Recaps

Shen Qingzhu discovered that the ash was infecting him with a horrifying growth and mutilated his hand to destroy it, then gave up trying to escape as his wound worsened. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and An Qingyu crossed an ash-filled valley through the void, where a vengeful soul began to change after being covered in ash.

• Shen Qingzhu found a writhing lump growing in his palm where ash had touched him and recognized the murmurs as Cthulhu's corruption.
• Shen Qingzhu severed his infected hand and burned it after it crawled toward him as a fleshy spider.
• Shen Qingzhu decided to stay by the mountain wall and wait for death rather than risk the demons and ashstorm.
• Lin Qiye sensed vengeful souls in a valley and took An Qingyu through the void to cross it.
• An Qingyu saw the greedy vengeful soul crawling through the ashes, and it stiffened before staring upward with fanatical excitement.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that the ash carried Cthulhu’s contamination, which transformed An Qingyu’s severed arm into a monster and exposed them to the wraiths. As the wraiths mutated after willingly accepting the ash, one approached them convinced he was an angel.

• An Qingyu noticed a tumor growing in his palm from ash contamination and severed his right arm before it could spread.
• The severed arm mutated into a grotesque creature and smashed Lin Qiye and An Qingyu out of the void, exposing them to the wraiths.
• Lin Qiye summoned a gale to clear the ash while An Qingyu used invisible threads and frost to retrieve and freeze his arm.
• An Qingyu realized the wraiths had knowingly accepted the contaminating ash, seeking release from their suffering through mutation.
• A wraith mutated into a winged monster, declared himself an angel, and demanded to know whether he looked like one.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought through a swarm of grotesque resentful souls in Hell after discovering that one of the creatures could not be killed. They escaped the encirclement with Lin Qiye's Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form and climbed a mountain, while their pursuers gathered below.

• Lin Qiye cut a tumor-covered resentful soul apart, but it survived and continued laughing, so he decided that he and An Qingyu had to escape.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought their way through the advancing resentful souls, with An Qingyu using Frostvines and his sword while Lin Qiye wielded Zhanbai.
• Lin Qiye summoned Black Pupil and used the Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form to transform into a giant Demon Ape, forcing open a path through the encirclement.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu escaped the swarm, then headed up a broken mountain after An Qingyu spotted that the path ahead was blocked.
• The resentful souls gathered at the mountain's base and failed to fly after them with their decorative wings.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu encountered a bloodied, six-winged figure in a crater whose space-time distorted around them. Their attempt to escape failed, and the figure began to turn toward them.

• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu reached the mountaintop and saw a huge figure with six white wings and a greatsword sitting at the center of a cracked crater.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu circled the crater, realizing that the mountain seemed unnaturally large and the figure always kept its back toward them.
• Lin Qiye summoned the Somersault Cloud and flew away with An Qingyu, who carried a frozen severed arm for research.
• Lin Qiye realized his Mental Power still showed them inside the crater and that no demons had appeared during their flight.
• Space-time twisted and dragged Lin Qiye and An Qingyu back to within fifty meters of the figure, which shook off the ashes and began to turn.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that the towering figure in the crater was Uriel’s corpse, revived and controlled by worms. Uriel trapped them on black crosses above the valley, leaving Lin Qiye unable to escape.

• Lin Qiye recognized the wounded Seraph as Uriel, and An Qingyu concluded that he had died in the war between Heaven and Hell.
• Uriel’s corpse opened a ruined eye filled with worms, which formed a Crimson Eyeball and fixed its gaze on Lin Qiye and An Qingyu.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu ran in opposite directions, but Uriel split his gaze between them and stopped them with his power.
• Uriel summoned black Execution Crosses and bound both men with chains that sealed their bodies and abilities.
• An Qingyu urged Lin Qiye to escape, but Lin Qiye remained trapped and realized the Execution Cross was nearly impossible to flee.

Uriel judged Lin Qiye and An Qingyu by probing their pasts and then began tracing their futures through Rivers of Time. A mysterious figure in Lin Qiye’s future noticed Uriel watching and struck through the barrier between past and future.

