Burning Sword (renamed to Soul Shatter), and Lord of Sword (renamed to Yataghan Vortex). January 11th, 2011: A few of the seeker's skills were revealed, along with short videos of the skill animations.These fashion sets were later revealed as the Sapphire Set for males and females in a later news post. It also teased the release of special dances activated by wearing certain fashion sets. The dances were unique in that they were motion captured. January 4th, 2011: New unique dances for the two classes were shown.At this point a release date was also announced - February 2011. The teaser site detailed the major new features coming to the game, as well as some screenshots and concept art. This teaser site is only available on internet archives. December 9th, 2010: A teaser site and a CG trailer were both announced.In the post, it was revealed that seekers would have blade engravings, attack stances, afflictions, and a ranged attack named Blade Blastwave (likely renamed to Ion Spike). The seeker was described as a dominant warrior who deftly manipulates a colossal blade their sword skills a sight to behold. November 2nd, 2010: The Earthguard seeker was showcased.October 26th, 2010: The two new classes were revealed, showing for the first time how these classes would look through concept art.Several more news posts appeared on the official site later on showcasing the various features. No release date was announced at this point. It announced many of the new features, such as the Earthguard race, the seeker and mystic classes, new areas, dungeons, monsters, gear, and Guild Bases. On October 22nd, 2010, Perfect World revealed the expansion on its official site. Several news releases were made specifically for the expansion. What changes has the destruction brought upon our Perfect World? What new challenges await you? Prepare yourself for Genesis! Players will be able to participate in helping to restore the world back to its Perfect state. They must join the other races of Perfect World and fight alongside them through the coming disaster. The time has now come for them to emerge from the underground. In knowing the future, they have dedicated their lives to prepare for such a day. However, within the depths of the underground, an ancient race of people with arcane powers and innate psychic abilities has foreseen the coming of this post-apocalyptic world. The races of the world, thrown into chaos, will not understand what is happening to their beautiful world."

The oceans will rage with turmoil and the tides will swallow everything in their path. The world will be torn apart, leaving massive crevasses across its surface. The land of Perfect World will suffer destruction the likes of which has never been seen. "There will be a time when the beautiful world will cease to exist as we know it today.
