Editing Trick (section)

===Return and Aeternus===
On 7 June 2025, Trick returned to top play, posting a completion of Anathema. In the video description, he explained that although he is still technically retired from list-grinding, he decided to keep playing top levels for his own enjoyment. Soon after, he would start streaming progress on [[Aeternus]], a future Top 1 Demon.

On 14 June 2025, Trick uploaded his first Aeternus live stream. He has streamed Aeternus eight more times to date. At first, and as expected, his progress on the level was minimal, with the best runs achieving 91-100% and 80-85%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWE912J7dvg</ref> However, during the next stream, Trick achieved 88-100%, 88-98% and 80-89%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FowYhapaIyQ</ref> 17 June was a breakthrough in the progress, as Trick achieved 86-100% (almost beating Chill Guy's previous 84-100% record<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL5CvuYJn0o</ref>), 80-96%, 80-90% and 80-88%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1P_ETDJQcQ</ref> On the same day, he also got 79-98% and 80-97%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUuCoP-bmkA</ref>

The next day, Trick achieved two runs of 80-98%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHHVb82PPT0</ref> On 20 June, Trick achieved 71-90% and 71-89%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9leGZJIyQ</ref> That same day, he got 71-92%, 71-87%, 71-90%, 71-89%, and 71-86%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuaPFFuNg1o</ref> On 21 June, Trick got 71-98%, a new best run, becoming a new world record. He also managed runs of 79-98%, 71-93%, and 71-90%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZXXIFUWmg</ref> Two days later, he got 71-94%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMVc6QUc4nw</ref> That stream was the last progress update on Aeternus that Trick has provided.

On 12 August 2025, Trick completed Subterminal Point after about 4,500 attempts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCtijcTcQBI</ref> On 16 August, he completed Waterfall after about 3,000 attempts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHmPZFiBBWE</ref> The next day, he beat Sevvend Clubstep.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQxcRd6Eh4</ref> On 20 August, he beat KOSETSU after about 3,000 attempts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5EPQNAbRw</ref>

On 28 September 2025, Trick streamed himself playing [[Flamewall]] with Doggie and achieved a best run of 24-57%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3K4BoDtBD0</ref>

On 1 November 2025, Trick started streaming Thinking Space II, the #1 level at the time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Auu5a6iHxg</ref> At the same time, he also rolled himself another level to beat, [[The Yangire]], which he beat the next day. He accumulated four fails at 57% shortly after his first stream. He rolled another level to beat on 7 November, [[Every End]]; however, he played it off-stream. On 14 November, he failed six more times at 57% on Thinking Space II in one stream.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvPMh4BtLE</ref> Two days later, he finally got a new best of 62%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CT3x_11mSU</ref> On 22 November, he revealed that he got 73% off-stream.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DReX7dqatuI</ref> The next day, he reached 78% off-stream; during this stream, he also failed at 77% twice.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phH7ToTTuKo</ref> On 26 November, he reached 84%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vK9fUqDpdI</ref>

Trick kept streaming Thinking Space II until mid-December, and he announced he would take a break for his mental health. He would post one video three months later, doing dedicated 'Trick' challenge levels.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tksrx5E14Wo</ref>

Trick later returned to streaming Thinking Space II on 20 June 2026. During this period, he also reacted to wPopoff verifying [[Society]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W49FHTKDj2E</ref> On 28 June, he posted that he got a new best of 86% off-stream.<ref>https://x.com/GmdTrick/status/2071066494662746239</ref> He improved his best to 87% on 9 July.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvZhHO7XBCw</ref> Two days later, he reached 93%.<ref>https://x.com/GmdTrick/status/2076073328553365736</ref> On 14 July, he got a 95% fail off-stream,<ref>https://x.com/GmdTrick/status/2076868953347953024</ref> and a few minutes later, he finally beat Thinking Space II.<ref name="TS2" />

Right after completing Thinking Space II, he went for the newly verified Top 1 level Society, already showing a new best of 27%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx56bTQRXEU2-uZOz4mt0lqhgxbOnf2u4B</ref> In his first stream, he reached 38%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFRyMk8KLzA</ref> In his third session, he reached the drop, getting 51%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxNU_f6uUXqJCdxbeGJS94nF9onIAr5S18</ref> On 5 August, he played [[Andromeda (Level)|andromeda]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XP49bE0LuQ</ref>

A month later, after noticing wPopoff learning Flamewall, Trick decided to race him to beat Flamewall. Before the race, he had already gotten runs past 40% when he went for it, but he stopped playing so [[zLevii]] could become the first or second victor.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7FU9rd4J-I</ref> His first major progress came on his second stream, when he achieved a new best of 52%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y69RuqnavPI&t=14338s</ref> He later improved to 56%, then 57%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tXB3Cqi8s&t=3817s</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGuf4fSosY&t=6281s</ref> Meanwhile, he and Doggie both beat DOUBLE DYNAMO on 7 September.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGuf4fSosY&t=1352s</ref> On 10 September, he managed to fluke from 57% to 84%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYCNZMG80e4&t=12022s</ref> On 17 September, he got 87%,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbdO0HItOSU&t=9178s</ref> and later that day, offline, Trick beat Flamewall after a devastating 98% fail, winning the race.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC5GWWZTEpE</ref><ref>https://x.com/TCDstudios/status/2100774932892279277</ref> He is currently racing against Zoink to try and verify [[Heliopolis]].