• Uriel rose above the crater and used its domain to expose An Qingyu’s past, condemning him to the Eight Layers of Hell for murder and desecrating corpses.
• Uriel examined Lin Qiye’s past and condemned him to the Nine Layers of Hell, naming soul imprisonment among his sins and alarming Lin Qiye that the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods might have been discovered.
• Uriel began tracing Lin Qiye and An Qingyu’s futures through two Rivers of Time.
• A mysterious voice from Lin Qiye’s River of Time asked who was peering at it, freezing Uriel, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and the watching tumor wraiths.
• The blurry figure in Lin Qiye’s future struck the River of Time and shattered part of the barrier, beginning to take shape.

Lin Qiye’s future self seized control of Uriel’s Divine Realm across the River of Time, then tried to kill him before future An Qingyu stopped the attack. The two future selves confronted each other, leaving Lin Qiye and his present-day companion stunned by their reunion.

• Lin Qiye saw his future self hold Uriel’s fading Divine Realm open across the River of Time.
• Lin Qiye’s future self drew Zhanbai and slashed at him, but a black scalpel shattered the blade light.
• Lin Qiye saw future An Qingyu emerge from the River of Time above An Qingyu’s cross.
• Future An Qingyu asked Lin Qiye’s future self if he was trying to kill himself and said he should thank Nicolas for their reunion.
• Lin Qiye’s future self questioned An Qingyu about his plans as Uriel’s red eyeball reacted with terror.

Future An Qingyu destroyed Uriel and freed Lin Qiye and An Qingyu, allowing them to survive the worm-filled ash and the valley’s destruction. After confronting their doubts about the future, they prepared to rescue the others.

• Future An Qingyu warned Lin Qiye that their Chess Game was not over, then Lin Qiye’s future self withdrew and ended his connection to the present.
• Future An Qingyu used “Annihilate” to destroy the worms in Uriel’s eye, causing Uriel to collapse and the crosses holding Lin Qiye and An Qingyu to shatter.
• Lin Qiye caught An Qingyu with the Somersault Cloud, and the worms that had entered their bodies burst out and died.
• Lin Qiye wondered why his future self wanted to kill him, but An Qingyu said he would remain himself and did not care about the future.
• After checking their injuries, Lin Qiye and An Qingyu decided to save the others first.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu traveled toward the depths of hell, where Lin Qiye reassured An Qingyu by lying about what his future self looked like. They found Cool Bro in a cave near the lava, but Shen Qingzhu was already dead.

• Lin Qiye noticed An Qingyu's anxiety about his future and told him that Future An Qingyu looked much like he did now.
• An Qingyu described Lin Qiye's future self standing beneath a maple tree in a courtyard, stronger and energetic.
• An Qingyu deduced that Cool Bro was hiding near lava in a safe spot, and Lin Qiye sensed him in a cave.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu reached the cave and found Shen Qingzhu dead in a pool of blood.

Shen Qingzhu revived after a black jade pendant restored his body, then told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu how he had ended up in Hell. The three set out to rescue Jiang Er and escape through the gap, but discovered Hell’s Origin at the heart of the Blood Pool.

• A black jade pendant revived Shen Qingzhu, and he explained that Fatty had given it to him before he left Heaven Court.
• Shen Qingzhu told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu that a giant python had destroyed the Explorer Ship and carried him into the mountains, where he hid after killing it.
• Lin Qiye assigned Shen Qingzhu to walk in the middle while he led the group and An Qingyu watched their rear, then the three headed toward Jiang Er and the gap.
• The group spotted a vast Blood Pool where falling ash vanished, with a Black Crystal fragment at its center surrounded by demons.
• Shen Qingzhu and An Qingyu were drawn toward the Black Crystal until Lin Qiye snapped them out of it and identified it as Hell’s Origin.

Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Shen Qingzhu discovered that Hell Origin was being used to transform resentful souls into demons, while An Qingyu reunited with Jiang Er. Lin Qiye concluded that Odin was building a new force in Hell for himself and the Cthulhu Gods.

