Recaps

After surviving the Jinnan Mountain battle, Lin Qiye returned to Team 136 and began investigating a series of Mystery-related murders. He discovered that An Qingyu was behind the theft of several corpses and teamed up with him after realizing the latest crime scene involved a substituted body.

• The Whisperer invaded Lin Qiye’s mental world, but Merlin used Abyssal Magic to transform his projection into a confused pug, and Lin Qiye defeated the Blazing Vein Earth Dragon with Nyx’s power.
• Shen Qingzhu destroyed Ma Yitian’s soul before the cavern collapsed, then accepted the Whisperer’s offer of healing while the Heaven Returning Jade secretly blocked his soul brand.
• Lin Qiye recovered at the training camp, learned Shen Qingzhu was presumed dead, and became a Night Watchman before returning to Team 136.
• Team 136 told Lin Qiye about the Secret Thief’s thefts and murders, while Lin hired the defeated Blazing Vein Earth Dragon as the hospital attendant Hong Yan.
• Lin Qiye investigated the murder of Sun Xiao and spotted an orderly stealing the earlier victims’ bodies, then tracked the suspect to an abandoned factory and pursued him underground.
• Lin Qiye confronted the hooded thief in the sewers and recognized him as An Qingyu, who explained his Forbidden Ruins and admitted to experimenting on the stolen corpses.
• Lin Qiye agreed not to report An Qingyu, and the two examined Sun Xiao’s body and concluded that the victim in the murder footage had been replaced afterward.

Lin Qiye and Team 136 stopped the Tavern Owner’s ritual, but Belial escaped as foreign gods and their forces moved against Cangnan. The team reunited to defend the city while Chen Muye faced the invading Frost Giants.

• Wu Xiangnan identified the Tavern Owner’s ritual and Team 136 watched the suspected site as Lin Qiye warned that the final sacrifice would happen at 3:33.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu uncovered the Tavern Owner’s staged murders and realized he planned to sacrifice Wen Qimo aboard a plane.
• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Wen Qimo confronted the Tavern Owner and Ten-Cut Ghost Child on the plane, while the Tavern Owner tried to crash it into Cangnan’s residential district.
• Lin Qiye destroyed the Tavern Owner with explosives, but Belial escaped from the cracked Crystal Ball and the plane’s passengers died in a ritual.
• Team 136 returned to Cangnan as Commander Ye ordered Master Chen back, then Chen Muye sent most of the team to Shangjing because danger threatened the city.
• Zhou Ping confronted Poseidon at sea, Ye Fan stopped Hades’s darkness, and Loki’s attempt to enter Cangnan was disrupted by a delivery rider’s explosives.
• Chen Muye told Lin Qiye that Shiva’s Grudge was growing beyond his control, while Loki summoned Frost Giants to force the artifact to reveal itself.
• Master Chen protected Lin Qiye from Indra as Chen Muye held the highway against Loki’s Frost Giants, and An Qingyu and the returning members of Team 136 joined him to fight.

Loki’s scheme led to Cangnan’s erasure, and Lin Qiye fought him with the Seraph’s remaining divine power while Yang Jin became Yang Jian and helped Great Xia’s gods return. The missing residents remained beyond Lin Qiye’s reach, and the arc ended with him still asleep as Nyx and Merlin’s clash stirred signs of his awakening.

• Hong Ying and Wen Qimo reached the River realm as Team 136 fought the Frost Giants, while Xia Simeng and Phoenix Squad arrived to destroy the portals and Lu Wuwei tried to hold Loki back.
• Lin Qiye left Master Chen’s mindscape to face the advancing beasts, then sealed the Kraken in ice and sent Chen Muye and Team 136 to safety.
• Si Xiaonan admitted she was Loki’s agent and took Shiva’s Grudge, but Leng Xuan’s photographs stirred her memories of the team before Loki departed with the relic.
• The Howling Celestial Dog killed Kraken and drove Garm away, but Loki deceived Lin Qiye and erased Cangnan City in golden light.
• Master Chen explained that Lin Qiye had once reconstructed Cangnan within the Mortal Divine Domain, while Yang Jin collected the departing souls and transformed into Yang Jian to confront Indra.
• Yang Jian killed Indra, prompting foreign gods to retreat as Great Xia’s gods announced their return, and the Seraph revealed to Lin Qiye that Cangnan’s people had been erased.
• Lin Qiye failed to find Auntie and A Jin’s souls, then fought Loki and destroyed his false body with the Seraph’s remaining power, though Loki’s true body survived in Asgard.
• Lin Qiye collapsed from the backlash and remained unconscious under supervision, while Hong Ying took command of Team 136 and Nyx and Merlin’s fight caused his sleeping power to stir.

Lin Qiye recovered his memories, was confined to Abstinence Hall for observation, and reunited there with An Qingyu while uncovering the prison’s dangers. After Lin Qiye proved his stability in a cafeteria fight, Commander Ye prepared to retrieve him, while a dream encounter with Old Dog Wu left Lin Qiye with a phrase to investigate.

• Lin Qiye shattered the illusion, restored his memories, shared one last meal with Auntie, and woke in Sunshine psychiatric hospital, where Dr. Li said he needed a year of observation.
• Lin Qiye reunited with Nyx and Merlin, met Bragi, and began plotting his escape from Abstinence Hall as Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan discussed rescuing him.
• An Qingyu revealed himself to Hong Ying and Wen Qimo as the Secret Thief and arranged to be arrested so he could reach Lin Qiye in the prison.
• Lin Qiye trained in the recreation yard, resisted Boss Han’s gang, and learned from Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui about the Town Ruin Stele and the prison’s formidable warden, Master Chen.
• An Qingyu killed One-Eye after learning about the prison’s sewers, while Lin Qiye discovered that Idunn lived inside Bragi’s heart and gained The Sky’s Poet, an ability that brought his poetry to life.
• An Qingyu and Lin Qiye reunited in the cafeteria and fought off Boss Han’s men, with Lin Qiye defeating and crippling Boss Han while An Qingyu followed up by injuring his shoulder.
• Dr. Li reported Lin Qiye’s stable behavior to Commander Ye, who began preparing to retrieve him from Abstinence Hall, while Master Chen ordered the cafeteria fight dismissed as a misunderstanding.
• Lin Qiye dreamed of a deserted Training Camp, where Old Dog Wu said he was an observer and identified himself as Puppy after mentioning a strange phrase Lin Qiye resolved to verify.