Recaps

Luo Qingqing investigated Qianren City, where she killed Lu Qiheng and joined the Heaven-Opening Salvation Sect to learn what it was doing for the people. Meanwhile, Xia Fan’s delegation reached Hila City, where Taxisis challenged The Church’s dependence on Hera and faced punishment as Xia Fan and Olina set out to find Oren Okan.

• Feleton told Xia Fan that Princess Twilight could heal evil energy corrosion, but Xia Fan refused to risk interfering in Natating’s succession.
• Xia Fan accepted Hila Sanctuary’s invitation after Taxisis described possible treatment for Divine Blessing Art’s harms, while the Yama lords debated changing their agreement with Jinxia.
• Wuyue Yao struck Fujiwara Shinji during the Council Hall dispute, and a mechanical construct opened fire as chaos spread outside Iya Prefecture.
• Mo Yun tested a Long-rod Shell that destroyed a pirate ship, then attended the Academy graduation ceremony as new departments recruited its first students.
• Yan Qing warned Mo Yun that humanoid Evil Spirits were appearing near the Shen-Liu border, while Luo Qingqing reached Qianren City and learned that refugees were fleeing bandits and waiting for the Salvation Sect’s Listener.
• Luo Qingqing discovered that Lu Qiheng had seized Qianren City and murdered his opponents, then killed him as the Heaven-Opening Salvation Sect breached the gates and distributed grain.
• Luo Qingqing questioned Wang Sha about the Salvation Sect, then joined it and learned about infection, the Peachwood Ring, and its plan to confront Zhuo Shi’s Band.
• In Hila City, Taxisis rejected The Church’s reliance on Hera and was stripped of her duties, while Xia Fan and Olina went to Salerni Noble Academy to find Oren Okan.

Xia Fan and his allies tried to free Taxisis and Princess Twilight as the Church’s Divine Advent Ceremony unleashed Hera and turned Hila City into a battlefield. The Dragon-Climbing Tower fell, Taxisis survived, and Xia Fan learned that Evil Spirit regions could endure unless someone intervened.

• Olina reunited with Oren, who said he could not leave Vallon Territory because The Church had chosen him as a Holy Son candidate, while Xia Fan learned that Taxisis had been imprisoned and sentenced to walk the Dragon-Climbing Path again.
• Xia Fan and Feleton planned to free Princess Twilight from the former royal palace, while Xia Fan arranged for Wu Yue to impersonate him at the Divine Advent Ceremony.
• Taxisis entered the Dragon-Climbing Tower and was attacked by two assassins, but Xia Fan joined her and helped her escape the sealed hall into a desert beneath a starry sky.
• Hera appeared over Hila City, drained Pope Pella IV’s soul, and unleashed Evil Spirits as Olina and Saidaro helped the delegation and civilians flee.
• Feleton, Li, and Qian Yan freed Princess Twilight, who revealed that she had willingly disappeared to prevent a succession war, then Li carried them out of the palace as Evil Spirits attacked.
• Xia Fan carried the poisoned Taxisis up the tower, seized its obelisk as the structure collapsed, and received vast knowledge about his body, genetics, and Yao.
• Xia Fan used skeletal wings to save himself and Taxisis, reunited with Olina aboard the Baisha Ship, and learned that Maine and Archbishop Bolton had disappeared after someone tampered with the Maze Lock spell.
• Alek said the Church would evacuate Hila and prepare for Mage Tower attacks, while Qian Yan told Xia Fan that Evil Spirit regions could persist unless someone intervened.

Xia Fan helped Jinxia repel Seven Stars attacks, brought Hualin to heal Ning Wanjun, and watched Jinxia extend its power. The story left Luo Qingqing learning that powerful Evil Spirits were once living beings and that the barrier keeping them from the human world was weakening.

• Xia Fan arranged for Hualin and Feleton to travel east, while refugees on the Baisha Ship began calling him the Progenitor Dragon Deity and unrest spread through the northern territories.
• Taxisis became the Church's new leader, and Xia Fan urged her to ally with Momola and build support by improving ordinary people's lives before the Baisha Ship left Azure Fort.
• The Seven-Star Envoys learned that the Gate of Heavenly Dao could return within six months and planned to seize Moonshadow Temple, while Gao Sheng ordered them to investigate signs of concealed Evil Spirit corruption.
• Qiao Zhenggang's forces attacked the Noah Tree Boat, but Sainiya and the crew used its electromagnetic cannons to destroy the Seven Stars fleet and drive the troops from the coast.
• Ning Weiyuan considered seizing the Mo Clan, but Gongshu Wang demonstrated the Gongshu Clan's Truth Listener Mechanical Beasts, which later attacked Noah alongside other monsters.
• Xia Fan and Olina helped Yan Qing defend Noah, and the group found a Gongshu Clan artifact containing a dark violet Talisman before returning to Jinxia with Hualin.
• Hualin used a soul-transfer art to cure Ning Wanjun, who recovered and ordered Jinxia to expand its administration and prepare to take Shangyuan City.
• Luo Qingqing warned Jinxia that the Salvation Sect had a method for detecting Evil Spirit infection, then learned from Venerable Victory over Heaven that powerful Evil Spirits were transformed souls and that the barrier holding them back was weakening.

Xia Fan expanded Jinxia’s plans for medicine, transport, and currency while Li’s scouting mission uncovered the Salvation Sect and the secrets of King Yong’s Skywell. As Li prepared to return to Jinxia with a possible alliance, Aurora’s fleet reached the Black Barrier and opened a gate with an Abyss Ghost.

• Xia Fan appointed Yan Yue to lead Jinxia’s new medical system, then introduced a prototype vehicle and plans for paper currency.
• Li led a scouting mission to Baili Town, followed Luo Qingqing’s marker into the Tomb of King Yong, and discovered the Black Gate Cult’s hidden Skywell.
• Li met Luo Qingqing, Venerable Victory over Heaven, and Pope Wuyi, who revealed King Yong’s survival as a true immortal fused with Chaos and explained the Salvation Sect’s origins.
• Li’s group rejected Wuyi’s invitation to join the Salvation Sect, but Luo Qingqing proposed cooperation and Wuyi sent Venerable Shengtian to invite Xia Fan to Heaven.
• Venerable Shengtian questioned Li about Xia Fan, and Li described his discoveries, his relationship with the princess, and how his teachings had transformed Jinxia’s sorcerers.
• Jain Vanrit’s fleet reached the Black Barrier, where Aurora revealed the Empire planned to cross it in search of the Holy Grail.
• Aurora had prisoners crushed in iron boxes to summon an Abyss Ghost, and the resulting purple mist enabled the mages to form a pitch-black gate through the barrier.