• Lin Qiye resisted Hell Origin’s temptation, and the group watched flesh-ball resentful souls sink into the Blood Pool.
• Lin Qiye led An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu to retrieve Jiang Er’s Black Coffin after the ash stopped falling and the rift began to close.
• Jiang Er emerged unharmed, and An Qingyu said he would modify her coffin so it would no longer trap her without a carrier.
• The resentful souls rose from the Blood Pool as black-winged, Infinite-level demons and joined the ranks circling above Hell.
• Lin Qiye reasoned that Odin was using Hell Origin, the ashes, and the Blood Pool to build a powerful force for himself and the Cthulhu Gods.

Lin Qiye and the others realized the ash had transformed Heaven and Hell into living divine kingdoms that could heal their breaches and hide themselves. Trapped inside Hell with no exit, they took shelter in a cave and began searching for another way out.

• An Qingyu questioned why the Cthulhu Gods had left Hell exposed, prompting Lin Qiye to realize the breach might be in danger.
• Lin Qiye led the group toward the breach as Hell watched them through crimson Worm Eyes and tumors growing across the land.
• Lin Qiye concluded that the ash had made Heaven and Hell into living things controlled by the Cthulhu Gods.
• At the waterfall, Lin Qiye found that Hell's breach had healed, leaving the group unable to escape.
• Lin Qiye led everyone to a cave behind the waterfall, where An Qingyu proposed opening another way out.

Trapped in a living divine kingdom, Lin Qiye sought Yelander’s help but found him unable to communicate. Monkey King suggested that destroying the Hell Origin might collapse the kingdom, leaving Lin Qiye to consider whether the Night Origin could do it.

• Lin Qiye asked Yelander how to escape the contaminated divine kingdoms, but Yelander only repeated, “You did very well, child.”
• Monkey King and Gilgamesh arrived after hearing Lin Qiye strike the rooftop railing, and Lin Qiye explained his predicament.
• Monkey King said a divine kingdom would collapse if its Divine System Origin were destroyed, though only another Divine System Origin was known to be capable of doing so.
• Lin Qiye realized he knew where the Hell Origin was and considered using Nyx’s Night Origin to destroy it.
• Lin Qiye thanked Monkey King and left, accepting that risking the Night Origin might be their only way out.

Lin Qiye and his companions risked a desperate assault on the Hell Origin, using summoned attendants to draw away the demons guarding the Blood Pool. As Lin Qiye charged toward the Black Crystal, An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu unleashed a strange song to hold off the remaining demons.

• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Shen Qingzhu, and Jiang Er agreed to gamble on using Lin Qiye’s Night Origin to destroy the Hell Origin.
• The group approached the Blood Pool and prepared for a final battle near the Black Crystal, which was guarded by thousands of demons.
• Lin Qiye summoned Hong Yan, the Frost Giant Dragon, and other attendants to lure most of the demons away from the Blood Pool.
• Lin Qiye and his companions charged through the wraiths toward the Black Crystal, while Shen Qingzhu, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er confronted the remaining demons.
• An Qingyu activated a skull that sang, and Shen Qingzhu amplified its song toward the diving demons.

Lin Qiye repeatedly tried to destroy the Hell Origin with his Night Origin, but the two could not touch, leaving the group surrounded by demons. With escape seemingly impossible, Shen Qingzhu urged Lin Qiye to give the order to fight, and Lin Qiye accepted their likely deaths on the battlefield.

• An Qingyu used Dirge to turn the front ranks of demons to sand, allowing Lin Qiye to reach the Black Crystal.
• Lin Qiye struck the Hell Origin three times with his Night Origin, but each collision repelled the Origins and badly injured him.
• An Qingyu pulled Lin Qiye from the Blood Pool and explained that the Origins could not truly touch, so his method would not work.
• The demon army returned and surrounded the group, leaving them facing likely annihilation.
• Shen Qingzhu drew his blade and asked Lin Qiye to give the order to fight; Lin Qiye stood and accepted their fate on the battlefield.

Lin Qiye and Nightfall fought the demon horde in a last stand as he named An Qingyu the squad’s next captain. The arrival of powerful Four-winged Demons, Seraph corpses, and Fallen Angel corpses turned the battle against them, and Shen Qingzhu was badly wounded.

