Recaps

Li Chen escaped the Human Race’s prison, learned how he and the world were bound to repeating cycles, and met the Eerie Race that had awaited him as its emperor. After reading Ms. Gu’s account and confronting his Inner Demon, he chose to pursue godhood and led the Eerie forces into the Wasteland Realm.

• Li Chen learned that his life in the false world had been created to keep him trapped, then woke in prison and escaped as the Human Race and Evil Cult suffered heavy losses.
• Li Chen returned to Sinful Pass, resolved to break the world’s Authority cage, and entered the Black Mist in search of the path to godhood.
• The Eerie Race welcomed Li Chen as its long-awaited emperor, and he accepted the crown before confronting his Inner Demon in the Warm Township.
• Li Chen rejected the Warm Township, found the High Priest dead, and read the diary in which Ms. Gu recorded how she had raised him and tried across countless cycles to help him break reincarnation.
• Li Chen refused the forced choice between destroying and saving the world, recognized that he still cared for those he called family, and accepted that he had to pursue godhood.
• Li Chen emerged into the Wasteland Realm, ordered the Eerie Race to reclaim the cities, and unleashed the Eerie Monsters hidden in the Black Mist against the Four Passes.

Li Chen ascended as the Lord of Taboo, destroyed the Eerie Monsters, and left the Human Race a chance to flee south before venturing beyond his universe. In the wider world, he planned to exploit conflict among its races, but Long Shou cast him into the Sea of Chaos and reincarnation began.

• Light Fiend sacrificed himself to confront Li Chen as the Eerie Tide threatened the Four Passes, while Su Xian and Mu Hen fought Calamity at Shenzhou City.
• Li Chen’s memories of his friendship with Su Zhe returned as he fought the Human Race’s defenders, and Yu Qingnian and others joined the battle against him.
• Trapped by the Great Bell, Li Chen confronted another version of himself, learned how he had been created to merge with Forbidden, and received Forbidden Authority.
• Li Chen ascended the heavenly staircase as the Lord of Taboo, erased the Eerie Monsters, and killed Light Fiend before announcing the End.
• Li Chen told Su Zhe and Su Xian to go south, then spared a tenth of the Human Race and left to seek freedom beyond the universe.
• After five years absorbing Forbidden Substance, Li Chen crossed into the wider world, learned about its races and empires, and captured the Ghost Race’s fourth princess.
• Li Chen considered stirring conflict between the Ghost Race and Human Race, but Long Shou declared that Divine Authority would not allow a Forbidden to survive and cast Li Chen into the Sea of Chaos.