• Lin Qiye told An Qingyu that Nightfall could continue with new members and appointed him its captain.
• Lin Qiye, Jiang Er, An Qingyu, and Shen Qingzhu charged into the demon horde alongside the high-ranking orderlies.
• Jiang Er possessed demons to make them attack their own kind, while An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu used their abilities to kill and evade the attackers.
• A Four-winged Demon struck Hong Yan and several orderlies before Lin Qiye wounded it with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• Dozens of Four-winged Demons and six-winged Seraph and Fallen Angel corpses appeared above the battlefield.
• Two Four-winged Demons knocked Shen Qingzhu out of the sky and left him severely wounded beside the Blood Pool.

Lin Qiye protected Shen Qingzhu from the Four-winged Demons and confronted him about Nightfall’s responsibility to fight together. Shen Qingzhu regained his resolve to rejoin the battle, then noticed the Black Crystal floating in the Blood Pool.

• Shen Qingzhu fought off the Four-winged Demons until Lin Qiye arrived and took several wounds protecting him.
• Shen Qingzhu demanded the chance to die fighting, but Lin Qiye said that as captain he would not let his teammates die before him.
• Lin Qiye kicked Shen Qingzhu clear of two angels’ attack and battled them, telling him how essential he was to Nightfall.
• Shen Qingzhu got back to his feet, gripped his blade, and spotted the Black Crystal bobbing in the Blood Pool.

Shen Qingzhu faced the temptation of Hell’s Origin while Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er were in mortal danger. He chose to seize the Black Crystal, accepting the risk that its power would destroy his body or mind, in hopes of saving his brothers.

• Jiang Er distracted the Four-winged Demons, but a Six-winged Seraph trapped her in a pillar of light while An Qingyu was wounded and buried beneath wraith demons.
• Shen Qingzhu saw Jiang Er and An Qingyu in danger as Lin Qiye struggled against the Four-winged Demons near the Blood Pool.
• Hell’s Origin tempted Shen Qingzhu with power and the promise of saving his companions, drawing him toward the Black Crystal.
• Lin Qiye warned Shen Qingzhu that the Origin’s corruption could overwhelm his body and turn him into a second Lucifer.
• Shen Qingzhu resolved to save his brothers despite the cost and grasped the Black Crystal.

Shen Qingzhu fused with the Black Crystal and struggled against the Hell Origin’s corruption while Lin Qiye and the others fought to survive. Shen Qingzhu seized enough control of hell to send Lin Qiye, Jiang Er, and An Qingyu away, choosing to remain behind.

• Shen Qingzhu touched the Black Crystal, and the Hell Origin consumed his body as he refused to let go.
• Shen Qingzhu’s body exploded, but Baili Pangpang’s Black Jade Pendant revived him; after another rebirth, black wings emerged from his back.
• The Hell Origin’s corrupting voice tried to make Shen Qingzhu its servant, but Lin Qiye warned him not to surrender his mind.
• Shen Qingzhu fought for control of hell and warped the space around Lin Qiye, Jiang Er, and An Qingyu to send them away.
• Shen Qingzhu refused to leave before mastering the Hell Origin and told Lin Qiye to check on his family as he snapped his fingers.

After Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er vanished, Shen Qingzhu fought the Hell Origin’s influence and insisted he would remain himself. In the Heavenly Court, Baili Pangpang worried about Shen Qingzhu’s inner demons while Primordial Celestial Venerable warned that the Heavenly Court would need Lingbao Tianzun.

• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er disappeared, leaving Shen Qingzhu alone in the Blood Pool as his body exploded and reformed.
• Shen Qingzhu shouted at the Hell Origin, rejecting its power and shortcuts and declaring that he would remain himself.
• Baili Pangpang brought Cao Yuan medicine and reassured him that Lin Qiye and the others were with Michael, while Cao Yuan worried about their return.
• Primordial Celestial Venerable met Baili Pangpang and learned that he had been checking Shen Qingzhu’s fate because he feared his inner demons would be exploited.
• Primordial Celestial Venerable told Baili Pangpang to seek him out if needed and warned that the Heavenly Court could not be without Lingbao Tianzun.

Lin Qiye and his companions were expelled from the fused divine kingdom and set out to find their way back to Great Xia. Meanwhile, Si Xiaonan reached Jinian aboard the Shang Xie cruise ship, delivered the pills connected to Loki’s plan, and arranged further help before returning to him injured.

• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er found themselves in unfamiliar waters after Heaven and Hell expelled them, and Lin Qiye used Zhanbai to guide them through the fog.
• Jinian learned that an injured girl from Great Xia had come aboard the Shang Xie cruise ship and discovered that the visitor was Si Xiaonan.
• Si Xiaonan told Jinian about the events on the Pamir Plateau and gave her the real Eternal Pill and the poison-filled Immortal Pill.
• Si Xiaonan asked Jinian to help carry out her plan, and Jinian agreed to prepare what she needed in three days.
• Si Xiaonan told Jinian that Leng Xuan had been imprisoned in Great Xia, and Jinian promised to personally bring him out.
• Si Xiaonan refused treatment so Loki would not suspect her, then leapt from the ship into the sea.

Lin Qiye and his companions encountered Jinian aboard her cruise ship while trying to return to Great Xia, and Jinian offered to contact Commander Ye Fan. When Lin Qiye told her Ye Fan had died, Jinian retreated to her room and used her walkie-talkie, where Zuo Qing answered.

• Jinian prepared to work in the Block Room, but a knight interrupted to report that three people had emerged from the mist.
• Jinian and Lin Qiye recognized each other aboard the Shang Xie Association cruise ship, and Lin introduced her to An Qingyu and Jiang Er.
• Lin Qiye and his companions told Jinian about their escape from the Lovecraftian Divine Kingdom and their urgent need to return to Great Xia.
• Jinian explained that Cool Bro could not leave Hell while merging with the Hell Origin, then offered to contact Great Xia using her custom walkie-talkie.
• Lin Qiye told Jinian that Ye Fan had died more than two years earlier, and Jinian withdrew to her room in shock.
• Jinian used the walkie-talkie and heard Zuo Qing answer.

Jinian arranged for Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er to return to Great Xia aboard her ship while she handled urgent business. Unable to sleep, Lin Qiye entered the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods to watch Monkey King and Gilgamesh fight, and noticed Gilgamesh seemed to be struggling more than before.

• Jinian told Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er that the cruise ship was heading back to Great Xia and that Commander Zuo had already begun dealing with the Lovecraftian Divine Kingdom.
• The Knight explained that Jinian preferred building weapons, vehicles, and engineering projects over academic research, and led Lin Qiye and the others to their rooms.
• Lin Qiye worried about Shen Qingzhu's painful fusion with the Hell Origin and the dangers he faced in the divine kingdom.
• Lin Qiye entered the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and found the orderlies betting on Monkey King and Gilgamesh's daily fight.
• Bragi played the harp to signal the fighters, and Lin Qiye watched Gilgamesh struggle against Monkey King.

Lin Qiye watched Monkey King defeat Gilgamesh again, then learned that Gilgamesh was struggling with chaotic memories that blurred his thoughts. Unable to identify their cause, Lin Qiye left to investigate further.

• Monkey King defeated Gilgamesh in another sparring match, while Lin Qiye noted their treatment progress had reached 90% and 42%, respectively.
• Lin Qiye went to check on Gilgamesh after Li Yifei worried that repeated losses might cause trouble.
• Gilgamesh insisted he was not ill, but admitted that he knew the hospital was not Uruk and could not make sense of his memories.
• Gilgamesh told Lin Qiye that chaotic memories kept flooding his mind and that battle briefly helped him regain clarity.
• Lin Qiye suspected an external cause behind Gilgamesh's condition and left Ward Five to investigate.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu learned more about Jinian’s extraordinary Pixel Block ship as it crossed the misty sea. After its cannons killed two attacking Mysteries, An Qingyu asked to collect their corpses.

• Lin Qiye woke at dawn and met An Qingyu, who described how Jinian’s Pixel Blocks made up nearly the entire ship and its equipment.
• Lin Qiye detected two sea-dwelling Mysteries, one Klein and one Boundless, approaching the ship, and warned a Shang Xie Association member.
• The ship’s alarms sounded, and its crew calmly returned inside as the attackers drew near.
• The deck opened to reveal three Pixel Cannons, which fired into the mist and killed both Mysteries with a single shot each.
• After the crew confirmed the kills and began maintaining the cannons, An Qingyu asked a Shang Xie Association member if he could collect the Mystery corpses.